SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday took out a protest march here against the inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir. Several PDP leaders led by the party’s chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari took out the march from the party’s head office near Sher-e-Kashmir Park here. Bukhari said the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Friday said that the recent statement by officials of the Election Commission pertaining to allowing non-locals to vote in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has created a new set of apprehensions among the people, and that the Government of India must allay […]
SRINAGAR — Accusing the BJP of converting Jammu and Kashmir into a “laboratory for its experiments”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said she has asked NC president Farooq Abdullah to convene an all-party meeting over poll authorities allowing outsiders to register as voters in the Union Territory. Hours later, a National Conference (NC) spokesperson […]
JAMMU — Amid controversy over inclusion of outside voters in Jammu and Kashmir electoral rolls, government officials Thursday cited rules to assert that any citizen of India who has attained the qualifying age and “ordinarily residing” at a place is eligible to get registered as a voter. Upping its ante, National Conference (NC) president Farooq […]
SRINAGAR — Political leaders in Kashmir have sharply reacted to reports that people ordinarily residing in Jammu and Kashmir even for purposes of work can cast vote in the next assembly election in the Union Territory, accusing the BJP of tilting the balance in its favour. “Is the BJP so insecure about support from genuine […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar on Wednesday said around 25 lakh new voters are expected to be enrolled in the Union Territory as the special summary revision of electoral rolls is being held for the first time after abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. He also described the ongoing exercise […]
JAMMU — Senior Leader and General Secretary J&K Congress Surinder Singh Channi may also resign from the party. If speculations are to be believed, Channi may resign from the party. Sources said that after party’s senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from the newly constituted campaign committee, few few more are in the fray of […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said continued detention of Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is a crime against all those whom he inspires at a religious level and requested the Centre and J&K administration to release him as soon as possible. In a series of tweets, Lone requested Union […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday put a new Twitter display picture that shows her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the national flag and the now-derecognised flag of Jammu and Kashmir. In his Mann ki Baat radio broadcast this Sunday, PM Modi had said the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday said no one should have objection to hoist national flag as part of the Centre’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, but there should be no compulsion as well. “Why should anyone have any objection to it. It is the country’s flag, there is a permission to […]