Grand victory in Doda by AAP against BJP
AAP convener Kejriwal congratulates party New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday congratulated the party for the victory in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda Assembly seat and opening its account in a fifth state. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Mehraj Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled 23,228 votes against BJP’s Gajay Singh Rana’s 18,690 […]
JK Polls: PDP faces an uphill task ahead to keep its flag flying
Srinagar: Going by the mandate in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti faces an uphill task to keep the PDP flag flying. The PDP, which formed a government in the erstwhile state 2014 in alliance with the BJP, won just 3 seats of the total 84 it contested in the assembly elections. Mehbooba, who was chief […]
JK poll results: Engineer Rashid’s AIP, Jamaat-e-Islami fail to make impact
Srinagar: The results of assembly elections in the Kashmir Valley have culminated in a significant rejection of separatist candidates, including those from Engineer Rashid-led Awami Ittehad Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, who failed to make a meaningful impact in the polls. The standout performance came from Sayar Ahmed Reshi, a proxy candidate for Jamaat-e-Islami from Kulgam, and […]
Poll results: Ex-JKPCC chief Vaqar Rasool, BJP president Ravinder Raina among key losers
Srinagar: Many key candidates and bigwigs, including former ministers, lost the maiden assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, as the National Conference (NC) emerged the single largest party with 42 seats. Among the prominent names who lost the polls are former minister and ex-JKPCC president Vaqar Rasool, J-K BJP […]
JK Polls: Lone BJP woman candidate Shagun Parihar wins from Kishtwar
Vows for region’s security Kishtwar: Five years after losing her father and uncle in a terror attack, the lone BJP woman candidate in Jammu and Kashmir polls, Shagun Parihar, who won the Kishtwar Assembly seat on Tuesday, vowed to fight for the security of the region. Parihar defeated veteran National Conference (NC) leader and former […]
Let us continue to strive towards more capable and fully self-reliant Air Force: IAF Chief
Chennai: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Tuesday highlighted the need for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to realign itself to meet the present and future requirements as the global security environment is in a state of constant flux. The ongoing conflicts have demonstrated the requirement to have a strong […]
Police arrests two drug peddlers in Pulwama
Srinagar: Police in Pulwama arrested two drug peddlers and recovered psychotropic, contraband substances and cash from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that a police party at a checkpoint established at Drusoo Pulwama arrested a drug peddler identified as Umer Hassan Yatoo son of Ghulam Hassan Yatoo resident of Drusoo Pulwama. During […]
1.48 pc J-K voters opt for NOTA against 0.38 pc in Haryana
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (PTI): More voters in Jammu and Kashmir used the NOTA button against those in Haryana, latest Election Commission data shows. In elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly, out of over two crore electors, 67.90 per cent had exercised their franchise. Out of these, 0.38 per cent used the none of the […]
Lal Singh suffers another defeat in Basholi constituency after Lok Sabha elections
Jammu, Oct 8 (PTI) Veteran Congress leader Choudhary Lal Singh was defeated on Tuesday by BJP candidate Darshan Kumar in his traditional stronghold of the Basholi seat in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. According to the Election Commission (EC) website, 66-year-old Lal Singh secured 15,840 votes but lost to Kumar by a margin of 16,034 […]
Congress performance below mark in Jammu region, wins 1 seat
Jammu, Oct 8 (PTI) The individual performance of the Congress in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls has hit an all-time low as only one of its 29 candidates managed to win in the Jammu region, while its prominent leaders including two working presidents lost the elections. The Congress is fighting the elections in a […]
