The newly-elected Jammu and Kashmir Assembly faced chaos on the first day after opposition member Waheed Parra of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) moved a resolution against the scrapping of Article 370. The erstwhile state lost its special status and was bifurcated into two union territories after the Narendra Modi-led Union government abrogated Article 370…
The Union government is likely to initiate the process of restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, five years after the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Chief Minister Omar Abdullah the centre’s full support to the newly elected government, a…
Jammu and Kashmir may acquire five nominated additional MLAs this week as exit polls brought the possibility of a hung Assembly. The Congress-NC combine as well as former Gupkar Alliance member PDP have threatened to move the Supreme Court if Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha takes any such decision amid government formation. The developments came even…
During a public rally in Jammu on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, mistakenly referred to Kashmiri Pandits as “refugees from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).” Realizing his error almost immediately, he corrected himself, stating, “Sorry, the promises made to Kashmiri Pandits by (former PM) Manmohan Singh will be fulfilled.” Kashmir Pandits’ Exodus…
With assets amounting to 165 Crore, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party is the richest candidate contesting assembly elections in the Union Territory (UT). Bukhari, the Apni Party president, is contesting from Channapora seat in Srinagar going to polls in the second phase of elections on September 25. Tariq Hameed…
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Polls: The Election Commission of India on September 5 issued a notification for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for the third and final phase of the upcoming assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. As many as 40 seats of the 90-member JK assembly will vote in the third phase of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to give a boost to the Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) campaign for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls with three rallies next week. Modi is likely to address two rallies in Jammu and one in Kashmir, according to the reports. The PM is likely to visit the Union Territory (UT)…
The Election Commission of India on August 29 issued a notification for the filing of nomination papers by candidates for the second phase of the upcoming assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. As many as 26 seats will vote in the second phase of polling on September 25. The last date for filling nomination papers will…
The National Conference-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir will collapse like a house of cards and face a humiliating defeat in the upcoming assembly elections, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh has said. He also claimed the alliance had been rejected time and again by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “Even in the last Lok…
The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Sunday, August 18, issued a statement accusing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress leaders of spreading rumors that the party chairman, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and his party members were joining Congress ahead of the Assembly elections. 2024. Refuting these claims, the Azad Party chief spokesperson Salman Nizami issued a…
