JAMMU — Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir chief Ravindra Raina on Friday hailed the party’s manifesto and termed it ‘people’s manifesto’. Promising all help to the people of the state, Raina said that the party will solve everyone’s problems, adding that the BJP will work with the mission of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, […]
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Article 370 now history will never come back: Amit Shah at BJP manifesto launch for J&K polls
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah released on Friday the BJP’s manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, and asserted that Article 370 has become “history” and will never make a comeback in the Union territory. Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader said the last 10-year period will be written […]
When will full statehood return to J&K, why has security situation deteriorated there: Congress to Shah
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Friday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah over the government’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir, asking when full statehood would be restored and why the security situation there had “deteriorated under your watch”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also asked why the Centre was attempting […]
BJP has reduced resolution of Kashmir issue to conducting Assembly polls: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the BJP has succeeded in reducing the resolution of the Kashmir issue to the conduct of Assembly polls in the Union Territory. “The BJP has succeeded in reducing the Kashmir issue — for which thousands have died, thousands were orphaned and we suffered losses of billions […]
Handed a second chance, Waheed Parra builds Pulwama campaign around ‘healing J&K’s pain’
SRINAGAR — “Before we listen to you, you have to listen to us,” 42-year-old Muzaffar Ahmad Magray tells Waheed ur Rehman Parra as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Pulwama Assembly seat alights from his vehicle on a campaign stop. It is a cloudy morning in the village of Renzipora village in Pulwama’s Awantipora […]
Amit Shah arrives in Jammu on two-day visit, to launch BJP’s poll campaign
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the BJP’s poll campaign and release the party’s manifesto here during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir beginning Friday. The Union minister’s arrival in Jammu comes at a critical time for the BJP in the Union territory as the party faces growing challenges ahead of […]
For the first time in three decades, Kashmiri Pandit Woman to contest J&K Assembly Polls
SRINAGAR — An election of firsts in Jammu and Kashmir is set to see another – a woman Kashmiri Pandit will be contesting the Assembly polls for the first time in three decades. Daisy Raina, who used to work at a private company in Delhi and has been a sarpanch of Frisal village in Pulwama, […]
Omar Abdullah accuses BJP-ruled Centre of trying to silence him
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday claimed that the BJP-ruled Centre was fielding independent candidates against him in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections in a bid to silence him. “I always knew that Delhi would want to silence me in some way but I never thought that they would go […]
14 Kashmiri Pandits enter fray from valley; return of the displaced their aim
JAMMU — So far, 14 Kashmiri Pandits have filed nominations to contest from the valley for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, aiming to ensure the return and rehabilitation of their fellow community members, whose number run up to 3 lakh. Srinagar’s Habba Kadal assembly constituency has virtually turned into an electoral battlefield for […]
Home Minister Amit Shah to launch BJP’s manifesto today for assembly polls
NEW DELHI — As Jammu and Kashmir gears up for the upcoming assembly polls, Union Minister Amit Shah is set to launch the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto on Friday as he leaves for a two-day visit to the territory. Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are scheduled in three phases, which will be conducted on September […]