NEW DELHI — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Monday reached Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for his party’s candidate from the Doda Assembly Constituency Mehraj Malik. Notably, Monday is the last day of the election campaign in the Union territory. Launching a scathing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Singh said […]
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Silence prevails in J&K, Congress will establish actual peace after winning elections: Kanhaiya Kumar
ANANTNAG — Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said there is a silence in Jammu and Kashmir and actual peace would be established in the Union Territory when his party comes to power. “There is a difference between silence and peace. There is a silence here. We have to bring actual peace,” Kumar told PTI […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad vows to create job opportunities for youth if party wins assembly elections
JAMMU — DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday expressed grave concern over the rising cases of drug abuse in Jammu and Kashmir and vowed to create job opportunities for the youth to steer them towards a brighter future if his party wins the assembly elections. Azad was campaigning for his party candidate Abdul Majid Wani […]
Farooq Abdullah rides auto to campaign for party candidate in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday took an auto rickshaw ride to pass through the narrow lanes of downtown Srinagar to address an election rally in support of party candidate Tanvir Sadiq. Abdullah, a former chief minister, was seen sitting in the auto rickshaw decorated with party flags and accompanied by one […]
Mehbooba Mufti has only brought destruction to J&K: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Sunday hit out at People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, saying she has brought nothing but destruction to Jammu and Kashmir. On Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement of resignation, the NC leader said it remains to be seen what will be his next steps. […]
Assembly polls: Amit Shah to address three rallies on last day of campaigning
JAMMU — Home Minister Amit Shah will address three rallies in Chenab valley on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, a BJP leader said. Twenty-four assembly segments spread across Chenab valley districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban and south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam […]
Engineer Rashid’s AIP and former Jamaat-e-Islami members join hands for assembly polls
SRINAGAR — In a significant political development, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) headed by Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer and former members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) have come together in a strategic alliance for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. “A joint meeting was held today in which the AIP delegation was led […]
PDP contesting election to stop BJP from burying Kashmir issue, Article 370: Mehbooba Mufti
KULGAM — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said her party is not contesting the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections only for undertaking developmental works, but to stop the BJP from burying Kashmir issue and Article 370. “It is a matter of shame for the BJP that has been saying the situation has […]
AIP fighting elections to give true representation to people of J&K: Engineer Rashid
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid has said his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) was contesting the upcoming Assembly elections not for power but to give true representation to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview with PTI here, Baramulla MP Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, said the people of Kashmir were […]
‘Only mainstream leader to be persecuted by ruling party’: Engineer Rashid rebuffs ‘BJP proxy’ tag
BARAMULLA — Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid has strongly dismissed allegations that he serves as a proxy for the BJP and asserted that his electoral success in the general elections was a reflection of the public’s sentiments against the Modi government’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ initiative. In an interview with PTI videos, Rashid, popularly known as […]








