Jammu and Kashmir
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J&K polls: BJP trims list, retains 15 candidates for first phase
Srinagar: Hours after issuing a list of 44 candidates for the J&K Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew it and released a new one with only 15 candidates for the…
- Opinions
Regional parties’ manifestoes in Kashmir revert to emotional politics of yester year
PDP or People’s Democratic Party was the third regional party to release its manifesto after National Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. This has completed the circle of all the three major regional parties…
- India
Differences over seat-sharing: Congress, NC leaders hold deliberations
Srinagar: Senior Congress leaders arrived here on Monday to hold deliberations with the National Conference to iron out differences over seat-sharing for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. Congress leaders, including party’s…
- Kashmir
Ex-CM Azad fields 13 candidates for first phase of J&K elections
Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) headed by former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday announced the list of candidates for the first phase of Assembly elections in J&K. The…
- Kashmir
Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami should be revoked: Mufti
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) willingness to contest the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is a good step, but the ban on the organisation should…
- India
NC, PDP can’t ensure Article 370 restoration, fooling J-K voters: BJP
Jammu: BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan on Sunday said it “impossible” for the opposition parties NC and PDP to ensure Article 370 restoration but they are fooling people by guaranteeing it…
- Kashmir
Omar Abdullah to contest Assembly polls from J&K’s Ganderbal seat
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Ganderbal constituency. This announcement was made by Syed…
- News
J&K: Terrorist who attacked poll picket killed by CRPF troops
Srinagar: A terrorist was killed during an exchange of fire with CRPF personnel deployed at an Election Commission-directed check post in Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place at…
- Kashmir
PDP releases its manifesto for J&K assembly elections
Srinagar: The PDP on Saturday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections, promising to pursue the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir to its “original status”, and advocate for confidence-building measures (CBMs) and…
- Kashmir
24 polling stations set up for Kashmiri migrants to vote in J&K polls
Srinagar: The election commission of India (ECI) has set up 24 polling stations for Kashmiri migrants to vote in the upcoming J&K assembly polls. P.K. Pole, chief electoral officer (CEO) of J&K…
- Photos
Congress workers meeting in Srinagar
Srinagar: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi poses for pictures with National Conference (NC) Vice President Omer Abdullah’s sons Zahir and Zamir as he leaves the residence…
- Opinions
Ram Madhav’s re-entry into J&K can prove game changer for BJP in Assembly polls
Ram Madhav, an old familiar face of BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, on his appointment as election in-charge for the Assembly polls 2004 in the Union Territory , has hit the ground…
- India
Rahul Gandhi relishes Kashmiri ‘Wazwan’ at Srinagar’s famous hotel
Srinagar: Taking time out of his busy schedule, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Kashmir’s famous hotel Ahdoo’s in Srinagar city to relish the traditional local cuisine, the ‘Wazwan’. Taking his large security…
- News
Over 90,000 first-time voters registered in J&K
Srinagar: J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday said that a total of 93,284 voters have been added in the Special Summary Revision across Jammu and Kashmir while the elector population ratio…
- Kashmir
Cong’s doors open for pre-poll alliance in J-K, says state unit chief
Jammu: Newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said the doors of his party are open for pre-poll alliance in the Union territory with parties opposing BJP’s policies…
