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Accuses BJP of election manipulation, backing jailed separatist against him Srinagar, Sep 6 : In a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in New Delhi, National Conference (NC) Vice President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Friday accused the Centre of strategically undermining his political campaign by pitting jailed separatist candidates against him in the upcoming elections. Speaking at a gathering of party workers in Ganderbal, Abdullah expressed concerns over what he termed a “conspiracy to silence his voice”.PauseUnmute Flanked by key party leaders, including MP Mian Altaf Ahmad, Treasurer Shammi Oberoi, and senior members Ghulam […]
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‘BJP reduced Kashmir resolution to conducting assembly polls’ Srinagar, Sep 7 PTI : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had succeeded in reducing the resolution of the Kashmir issue to the conduct of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. “The BJP has succeeded in reducing the Kashmir issue — for which thousands have died, thousands were orphaned and we suffered losses of billions — to Article 370 and reduced Article 370 to the restoration of statehood and statehood has been reduced to polls,” Mufti told reporters at the PDP office here.PauseUnmute […]
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Tehsildar Devsar has been appointed as inquiry Officer in both the cases Srinagar, Sep 07: The District Election Officer Kulgam has placed two Lumberdars under suspension for violating Model Code of Conduct, reports said Saturday. According to an order , Fida Hussain, Lumberdar Nowpora Devsar and Habib Ullah Dar, Lumberdar Berigam Devsar are suspended for violating the Model Code of Conduct.PauseUnmute Both the Lumbardars were placed under suspension vide order No: 40-DCK of 2024 and 39-DCK of 2024, Dated, 06-09-2024, news agency KDC reported. Meanwhile, Tehsildar Devsar has been appointed as inquiry Officer in both the cases. Source:GK
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Thousands rally across France in protest of President Macron’s decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister. More than 100,000 left-wing demonstrators were reported to have taken to the streets across France to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint centre-right Michel Barnier as PM, with left-wing parties accusing him of stealing legislative elections. The interior ministry said 110,000 people took to the streets nationwide, including 26,000 in Paris, while one leading left-winger put the turnout across France at 300,000. “The Fifth Republic is collapsing,” said protester Manon Bonijol. “Expressing one’s vote will be useless as long as Macron is in […]
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What happens when vigilantes, emboldened by the BJP, shoot a Hindu teenager dead after a 40km chase, ‘mistaking’ him for a Muslim? At about 1am on August 24, Aryan Mishra, a 19-year-old 12th-grade student received a phone call. Two of his friends, both sons of Mishra’s landlord, wanted him to join them for a late-night snack – noodles, according to reports. Mishra soon joined them, grabbing the passenger seat in the landlord’s red SUV in a middle-class neighbourhood in Faridabad, a city in Haryana state on the outskirts of the national capital, New Delhi. One of the brothers, Harshit Gulati, […]
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Police in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters demanding justice for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital earlier this month. The discovery of the body of the 31-year-old sparked nationwide outrage over the crisis of violence against women. On Tuesday, thousands marched to a government building in Kolkata, demanding the resignation of West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. A hospital volunteer has been arrested in connection with the crime, which has now been handed over to India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
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Shaken and scared, doctors in Kolkata and the rest of India demand justice and safety measures. Kolkata, India – On August 21, a hot, humid afternoon, thousands of doctors and medical students marched through the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Female doctors led the march, many in black T-shirts, some with stethoscopes around their necks. Among the banners the protesters held, one in particular spelled out the tragedy that united them: “She had taken an oath to save lives, not lose her own,” it said. The doctors and students were calling for justice for a 31-year-old trainee […]
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In key swing states the Democrats won narrowly in 2020, Muslim Americans make up a significant voting bloc. And they have a single voting priority: Gaza. By Dalia Mogahed and Saher Selod As the United States presidential election approaches, the race to attract voters has intensified. Among the different constituencies the Democrats and Republicans are battling over, there is one that stands out: the Muslim community. Although Muslims constitute roughly 1 percent of the American population, they are an important voting bloc because they are concentrated in swing states, which are often narrowly won in elections. In this election cycle, the Muslim community […]
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The selection of Sinwar follows the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and signals centrality of Gaza within the group. Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza, as the new leader of its political bureau. The selection of Sinwar follows Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran on July 31, the Palestinian group said on Tuesday. “The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of Commander Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement, succeeding the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may [God] have mercy on him,” the group said in a brief statement. Sinwar, 61, is seen […]
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital Tehran, was designed and executed by Israel, with support from the US administration. In a statement released on Saturday, the IRGC reported that the attack involved the use of a short-range projectile armed with a warhead weighing approximately seven kilograms, which subsequently caused a massive explosion. It further noted that the projectile was launched from an area outside the late Hamas leader’s residence. The IRGC also vowed that it would avenge the blood of Haniyeh, […]
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