Ahead of the voting for the newly created Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged that authorities have imposed section 144 in the Pulwama district.
A spate of extortion calls to car dealers recently had triggered panic among them and the accused Karan Dhingra (aged 30) allegedly hatched a plan to extort money using the same modus operandi.
The said property comprising of four-storied business establishment is situated in the heart of the Rajouri city and is valued at around Rs 1.74 crore, police said.
The State Investigation Agency Jammu has attached the property worth lakhs of rupees of an absconding terrorist in Manjakote tehsil of Rajouri district under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said an official statement on Friday.
Reacting to complaints over postponement of elections in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday claimed that nobody complained at the time when the poll date was postponed 12 hours before the voting was to take place in 1998.
National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah termed the decision of the Election Commission of India to defer the polls for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency as a conspiracy.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday deferred the polls for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency scheduled for May 7 and fixed May 25 as a new date.
"The Election Commission of India had announced the schedule for the General Election to the Lok Sabha vide its Press Note dated March 16, 2024. Accordingly, the notification for the 3rd Phase was issued on April 12, 2024, and the Poll Day was scheduled on May 7, 2024," the press release
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday held a roadshow at Mendhar Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. She is contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat going to to polls on May 7 in the third phase of general elections.
Baldev Kumar, a resident of Punjab's Nayagaon is contesting as an Independent candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Kashmir for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed that a Lashkar-e-Taiba affiliated foreign terrorist with code name Abu Hamza was involved in the killing of a government employee in Kunda Tope Rajouri.