BJP puts up best-ever show, retains its dominance in Jammu region
Jammu: The BJP has emerged the second largest party by winning 29 constituencies in the maiden assembly polls post abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, improving its all-time high tally of 25 seats recorded in 2014 elections. However, the saffron party’s biggest setback was the loss suffered by its Union Territory president RavinderRaina […]
1.48 pc J-K voters opt for NOTA against 0.38 pc in Haryana
New Delhi: 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 above (NOTA) option […]
Attempts were made to destroy NC over last five years: Omar Abdullah
Budgam: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said many attempts were made to destroy his party over the last five years by creating new outfits which have been decimated in this election. The former chief minister won Ganderbal and Budgam seats, defeating his nearest rivals from PDP by over 10,000 votes and 18,000 […]
Three women candidates emerge victorious in JK Assembly polls
Jammu: Three women, including former minister SakeenaMasood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. While two women made it to the Assembly in 2014, three women, including Mehbooba Mufti, won elections in 2008. Among them, the lone BJP female candidate ShagunParihar won the Kishtwar Assembly seat, defeating […]
Disunity, over-confidence cost Congress dearly in Haryana
New Delhi: Over-confidence, factionalism and too much dependence on one community cost the Congress dearly in the assembly elections in Haryana, party insiders feel after it failed in its comeback bid after staying out of power for a decade. It was a shock defeat in Haryana, considered a low-hanging fruit by the party which was […]
Congress performance below mark in Jammu region, wins just one seat
Jammu: 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 pre-poll alliance with […]
JK Assembly Polls: Counting of votes today amid tight security arrangements
Jammu/Srinagar: Counting of votes for 90 Assembly constituencies will begin in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning, the final lap of an electoral journey that will give the union territory its first elected government since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. The Congress-National Conference alliance, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) […]
Cong-NC, BJP, PDP confident of win on eve of counting day
Jammu: On the eve of the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, top leaders of the Congress-NC alliance, the BJP and the PDP have expressed confidence in forming the next government in the Union Territory. While the Congress and the National Conference, who formed a pre-poll alliance, claimed they would cross […]
Plea in SC seeks direction for restoration of statehood of JK within two months
New Delhi: A plea was on Monday filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir within two months. On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state […]
LG’s power to nominate 5 members to Assembly centre of political, legal debate
Srinagar/New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s power to nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was at the centre of a political and legal debate on the eve of vote count, with the Congress and regional parties NC and PDP on Monday opposing any such move during government formation. The Congress, its ally […]
