JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma said that he won the fourth seat in Rajya Sabha polls in the Union Territory despite attempts by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to “create a division on the basis of Jammu versus Kashmir”. He was speaking to reporters after receiving a warm welcome from party workers […]
JAMMU — BJP winning a Rajya Sabha seat from Jammu and Kashmir vindicated “vote chori” charges against the party, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary alleged on Saturday. Amid a blame game over “cross-voting” in the election for one Rajya Sabha seat among non-BJP parties in J-K, Choudhary said the National Conference (NC) would prefer to […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has filed a petition before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, seeking directions for the immediate transfer of all undertrail prisoners from the Union territory who are currently lodged in jails outside J-K. The plea urges that such prisoners be brought back to local jails […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday reviewed the arrangements for the upcoming Darbar Move — the shifting of the capital from Srinagar to Jammu for winter — and stressed on coordination, security and minimum public disturbance during the transfer of the administrative machinery. Abdullah chaired a high-level meeting to review arrangements for this […]
SRINAGAR — The BJP’s Rajya Sabha election winning candidate Sat Sharma on Friday said the four MLAs from outside his party who voted for him had listened to their conscience, and it showed how much the people in Jammu and Kashmir loved Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sharma, who is also the BJP’s J-K chief, defeated […]
SRINAGAR — The results of Jammu and Kashmir’s first Rajya Sabha polls after becoming a Union Territory followed expected lines, with the ruling National Conference securing three seats on Friday and the BJP clinching the final one, largely due to a possible strategic cross-voting by a few Independents and the People’s Conference’s abstention. Polling for […]
JAMMU — Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said following the abrogation of Article 370 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership , Jammu and Kashmir’s “destiny” has changed, paving the way for peace and development in the region. Rijiju, in a reference to assembly polls in Bihar, said there is “Modi wave” across the country, […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference received a shot in the arm on the day of Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, as the lone Awami Ittehad Party MLA, Sheikh Khursheed, announced to support the ruling party “to keep the BJP out”. Khursheed, the MLA from Langate in Kupwara district, said his party […]
SRINAGAR — The BJP on Friday said the Congress is a “puppet” of the ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir, and its decisions are taken in the “kitchen of Abdullahs”. The allegation follows the Congress’ decision to support the NC, ahead of the byelections for the four Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party MLA Waheed Para has said his party legislators will vote for the ruling National Conference candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections on Friday for the “larger interest” of Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to reporters inside the Assembly complex, where voting for four Rajya Sabha seats is underway, Para said the […]