JAMMU — Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir beginning Wednesday for key meetings ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. Earlier the two leaders were scheduled to visit Jammu first and then travel to Srinagar. But now they […]
SRINAGAR — 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 and way of its functioning. He also accused the BJP of destroying the “communal fabric” of the “mini-India” due to its policies […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari Tuesday quit the party ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Suhail Bukhari told PTI he has quit the PDP, but he did not elaborate further. Suhail Bukhari was apparently miffed at not being given the mandate to contest the polls. He had hoped to contest […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission on Tuesday issued notification for the first phase of the three-phased assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in which 24 segments will go to polls on September 18. With the issuance of the notification, the nomination process for the candidates has started. The last date for making nominations for the […]
SRINAGAR — Apni Party vice president, Zafar Iqbal Manhas along with his son Tuesday resigned from the Apni Party and are likely to join Congress tomorrow. Zafar Iqbal Manhas confirmed to news agency Kashmir News Observer that he has resigned from the Apni Party and further course of action will be decided after feedback from […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said his party would approach the Supreme Court if the Centre fails to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. “The reality is that we have a fight on our hands to get our powers back and we have no doubt that we will succeed. At […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress is open to talks with like-minded parties to strike a “respectable alliance” for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls but the parameters for such a tie-up would be different from the Lok Sabha elections, party’s newly-appointed J&K chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday. In an interview with PTI, Karra […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference will announce its candidates for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the notification for the first phase of the three-phased polls, the party’s vice president Omar Abdullah said here on Sunday. The notification for the first phase is scheduled to be issued on August 20. Polling is scheduled […]
NEW DELHI — Amid rumours that Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad will join the Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Congress Chief, Tariq Hameed Karra said on Sunday that a denial has come from Azad’s side so it is a close chapter now. “A denial from the Azad Sahab’s party has come. After that, […]
JAMMU — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not form any pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, state party president Ravinder Raina said here. He, however, said discussions are ongoing with 8 to 10 independents in the Kashmir valley for contesting the elections together. He said the party is fully geared up for Assembly elections […]