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. […]
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. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said the BJP had not fielded its candidates from the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir as the party and its government have allegedly not been able to win people’s hearts after the abrogation of Article 370. “The importance of this election in itself […]
JAMMU — Amid multi-tier security arrangements, ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) was on display at the all-women staffed booths known as ‘pink booths’, in the Doda district of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. These ‘pink booths’ attracted more women voters, especially from the Muslim community. More than 22 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in […]
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, […]
DODA — A day after Omar Abdullah hit out at Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president Ghulam Nabi Azad in his bastion Chenab valley, the latter slammed him for coming to Jammu and Kashmir as a tourist. Addressing a public meeting in Doda, Azad said that Omar Abdullah spends summer at his maternal grandfather’s house […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Speculations surrounding the resignation of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Manoj Sinha, have finally ended as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its candidate for the Ghazipur constituency on Wednesday. Mr. Paras Nath Rai, a close aide of Mr. Manoj Sinha, has been nominated as the BJP candidate for the […]
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 […]