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 […]
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 […]
Census to be conducted soon; no decision yet on caste census: Report
New Delhi: The government has started preparations for conducting the decadal census, but a decision is yet to be taken on including a column on caste as part of the exercise, sources said on Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one source said that the decadal census will be conducted soon. India has conducted the […]
Will resign as CM after 2 days, want to give ‘agnipariksha’: Kejriwal; BJP terms it ‘PR exercise’
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that he would resign after two days and sought early polls in the national capital while vowing not to sit in CM’s chair till people give him a “certificate of honesty”. The BJP hit back at the AAP supremo, terming his move a “PR exercise” […]
Dynastic politics destroyed Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi
Says terrorism breathing its last in the UT Jammu: Asserting that terrorism is taking its last breath in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government projected new leadership to counter dynastic politics that has destroyed “this beautiful region”. Addressing a massive election rally in support of BJP candidates in Doda […]
Trains to reach Srinagar ‘very soon’: PM Modi
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to connect unlinked areas of Jammu and Kashmir through the railway network, announcing that trains will soon reach the Kashmir valley. Addressing an election rally in the Doda district in support of BJP candidates earlier in the day, Modi said work on the railway line between Srinagar and […]
When will statehood be restored to JK: Congress to PM
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday asked when will full statehood return to the union territory and alleged that the region has “become a bureaucratic fiefdoml”. Prime Minister Modi addressed an election rally in the Doda district of Jammu region in support of […]
