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Srinagar: Hours after National Conference candidate for Budgam Assembly constituency Agha Syed Mehmood expressed confidence that Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi would join the party's election campaign, Ruhullah distanced himself, asserting that his allegiance lies with his "conscience and principles." While filing his nomination, Agha Mehmood told reporters that Ruhullah had no reason to remain detached from the campaign. "It's the National Conference that made him what he is today. His role is important. I believe he will definitely come forward," Mehmood said. He added that he is in regular contact with Ruhullah. "Politics aside, he's like my own son. We have been continuously talking to each other," he said. He further said Ruhullah's past statements were aligned with party positions. "What he talks about are not his personal matters but the issues of the party. Whether it's Article 370, Article 35A or reservation, these are National Conference issues," he maintained. According to him, there was "no reason" for the Srinagar MP to stay away from campaigning. Ruhullah issued a pointed response through a post on X. "My loyalty is to my conscience and principles. While I hold respect for my elders in my family, I request them not to belittle my fight (our fight). If they can't comprehend it and be part of it, at least don't drag me and my struggle to this level," he wrote. Speaking to KNS, the Srinagar MP said that he would "strictly not be part of the campaigning" as the party has yet to fulfil the promises it made. He also denied Agha Mehmood's assertion of being in contact, saying he was not taken into confidence during any deliberations regarding the Budgam bypoll. The Budgam seat, a traditional NC bastion, is expected to witness a closely watched contest.(KNS)
Srinagar: The Centre on Tuesday announced new reservation and domicile policies for Ladakh, reserving 85% jobs for locals and one-third of the total number of seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils for women. Both Kargil Democratic Alliance (KBL) and Apex Body Leh (ABL), which are fighting for implementation of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in the Union Territory (UT), statehood, a separate public service commission and two Lok Sabha seats for Ladakh, welcomed the noti ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal said on Monday that reservation should not be given to the Maratha community from the Other Backward Class (OBC) quota and warned that if it will be done then OBCs will come in millions to Mumbai to protest against it. "There are 374 castes in OBC. Therefore, our only demand is that the Maratha community should not be included in the OBC category. I met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today. Both the Deputy Chief Ministers (Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar) were present there an ...Read More >
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Weekly Health Horoscope For October 27- November 2: You May Crave Comfort Food THIS Week, Zodiacs The internal discord within the National Conference (NC) appears to be widening, with senior party leader and MP from Anantnag-Rajouri, Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi, joining Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi in criticising the Omar Abdullah-led government. Speaking at a party conclave, Mian Altaf accused the NC leadership of neglecting governance and ignoring public concerns while being preoccupied with political ...Read More >
New Delhi/Chennai, Apr 3 (PTI) The Congress on Friday announced a list of 27 candidates for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, renominating 12 sitting MLAs and fielding two women, even as senior leader and MP S Jothimani expressed her reservation over the choice of nominees while the TNCC president offered to step down post-polls following dissent. The national party had been allotted a total of 28 seats by ally DMK, after some hard-bargaining between the traditional allies. While Jothimani, Lok Sabha MP from Karur rued the lesser representation to a backward community and women as ...Read More >
New Delhi/Chennai, Apr 3 (PTI) The Congress on Friday announced a list of 27 candidates for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, renominating 12 sitting MLAs and fielding two women, even as senior leader and MP S Jothimani expressed her reservation over the choice of nominees while the TNCC president offered to step down post-polls following dissent. The national party had been allotted a total of 28 seats by ally DMK, after some hard-bargaining between the traditional allies. While Jothimani, Lok Sabha MP from Karur rued the lesser representation to a backward community and women as ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] July 2 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh LoP and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that the onset of this year's monsoon has inflicted deep wounds on the state. The incessant rainfall and a series of cloudbursts and flash floods have devastated parts of Himachal Pradesh over the past 19 hours, leaving five people dead, 16 missing and causing extensive damage to infrastructure and property. According to the Himachal Pradesh State Emergency Operation Centre (HP-SEOC), 332 individuals have been successfully rescued in coordinated operations across multi ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Dynastic influence and women's political leadership are at the forefront of the high-stakes Jammu and Kashmir Assembly bypolls, with three members of prominent Aga Shia dynasties contesting in Budgam and a direct face-off between women candidates of the National Conference (NC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Nagrota constituency. In the Budgam Assembly seat, which has a mixed Shia-Sunni demographic and was vacated after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah retained the Ganderbal seat, 20 candidates have filed their nominations. Three candidates from influential Aga Shia famili ...Read More >
