NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda on Friday held a long meeting with party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as the party narrows down the list of probable candidates for the coming assembly polls and fine tune their strategy. Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, Devender […]
JAMMU — The Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS) on Friday took out a protest rally here to press for early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and threatened to sit on an indefinite hunger strike. The YRS, a non-political organisation of Rajputs in Jammu, has been fighting for the cause of Dogras of the region for […]
MUMBAI — Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said on Friday that the party will contest the upcoming Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir independently without any pre- and post-alliance with any political party. NCP is expected to contest about 12 seats there. NCP’s move is crucial as it wants to increase its presence across […]
NEW DELHI — Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election due next month, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up the preparation and held multiple meetings in Delhi as well as in J&K. The core group meeting for the J&K assembly election is underway at BJP National President JP Nadda’s residence in Delhi. […]
SRINAGAR — More than 23 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their electoral franchise in 24 constituencies going to polls in the first phase of the three-phased assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18, officials said on Thursday. More than 23.27 lakh people, including 1.23 lakh first-time voters, are eligible to vote in […]
SRINAGAR — Incarcerated Member of Parliament Sheikh Abdul Rashid-led Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Thursday released the first list of nine candidates for the first phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The names were announced by AIP chief spokesperson Imam Un Nabi at a press conference here. He said the selection of the […]
JAMMU — Calling upon his party’s cadres to work hard to ensure victory in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections with the goal of restoring statehood and further marginalizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that Rahul Gandhi would have become the prime minister if some […]
JAMMU — Striking an emotional chord with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he considers himself their soldier in New Delhi, and added his doors are always open for party workers — “the lions of the Congress”. Taking a dig at the prime minister, Gandhi said Modi’s body language […]
SRINAGAR — Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sought to strike an emotional chord with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and assured that the restoration of statehood was a priority for the Congress party as well as the opposition’s INDIA bloc. The former Congress president also said it is […]
SRINAGAR — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Thursday welcomed the announcement of National Conference-Congress pre-poll alliance for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is a much needed move. The alliance was announced by NC president Farooq Abdullah after a meeting with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and […]