Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday told the upcoming government “Constitution of India is our guiding light”. He also expressed his gratitude to the people of Jammu Kashmir and lauded the efforts of election officials, J&K Police and Security Forces for peaceful, transparent, free and fair Assembly Elections in J&K. In a social media […]
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the NC-Congress Government will pass a resolution demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood in its first cabinet meeting. “After the formation of the Government, I hope in the first cabinet meeting, the cabinet will pass a resolution impressing upon the Centre to restore […]
Srinagar: The legislature party of the National Conference will meet on Thursday to elect their leader in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as party president Farooq Abdullah maintained that his son Omar Abdullah will be the first chief minister of the Union Territory. The NC on Tuesday emerged as the single largest party with 42 […]
Srinagar: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said the aim of the NC-Congress government would be to minimise the differences between the two regions of the Union Territory and to build confidence among the Hindus. “We have to minimise the differences that they have created between Jammu, and Kashmir. Our endeavour should be that the […]
Srinagar: Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday said a clear and sharp political divide between the two regions of Jammu and Kashmir would be a challenge for the new government to overcome. In a statement, Singh said it is a matter of great satisfaction that after ten long years free and fair elections were held in […]
Jammu: The BJP, which was hoping to capitalise on the Centre’s decision granting reservation to Gujjars and Paharis in the Pir Panchal region, failed to make much impact in eight assembly constituencies in the border region covering Rajouri and Poonch districts. The party managed to win only Hindu-majority Kalakote seat in Rajouri district, one seat […]
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir governor Karan Singh on Wednesday expressed great satisfaction over the conduct of “free and fair” assembly elections and asserted that the next logical step is to restore full statehood to J-K. He also demanded that domiciliary provisions should be introduced in J-K on the lines […]
New Delhi: The restoration of statehood from the status of union territory (UT) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the Centre in future will not affect the status of new legislative assembly, legal experts said on Wednesday. In response to a query over the impact on the newly-elected J&K legislative assembly if the Centre decided […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Wednesday said the party would introspect its dismal performance in the assembly polls in the Jammu region. He also alleged that there were some lapses on part of the administration or some deliberate attempts in the run up to the polls. “We are very sorry […]
Srinagar/ Jammu: Over 71 per cent candidates of the PDP forfeited their deposits as the regional outfit was decimated at the hustings on Tuesday with only three candidates making it to the maiden assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. Out of 873 candidates who ran for the 90 assembly seats, 666 candidates — 76.28 […]