10 Times Virat Kohli Proved Why He Is Called The Chase Master: From 82 Vs Pakistan To 100 vs Australia - Check In Pics In a rare and open rebellion within the National Conference (NC), Srinagar-Budgam MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has launched a sharp attack on his own party leadership, particularly targeting Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Mehdi accused the NC of a "betrayal of public trust" and a "betrayal of the people's mandate", warning that such actions could push citizens to seek political al ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Uniform Civil Code and 'One Nation, One Election' are two of the unfinished agendas of the BJP. He said serious discussions are taking place on them, and positive strides have been made. Virtually addressing an event on the BJP's 47th Foundation Day, Modi also said it was the BJP that first raised the issue of women's reservation in 1994, while the current BJP-led Central government is fully committed to ensure that the Women's Reservation Act -- which would provide 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Ladakh representatives withdrew Monday from scheduled talks with Union home ministry's high-powered committee, demanding a judicial inquiry by a retired Supreme Court judge into the Sept 24 firing by security forces in Leh that killed four protesters and wounded more than 80. In response, govt said it has always been "open for dialogues on Ladakh matters with Apex Body Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) at any time" and "would continue to welcome the discussion".ABL also sought withdrawal of "anti-national" labels against Ladakhis and release of all those arrested, includ ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 16 (PTI) The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday indicated that it will consider supporting the National Conference (NC) in the Rajya Sabha polls if they back their MLAs' private member bills in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to reporters here, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti revealed that NC chief Farooq Abdullah had called her to request support for his party's candidates. Mehbooba said she told Abdullah that while the PDP's senior leadership would discuss the matter, she emphasised that the NC should support the PDP MLAs' private member bills in the assembly, ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] July 2 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh LoP and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said that the onset of this year's monsoon has inflicted deep wounds on the state. The incessant rainfall and a series of cloudbursts and flash floods have devastated parts of Himachal Pradesh over the past 19 hours, leaving five people dead, 16 missing and causing extensive damage to infrastructure and property. According to the Himachal Pradesh State Emergency Operation Centre (HP-SEOC), 332 individuals have been successfully rescued in coordinated operations across multi ...Read More >
Asked about the demands for the report to be made public, the chief minister told a press conference here that it does not work that way. National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi has demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government make public the report of the cabinet sub-committee on reservation by Sunday. The sub-committee has submitted its report, and the department concerned has been asked to draft a memo which will be approved by the cabinet and then sent to Lieutenant Governor ...Read More >
Srinagar- The political storm over the Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir intensified a day after the polls, with party leaders trading allegations of betrayals, cross-voting and "fixed deals." The ruling National Conference (NC) won three of the four seats, while the BJP secured one, with Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma defeating NC candidate Imran Nabi Dar by securing 32 votes to Dar's 22. NC candidate Gurwinder Singh Oberoi also won under the same notification, securing 31 votes. Omar Questions 'Secret' Support for BJP Chief Minister Omar Abdullah acknowledged his part ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Easy Ship fees by over 20 per cent for products priced below Rs 300. Easy Ship allows sellers to stor ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana), June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two-time World Champion Nikhat Zareen opened her campaign in the 48-51kg category with a clinical 4:1 win over Uttar Pradesh's Rashi Sharma in the Elite Women's Boxing Tournament at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium here on Saturday. In another bout, Haryana's Anjali got the better of World Championships bronze medallist Manisha Moun in the 57-60 kg category. Organised by the Telangana Boxing Federation under the aegis of the Boxing Federation of India and the Sports Authority of Telangana, the tournament will feature boxers from 15 units, includi ...Read More >
The Leh Apex Body (LAB) called off proposed talks on Tuesday (September 30, 2025) with MHA officials, Cherring Dorjay Lakruk, co-convenor of LAB said, as the demands for the judicial enquiry into the death of four people on September 24 was not met. It said it will stay away from talks with the High-Powered Committee of the Home Ministry till normalcy is restored in Ladakh and a conducive atmosphere is created. LAB Chairman Thupstan Chhewang made the announcement shortly after the fourth victim of the violence - a former army soldier - was cremated amid tight security in curfew-bound Leh. T ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financial worth between the 2019 and 2024 assembly elections from Rs 3.3 crore to Rs 35 crore. Last month, S ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India has urged parents to update the Aadhaar biometrics of children between five and seven years."Timely completion of mandatory biometric update is an essential requirement for maintaining the accuracy and reliability of biometric data of children. If the MBU is not completed even after seven years of age, the Aadhaar number may be deactivated, as per the existing rules," the agency said in a statement.This is required to ensure seamless access to school admissions, entrance exams and other benefits such as direct benefit transfer, it added.A ...Read More >
