J-K polls first phase: Shah to address 3 rallies on last day of campaigning
Jammu: Home Minister Amit Shah will address three rallies in Chenab valley on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, a BJP leader said. Twenty-four assembly segments spread across Chenab valley districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban and south Kashmir districts of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and […]
Silence prevails in J&K, Congress will establish actual peace after winning polls: Kanhaiya Kumar
Anantnag (J&K): Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said there is a silence in Jammu and Kashmir and actual peace would be established in the Union Territory when his party comes to power. “There is a difference between silence and peace. There is a silence here. We have to bring actual peace,” Kumar told PTI […]
PDP contesting polls to stop BJP from burying Kashmir issue, Article 370: Mehbooba
Kulgam (JK): People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said her party is not contesting the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections only for undertaking developmental works, but to stop the BJP from burying Kashmir issue and Article 370. “It is a matter of shame for the BJP that has been saying the situation has […]
Mehbooba Mufti has only brought destruction to J&K: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Sunday hit out at People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, saying she has brought nothing but destruction to Jammu and Kashmir. On Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s announcement of resignation, the NC leader said it remains to be seen what will be his next steps. “Mehbooba […]
Awami Ittehad Party fighting polls to give true representation to people of J-K: Er Rashid
Srinagar: Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid has said his Awami Ittehad Party was contesting the upcoming Assembly polls not for power but to give true representation to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview with PTI here, Baramulla MP Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, said the people of Kashmir were neither enemies […]
Cong to release its J-K poll manifesto within two days: Party leader Solanki
Jammu: The Congress would release its manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections within two days, senior leader Bharat Singh Solanki said on Sunday while terming the BJP’s poll promises “hollow”. Exuding confidence that the Congress-National Conference alliance would come to power in Jammu and Kashmir, he hit out at the BJP, saying it failed […]
‘One Nation, One Election’ to be implemented in current tenure of NDA govt: Sources

New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA government will implement ‘one nation, one election’ within its current tenure, sources said, exuding confidence that the reform measure would receive support across party lines. As the third term of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 100 days in office, the sources said that the cohesion […]
Assembly polls: J-K politicians pip Haryana’s in seeking permissions for rallies, venues
New Delhi: Politicians in Jammu and Kashmir have sought and received around four times more permissions for organising rallies and booking meeting venues than their counterparts in Haryana, official data shows. While assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are being held in three phases beginning September 18, in Haryana the democratic exercise will take place […]
Farooq Abdullah hits back at PM, says he is misleading people
Srinagar:Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “misleading” the nation by claiming that terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir will rise again if the National Conference-Congress alliance came to power in the Union territory. “I want to ask the PM that their government has been ruling for the past five […]
DPAP chief Azad vows to create job opportunities for youth
Jammu: DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday expressed grave concern over the rising cases of drug abuse in Jammu and Kashmir and vowed to create job opportunities for the youth to steer them towards a brighter future if his party wins the assembly elections. Azad was campaigning for his party candidate Abdul Majid Wani in […]