Doors open for like-minded parties, individuals: Karra

Doors open for like-minded parties, individuals: Karra

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hamid Karra said the NC-Congress alliance will get a “comfortable majority” in the assembly elections, and added that the doors are open for like-minded parties and individuals to keep the BJP out of power. Talking to reporters after a meeting with party candidates here that lasted over three […]

Exit Poll: Edge To NC-Cong Alliance

Exit Poll: Edge To NC-Cong Alliance

BJP Remains Hopeful To Form Govt; Omar Calls It ‘Time Pass’, PDP Says Too Premature To Talk About Govt Formation Jammu: Most of the exit polls predicted that the Congress-NC alliance has an advantage in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP remained hopeful of forming the government in the Union territory. […]

Cong, NC, PDP opposes ‘move’ to nominate 5 MLAs before govt formation

Cong, NC, PDP opposes ‘move’ to nominate 5 MLAs before govt formation

Jammu: The Congress, National Conference and PDP on Friday strongly opposed the nomination of five MLAs before the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, labelling any such move as an assault on democracy and the fundamental principles of the Constitution. For the first time in J&K, five nominated Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) will have […]

Kangana’s remarks on Mahatma Gandhi trigger fresh row, Congress slams ‘new Godse devotee’

Kangana’s remarks on Mahatma Gandhi trigger fresh row, Congress slams ‘new Godse devotee’

NEW DELHI: Kangana Ranaut appears to have obliquely questioned Mahatma Gandhi’s appellation as “Father of the Nation”, her latest impetus to political controversy coming on the leader’s birth anniversary and attracting criticism from the Congress. “Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke toh lal hote hai (A country does not have fathers; it has sons),” the […]

Cong-NC alliance formed to challenge ‘BJP’s divisive’ politics: Karra

Cong-NC alliance formed to challenge ‘BJP’s divisive’ politics: Karra

Srinagar: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Tariq Hameed Karra Monday said that Congress-NC alliance is not about parties rather it is an alliance of people to challenge BJP’s divisive politics. He claimed that the spirit of voters is “very high” who voted to alliance during phase 1 & 2, and hoped with the culmination […]

Oct 8 poll results will mark ‘countdown’ to PM Modi’s ‘exit’: Cong

Oct 8 poll results will mark ‘countdown’ to PM Modi’s ‘exit’: Cong

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday exuded confidence that his party will form governments in Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir, while claiming that the Assembly elections’ verdict on October 8 would mark the “countdown” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “exit” from the Centre. In an interview, he also accused the BJP of […]

‘Absolutely distasteful and disgraceful’: Shah, Sitharaman flay Kharge’s ‘won’t die until Modi is removed’ remark

‘Absolutely distasteful and disgraceful’: Shah, Sitharaman flay Kharge’s ‘won’t die until Modi is removed’ remark

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman and other BJP leaders on Monday slammed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for “unnecessarily dragging PM Narendra Modi into his personal health matters”, with his remarks that he “would die only after removing PM Modi”. The remarks show the hate and fear Congress and its […]

Pay attention to serious issues like Manipur, caste census: Kharge to Shah

Pay attention to serious issues like Manipur, caste census: Kharge to Shah

NEW DELHI: Shortly after Amit Shah slammed his remarks in Kashmir rally on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Monday advised the Home Minister to focus on serious issues like Manipur and the caste census. “Home Minister Amit Shah should pay attention to serious issues like Manipur, Census and caste census,” Kharge said. […]