JAMMU — The BJP is not fielding any candidate on the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir region because it is weak there, Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani said on Sunday while exuding confidence that his party will win both the seats in the Jammu region. If the INDIA bloc comes […]
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Omar Abdullah accuses PDP of benefiting BJP in J&K
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP of benefiting the BJP by contesting elections against the INDIA bloc in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being regional rivals, the PDP and the NC had joined the opposition alliance but failed to arrive at a seat sharing agreement. “It is they (PDP) […]
Waheed Para advocates for restoration of old pension scheme in J&K
SRINAGAR — PDP Youth President and Parliament Candidate for Srinagar-Pulwama Constituency, Waheed ur Rehman Parra said that restoring the old pension scheme in J&K is the need of the hour. Addressing several public meetings in Srinagar District, Parra said that more than 50,000 employees serving in different government departments are covered under the National Pension […]
LG Sinha reviews underground cabling project for Amarnath cave shrine
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Power Development department and reviewed among other things the progress on the underground cabling project for grid connectivity of the Amarnath cave shrine, an official spokesman said. The meeting was attended among others by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, Principal […]
217 cases of MACT, bank recovery resolved in Special Lok Adalats in J&K
JAMMU — As many as 217 cases of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) and bank recovery were resolved by the Special Lok Adalats in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, an official said. The Special Lok Adalat was organised throughout the Union Territory with special emphasis on amicable settlement of MACT and bank recovery cases that […]
Sajad Lone seeks Apni Party support to consolidate anti-National Conference votes in Baramulla
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday sought support from the Apni Party to consolidate all anti-National Conference votes in north Kashmir. Lone, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from north Kashmir’s Baramulla seat, claimed the National Conference benefits from the fragmentation of votes. The People’s Conference chief is contesting against Omar […]
Para appeals Kashmiri youth to consider Lok Sabha polls as ‘referendum’
SRINAGAR — The PDP’s Srinagar candidate on Saturday appealed to Kashmir’s youngsters to consider the general elections as a “referendum” to send to New Delhi a message about their “dissatisfaction” with the Centre’s decisions post August 2019. Waheed Para, who is also the youth wing chief of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said there is […]
Lok Sabha polls about safeguarding J&K’s identity, saving its resources: Mehbooba Mufti
ANANTNAG — The Lok Sabha elections are not about addressing the day-to-day development issues but safeguarding the identity of Jammu and Kashmir and saving its resources, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday. The former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state, who is contesting the general elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, took […]
‘Unfortunate’ that NC contesting in Anantnag-Rajouri seat against friend who turned ‘greedy’: Omar Abdullah
PULWAMA — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said it was “unfortunate” that his party was contesting elections in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency against a friend who turned “greedy” for a Lok Sabha seat. Abdullah was apparently referring to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti contesting the polls from the seat in south Kashmir. […]
If elected, PDP candidates will become voice of J&K’s people in Parliament: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates, if elected, will raise the issues of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and become their voice in the Parliament, party chief Mehbooba Mufti said here on Friday. Mufti made the remarks at a press conference at the party headquarters while releasing the manifesto for the Parliamentary polls. […]









