JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina felicitated the the newly-elected party MLAs here on Monday and said the leader of opposition will soon be selected after holding meetings with party leaders under the command of central observers. BJP national general secretary and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Tarun Chugh, who has been […]
SRINAGAR — More than 70 per cent of the 90 MLAs elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly have declared their minimum educational qualification as graduates, including three who hold doctorate degrees. According to data compiled by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), all three doctorate degree holders who emerged victorious in the recently-held Assembly […]
JAMMU — Sunil Sharma, a prominent leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday described the recent assembly election in Jammu & Kashmir as a clash between two opposing ideologies. He characterised one side as representing the legacy of the National Conference (NC) founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, supported by separatist forces and stone-pelters, while […]
SRINAGAR — BJP’s 29-year-old Shagun Parihar is the youngest member of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, while National Conference veteran Abdul Rahim Rather aged 80 is the oldest member. Parihar, who lost her father and uncle in a militant attack in 2018, is the only member of assembly below the age of […]
JAMMU — Following the announcement of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election results, the Election Commission of India (ECI) today declared that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is no longer in effect in the Union Territory. As per the order No. 37/6/1/INST/ECI/FUNCT/MCC/2024 issued on October 10, the ECI stated, “Now that the results for […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Legislature Party will meet Friday afternoon in Srinagar to choose its leader. “The Congress MLAs will meet today afternoon in Srinagar under the chairmanship of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Tariq Hameed Karra to elect the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party,” the spokesperson said. The elected […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress has been relegated from a junior partner in the incoming Jammu and Kashmir government to a relative non-entity, after four independent MLAs extended support to the National Conference, the ‘big brother’ in the alliance that won this week’s election. Pyare Lal Sharma, Satish Sharma, Choudhary Mohammed Akram, and Dr Rameshwar […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the results of the Assembly elections prove that the majority of the people in Jammu and Kashmir have not endorsed the Centre’s decision of revocation of the special status of the erstwhile state. “Clearly, it (mandate) was not in favour of that decision. Had it […]
SRINAGAR — Over 71 per cent candidates of the PDP forfeited their deposits as the regional outfit was decimated at the hustings on Tuesday with only three candidates making it to the maiden assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. Out of 873 candidates who ran for the 90 assembly seats, 666 candidates — 76.28 […]
JAMMU — After the BJP won 29 seats in J&K, the party’s J&K Chief Ravinder Raina on Wednesday called it the best performance so far. Talking to IANS, Ravinder Raina said, “The BJP has achieved a remarkable victory in J&K, marking its best performance in the region so far. With the win of 29 legislators […]