Nowshera

Since February 16, normal life in Nowshera town has been paralysed, with all shops and business establishments closed, as people have taken to the streets demanding district status to an area comprising Nowshera, Sunderbani and Kalakote sub divisions.

In 2020, he was at a border post of Longewala on Diwali and in 2021, he celebrated the festival with soldiers in Nowshera.

Being a mass leader Surinder Choudhary has his personal influence in the Nowshera Assembly segment.

During the preliminary investigation, the identity of the arrested was established as Mohammad Shabir son of Mohammad Farooq, a resident of Daryala Nowshera.

In Rajouri district, 11 are in fray Kalakote -Sunderbani AC; 5 candidates in Nowshera AC; 8 candidates in Rajouri (ST) AC; 4 candidates in Budhal (ST) AC, while 6 candidates are contesting in Thannamandi (ST) AC.

JAMMU, Sep 2: The BJP Monday released its fourth list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, fielding its union territory unit president Ravinder Raina from Nowshera in the Jammu region.

Raina, who is contesting from the Nowshera seat, faces a tough challenge from former MLC Surinder Choudhary, who is running on an NC ticket with Congress backing.

Earlier August 30, another JCO was killed in Nowshera sector of the district.

Earlier this week, Naib Subedar Rajwinder Singh of Goindwal Sahib in Tarn Taran district was killed in shelling along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district.

In a bid to track down infiltrators, the forces on Monday combed Dabud area in Nowshera sector, they said.

Earlier, two Army jawans were killed in two separate incidents of ceasefire violation in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district and the Uri sector in Baramulla district on Friday and Sunday respectively.

He further said that due to non-availability of doctors the patients have to rush towards Sub District Hospital Nowshera by covering more than 20 Km.

Intelligence sources said these relocations include those camps opposite 19 Division on the Indian side besides those in Lipa Valley opposite Naugam sector and Rawalkot and Khuiretta opposite Nowshera and Poonch in India’s 25 Division in Rajouri.

The deceased has been identified as Ramesh Kumar son of Som Raj resident of Nowshera.

The incident took place in Nowshera sector.

The Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC at about 1615 hours with heavy mortar shelling and small arms fire in Nowshera sector of Rajouri, defence spokesman here said.

UNHCR will facilitate repatriation from the voluntary repatriation centres at Azakhel, Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baleli, Quetta in Balochistan.

However, protests by the locals, amid shutdown in Nowshera town of Rajouri district, continued over the issue.

The Chief Minister directed for an early completion of the schemes as part of the beautification plan of Nowshera.

The meeting also supported the grant of district status to Sunderbani-Nowshera which has been a demand of the people of the area for a long time.