BARAMULLA/SOPORE: With J&K elections cutting to the chase, North Kashmir will determine if the “X-factor” label to Engineer Rashid was justified or his appeal fizzled out in the face of resurgence of National Conference and People’s Conference (PC) in his stronghold.Voting on Tuesday will be key to who forms govt in the post-370 UT, with…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the third and final phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with 40 constituencies up for grabs. The high-stakes campaigning drew to a close on Sunday evening, setting the stage for a crucial vote.The constituencies are split between the two regions, with 24 in Jammu and…
NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday announced that she will not hold a campaign for ongoing J&K assembly elections for a day in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon following the death of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasarallah and other martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza.Taking to X, the former J&K chief minister said…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched an attack on the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, accusing it of aligning with Pakistan’s interests. PM Modi warned that a vote for Congress would lead to the reinstatement of Article 370, which he said would pave the way for violence to return…
NEW DELHI: Although Congress had strongly opposed the abrogation of Article 370 after the BJP govt executed it in August 2019, its manifesto for the upcoming J&K polls is, interestingly, silent on the issue. There is no mention of Congress’s stand on Article 370 in the manifesto released Monday even as it dedicates an entire…
NEW DELHI: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday accused the BJP of having an inconsistent stance on bail granted to political leaders, pointing out that the BJP “welcomed” bail granted to Awami Ittehad Party founder and MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid in a terror funding case while frowned upon court granting bail to Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Tariq Hameed Karra, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief, on Saturday said that the party was ready to contest all 90 seats in the upcoming assembly polls independently. But, the alliance with the National Conference was formed under a “national compulsion”, he added. He asserted that the alliance was forged to…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming J&K assembly elections, a day after the party’s top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting over the names. However, in a rare turn of events, the party was forced to withdraw the original list and…
NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari on Tuesday quit the party after not being given the mandate to contest in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, PTI reported.He had anticipated contesting from the Wagoora-Kreeri seat, but the return of former minister Basharat Bukhari to the PDP last month reduced his chances…
NEW DELHI: The announcement of elections in J&K is unlikely to have any impact on India-Pakistan ties which remain in a deep freeze since India revoked the special status of the erstwhile state, or even well before that.With the Supreme Court having upheld the repeal of the special status, India believes the question about whether…
