Pope Francis has requested prayers from Catholics as he continues receiving treatment for double pneumonia in the hospital. pesowin

In his message, released on Sunday, the Pope thanked the doctors and health workers at the hospital, and well-wishers who sent in messages.

In October 1947, when Sheikh Abdullah came to power in Kashmir valley, ‘Naya Kashmir’ was the name by which his project of modernising the former princely state became known. Some of its main provisions like the agrarian land reforms were successfully acted upon. It set apart the National Conference as a progressive force in the subcontinent and distinguished it from its politically and socially more conservative rival, the Muslim Conference. The main goals of the Naya Kashmir manifesto were ‘the organisation of agriculture on a more modern and rational footing and the provision for the peasant of a higher standard of living’ The basic principles were to be the ‘abolition of landlordism’, the provision of the ‘land to the tiller’ and cooperative association in the production and sale of crops. In its peasant charter it declared that ‘ All land which at present belongs to the landlords will revert to the peasant and the peasants would be made ‘completely debt free’. 

Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge had a brief health scare during an election rally in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. While delivering a speech in Jasrota ahead of the third phase of elections, Kharge felt dizzy and had to stop his address.

"In recent days I have received many messages of affection, and I have been particularly struck by the letters and drawings from children,ubet95 login" he wrote.

"Thank you for this closeness, and for the prayers of comfort I have received from all over the world! I entrust you all to the intercession of Mary, and I ask you to pray for me."

For the second consecutive Sunday, the Pope was unable to deliver the traditional Angelus prayer in person. However, in a message written over the past few days, he expressed confidence as he remains hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, continuing with the necessary treatment.

The message comes after the Vatican revealed on Saturday that the 88-year-old's condition continues to be "critical".

The 88-year-old was first admitted to hospital on 14 February after experiencing difficulties breathing for several days.

He is especially prone to lung infections due to developing pleurisy - an inflammation around the lungs - as an adult and having part of one of his lungs removed at age 21.

During his 12 years as leader of the Roman Catholic churchpesowin, the Argentine has been admitted to hospital several times, including in March 2023 when he spent three nights in hospital with bronchitis.