JAMMU — Ahead of the final phase of the ongoing assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP got a boost in Jammu as advocate Ankur Sharma merged his Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal with the saffron party on Thursday. A programme was organized at the BJP media center here during which Sharma and other members […]
SRINAGAR — In a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the party of hypocrisy and political opportunism. Speaking at a campaign rally in Bahu in support of PDP candidate Virendra Singh Sonu, Mehbooba claimed that Ram Madhav, a […]
NEW DELHI — Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address poll rallies in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the party said. These will be her first public meetings this election season as polls are being held in Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana together. On Saturday, she will first address a public meeting in Billawar, […]
KATHUA — Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, reminding him that Congress imposed president’s rule most number of times in Jammu and Kashmir. “Rahul Gandhi just gave a statement that outsiders will rule in Jammu and Kashmir. He was referring to our LG Sahab (Manoj Sinha). Rahul baba, those […]
JAMMU — Asserting that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is raising its voice for separation from Pakistan, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that PoK will become part of Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP returns to power. He said that people from various parts of the world have watched how peaceful polls are being […]
RAMGARH, SAMBA — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused the Congress, the National Conference and the PDP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a “warehouse” of terrorism and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi permanently destroyed this “nursery of terrorism” with the abrogation of Article 370. He said once the BJP forms a […]
BANI, KATHUA — Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the BJP-led Centre will not allow even the “shadow of terrorism” over the hills of the Jammu region as it has taken concrete measures and strengthened the village defence guards to counter the threat. Shah’s remarks came as several hill areas of the Jammu region, […]
CHENANI/UDHAMPUR — Ahead of the third and final phase of polling in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election next week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah intensified attacks on the Congress, NC and PDP on Thursday, saying the three dynastic parties are responsible for terrorism, which has been buried by the BJP and will not be […]
JAMMU — Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday that Omar Abdullah after sensing the mood of the people is now saying that his party, National Conference (NC), can form the government in alliance with Congress, a climb down from his earlier stance. Abdullah, earlier, was claiming that the NC […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the low voter turnout in Srinagar district during the second phase of voting for Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls was perhaps a people’s reaction to the Centre trying to project normalcy in the union territory. His remarks came after the second phase of polling on […]