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 2 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha participated in a special aarti at the Jammu Tawi riverfront. Sinha also visited the Amarnath Yatri Niwas base camp on Tuesday evening. After inspecting the Yatri Niwas base camp, Sinha stated that the security arrangements for the Yatra are more robust than ever before. 'I have witnessed the last four Yatras. The arrangements are better than ever, as far as the security and convenience of pilgrims are concerned... The manner in which pilgrims have come here from across the country - till now, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: As part of the Telangana Congress Janahita Padayatra, Congress senior leader and Government Advisor Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Sunday participated in a joint district-level key party workers' meeting held at PVR Gardens in Armoor town, Nizamabad district. The event was attended by senior Congress leaders, including AICC Telangana Incharge Meenakshi Natarajan, TPCC President Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud, Minister D Seethakka, and several MLAs and public representatives. Addressing party workers, Shabbir Ali credited the Congress party's return to power in Telangana to the relentless effort ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The BC bandh going on across Telangana was monitored by Panchayat Raj & Women and Child Welfare Minister Dr Danasari Anasuya Seethakka at Praja Bhavan. Along with her, ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, MP Anil Kumar Yadav, and SATS Chairman Shivsena Reddy also participated. Later, Ministers Seethakka, Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, PCC Chief Mahesh Kumar Goud, Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Yadav, MLC Nellikanti Satyam, SATS chairman Shivsena Reddy, and other leaders reached the Tankbund Ambedkar statue and participated in the demonstration organized for the increase i ...Read More >
Rijiju, in a reference to assembly polls in Bihar, said there is "Modi wave" across the country, and people everywhere believe that India's future is safe and bright under his leadership Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said following the abrogation of Article 370 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Jammu and Kashmir's "destiny" has changed, paving the way for peace and development in the region. Rijiju, in a reference to assembly polls in Bihar, said there is "Modi wave" acr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said "serious and positive discussions" were underway on the implementation of two key ideological issues of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the 'One Nation, One Election' (ONOE) or simultaneous voting for Parliament and state assemblies. Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on the occasion of the party's 47th foundation day, the PM said, "Our mission is still ongoing. Serious discussions are taking place i ...Read More >
JAMMU, Sept 29: As the Leh Apex Body (LAB) today announced that it will stay away from talks with the Government till normalcy and conducive atmosphere are restored in Ladakh, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said the Government has always been open for dialogues on Ladakh matters with LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) at any time. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "We would continue to welcome the discussion with LAB and KDA through the High Powered Committee (HPC) on Ladakh or any such platform," a statement issued by the MHA tonight after LAB press conference in Leh ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday indicated that it will consider supporting the National Conference (NC) in the Rajya Sabha polls if they back their MLAs' private member bills in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to reporters here, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti revealed that NC chief Farooq Abdullah had called her to request support for his party's candidates. Mufti said she told Abdullah that while the PDP's senior leadership would discuss the matter, she emphasised that the NC should support the PDP MLAs' private member bills in the assembly, including the La ...Read More >
Gandhinagar, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) marked its 47th foundation day in Gujarat on Monday, with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state president Jagdish Vishwakarma hoisting the party flag in Gandhinagar and addressing party workers. At the BJP state headquarters, the leaders paid floral tributes to Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya before the event. They also criticised remarks made by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge during a rally in Keralam. Targeting Kharge over the alleged remarks, Vishwakarma said, "Such comments reflect ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries, India's largest company in terms of market value, reported a 76% increase in quarterly profit to Rs 30,681 crore on Friday, led by gains from the sale of some of its listed investments and strong growth across its key businesses. Other income surged 280% to Rs 15,119 crore due to profit (Rs 8,924 crore) on sale of its stake in Asian Paints. Excluding the Rs 8,924 crore gain, profit was higher by 25%. Earnings was also driven by a rebound in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business, which saw better refining margins, and strong performance by its retail and digital servi ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday completed one year in office, but the restoration of the statehood, his key election promise, is still not within sight. Abdullah was sworn in as the first chief minister of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16 last year after his party secured a landslide win in the assembly elections -- the party's first in about a decade. Most promises of Abdullah's party, the National Conference, remain unfulfilled.In its manifesto 'Dignity, Identity and Development,' the party promised to strive for the full implementati ...Read More >