{"id":63009,"date":"2025-09-01T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/night-cricket-in-pulwama-marks-a-new-beginning-altaf-thakur\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:35:59","slug":"night-cricket-in-pulwama-marks-a-new-beginning-altaf-thakur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/night-cricket-in-pulwama-marks-a-new-beginning-altaf-thakur\/","title":{"rendered":"Night Cricket in Pulwama marks a new beginning: Altaf Thakur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Bats &amp; balls replace stones and guns as PM Modi hails youth participation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SRINAGAR, SEPT 1: BJP Jammu and Kashmir spokesman Altaf Thakur has described the night cricket tournament in Pulwama as a \u201cnew beginning,\u201d symbolizing the transformation of the Valley in the post-2019 era.<\/p>\n<p>Thakur said the sight of local youth enjoying cricket under floodlights reflects a positive shift from violence to sports. \u201cThe guns and stones of yesterday have been replaced with bats and balls today. This is the Kashmir we all wished to see,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s appreciation of the tournament and his conversation with water sports man Mohsin, a gold medalist, carried immense significance. \u201cWhen the Prime Minister of the country hails a budding player from Pulwama, it is not just recognition for one individual but an acknowledgment of the changing spirit of Kashmir,\u201d Thakur said.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman added that such events foster peace, harmony, and opportunities for the youth, paving the way for a brighter future in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bats &#038; balls replace stones and guns as PM Modi hails youth participation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kashmir"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}