JAMMU — Voting started in the first phase of general elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency on Friday with over 16.23 lakh electorate eligible to exercise their franchise. The polling began at 7 am in all 2,637 polling stations across the constituency despite pouring rain and will decide the fate of 12 candidates, […]
JAMMU — A small contingent of women personnel of the Special Operations Group, a specially-trained counter-insurgency force of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, has been deployed in Jammu ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Voting for the Jammu parliamentary seat will be held on April 26 in the second phase of elections. The eight-member team, fully […]
SRINAGAR — Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, the party said today. In a press briefing in Srinagar, senior PDP leader and former minister Sartaj Madni, said that party chief Mehbooba Mufti will be their candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, while party youth president Waheed Para will contest […]
SRINAGAR — The Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with jobs creation, development of infrastructure, a national caste census and restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir among the major highlights. The manifesto was released in Delhi by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who was accompanied by senior leaders Sonia […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday snubbed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the National Conference and the Congress will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections jointly. Addressing media persons, Omar said that NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah has been campaigning for Congress leaders in Jammu division “while the Congress has […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a massive rally at Udhampur in Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency on April 12 to boost the BJP campaign for the upcoming Parliamentary elections, reports said. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a rally in Raipur-Domana on April 9, focussing on Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha seat. Uttar […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said that registration of a case against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and others for rigging the 1987 assembly election would be the biggest confidence building measure (CBM) towards Kashmiris. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a party function here, Lone said that […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that party patron and Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Dr Farooq Abdullah will not fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah cited health as the reason for Farooq Abdullah not contesting the Lok Sabha polls. He made the announcement during a […]
SRINAGAR — Democratic Azad Progressive Party (DPAP) chairman, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the party will bring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood back if voted to power. Addressing media persons, Azad, who is DPAP Lok Sabha candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, said that he has always led from the front. “I have stood against the […]
SRINAGAR — The former chief minister of erstwhile J&K state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday announced that the party will field it’s candidates from Lok Sabha constituencies in Kashmir, saying that the candidates will be announced within a few days. Addressing the media persons, Mehbooba said that National Conference Vice President […]
