JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Campaigning for the final phase of polling in the three-set J&K assembly elections ended peacefully at 6pm Sunday, marking the start of the mandatory 48-hour silent period before voting on October 1. This round will cover 40 assembly segments across seven districts: Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, and Kathua in Jammu region, and Baramulla, Bandipora, and…
JAMMU: Union home minister Amit Shah cautioned Thursday that electing candidates from the NC-Congress alliance and PDP in the ongoing J&K assembly elections would play into Pakistan’s hands. “If they get elected, Pakistan will celebrate,” he said, addressing a BJP campaign rally at Chenani in Udhampur district for the third and final phase of polling…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to actively participate in the democratic process by casting their votes in large numbers as the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections commenced. In a post on X, he specifically appealed to young and first-time voters to exercise their right to vote. “As the…
NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid released from Tihar Jail on Wednesday after receiving interim bail. The court granted him bail till October 2, allowing him to campaign for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.Rashid had been in jail since 2019, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act…
SRINAGAR: Thousands gathered Sunday at an election rally organised by former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami in Budgam in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, where they pledged support for welfare measures by any future govt and called for the release of political prisoners.“Earlier, nobody talked to us. Now institutions have approached us, and people also talk…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah submitted Thursday his nomination papers from Budgam in central Kashmir, choosing to contest from two constituencies in the J&K assembly elections. The day before, he had filed his papers for the family stronghold of Ganderbal, where the race intensified with some contestants apparently complicating matters for Omar.Both…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi reaffirmed Saturday his party’s call for resumption of dialogue and diplomatic ties with Pakistan to resolve what he called the “unsettled issue” of Kashmir. “People of J&K believe that settling the situation here permanently needs a proper dialogue between Pakistan and India,” he said.However, external affairs minister…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday released its first list of 7 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.The party has fielded Fayaz Ahmed Sofi from Pulwama, Muddasir Hassan from Rajpora, Sheikh Fida Hussain from Devsar, Mohsin Shafkat Mir from Dooru, Mehraj Din Malik from Doda and Yasir Shafi Matto from…
