JAMMU — Most of the exit polls predicted that the Congress-NC alliance has an advantage in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP remained hopeful of forming the government in the Union territory. National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah, however, described the exit polls as “just time pass” even though the results […]
NEW DELHI — The exit polls for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, which are witnessing elections after 10 years, have predicted the National Conference and Congress alliance ahead in a tight race. The majority mark to form the government in the 90-member assembly is 46. According to TV-Today C-voter projections, the NC-Congress alliance is […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Islamabad for the SCO meeting would mark the start of a better relationship between India and Pakistan. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Saturday said the incoming government in Jammu and Kashmir will be a “toothless tiger”, while its chief minister will be a “rubber stamp” and “glorified mayor” of a “municipality”. J&K is all set to get a new government after the results of the Assembly elections held after a […]
NEW DELHI (KIMS) — Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister on Friday refuted Omar Abdullah’s claim that ‘the Government had curtailed the powers of the Chief Minister and assigned them to the Lieutenant Governor.’ He said that the allegation was ‘misleading’ and ‘speculative,’ as there was no such proposal. Omar Abdullah, in a post on […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Friday strongly opposed the nomination of five MLAs before the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, labelling any such move as an assault on democracy and the fundamental principles of the Constitution. For the first time in J&K, five nominated Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) will have a significant role […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to “further disempower” the incoming elected government. “The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J&K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina said the party will emerge as the single-largest one in the ongoing Assembly elections and form its government in the Union Territory. Raina said the record voter turnout across all three phases indicates the BJP is poised to win an absolute majority on October 8. “The […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Wednesday asked the civil and military authorities to keep the Rajwar Gate in the Handwara area of north Kashmir open round-the-clock. “Rashid took up the matter of opening the Rajwar Gate round-the-clock for public movement with both civil and military authorities,” a spokesman of […]
PAHALGAM — In light of the escalating tensions in the Middle East, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday, stressed the need for peace and hoped that the big powers of the world will ensure that there is no third World War. “I hope the big powers of the world will ensure that there is […]