News Topic:Protests
Kashmir
Locals protest unauthorized road construction in Pulwama village
Tensions continue to escalate in Gund Achan village of Pulwama district as the locals demand the removal of a road constructed overnight by a local businessman.
Jammu
Protest erupts in Kishtwar over VDG members’ killing
Scores of people, including women, took to the streets in Kuntwara Kishtwar on Friday to protest the killing of two Village Defense Guard (VDG) members.
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Politics
BJP workers protest candidate selections in J-K Assembly polls, demand changes
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Jammu and Kashmir expressed their dissatisfaction with the selection of candidates in the party's first list.
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Health
GMC Srinagar doctors protest against assault on Kolkata doctor
Doctors and MBBS students of GMC Srinagar on Saturday staged peaceful protests in Srinagar against the brutal assault on a female doctor in Kolkata.
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Politics
Article 370 Abrogation: Congress observes black day, lashes out BJP for denying statehood
J&K Congress observed a black day by holding a massive protest and a dharna in Jammu city at Shaheedi Chowk, on the day J&K state was downgraded into a UT in 2019.
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J&K
Severe heatwave threatens J-K’s aquatic life, prompts protests over water scarcity
Jammu and Kashmir is bracing for a severe heatwave over the next four days, with temperatures hitting record highs and impacting both daily life and ecosystems.
Kashmir
Traders Union Pattan calls for shutdown to protest police officer’s transfer
Traders Union Pattan in Kashmir's Baramulla district has called for a complete shutdown tomorrow to protest against the transfer of the SHO of Police Station Pattan.
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Kashmir
Violent clash erupts over water scarcity in Baramulla
Police on Friday resorted to lathi-charge and tear smoke shelling after a water scarcity protest at Chainbal Pattan in Kashmir's Baramulla district turned violent.
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Govt in J&K will collapse on its own, BJP won’t topple it: LoP Sunil Sharma
Senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Friday said the present government in the Union Territory would "collapse on its own."
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Time to review AFSPA as security situation improved in J&K: Minister Sakina Itoo
Sakeena Itoo on Friday said the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) should be reconsidered in view of an improved security environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah directs multi-layered security grid, drones, CCTV deployment for Amarnath Yatra
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review security preparedness for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra.
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