JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress launched a counter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and said the BJP is a “master at providing lip service” and its “empty rhetoric” will not work in the upcoming Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The opposition party also claimed that the […]
KULGAM — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Prime Minister’s comments on political dynasties during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda ahead of the Assembly elections. Speaking to ANI on Friday, the former J&K Chief Minister referred to a recent […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday that she joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and withdraw 12,000 FIRs against youths, while Omar Abdullah, during his regime, filed FIRs against them. “The youths know that PDP is that party that has always thought for them and worked […]
SRINAGAR — The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is at its lowest right now but it will play an instrumental role in forming a non-BJP coalition government after the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, party leader Iltija Mufti has said. Iltija, the third generation politician from the Mufti family and daughter of PDP president Mehbooba […]
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday asked when will full statehood return to the union territory and alleged that the region has “become a bureaucratic fiefdom controlled by the BJP-RSS cabal”. Prime Minister Modi addressed an election rally in the Doda district […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi should focus on the “deteriorating” security situation in Jammu and Kashmir instead of raising the bogey of dynastic politics, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally in the Doda district in support of BJP candidates earlier in the day, Modi said political dynasties […]
SRINAGAR — Congress on Saturday accused the Centre of failing to end militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that militancy has returned stronger in union territory where it had been eliminated many years ago. Addressing a press conference at the party office here, the party’s spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said there have been 25 […]
SRINAGAR — One of the most-watched contests from south Kashmir, the battle for Kulgam, will put CPI(M) veteran Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami’s legacy on the line. The leader, a part of the larger Congress-National Conference alliance, is facing a stiff challenge from Jamaat-backed independent Sayyar Ahmad Reshi. Tarigami is one of the most vocal leaders from […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hit the poll campaign trail in support of his party candidates on Saturday by addressing a mega rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, amid tight security arrangements. This will be the first visit by a prime minister to Doda in the last 42 years. Multi-tier […]
JAMMU — Nominations of 37 candidates were rejected during Friday’s scrutiny of papers of hopefuls from 40 constituencies that will go to the polls in the last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, officials said. The last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is September 16. These seats will go to the polls […]