Assembly Polls: 3-tier security for counting of votes in Kashmir

Assembly Polls: 3-tier security for counting of votes in Kashmir

Srinagar: Stringent security arrangements have been put in place at all district headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir for the counting of votes on Tuesday for the 90-member assembly, paving way for first elected Government in the Union Territory following the abrogation of Article 370 five years ago. A three-tier security set up has been put […]

Farooq Exudes Confidence On NC-Cong ‘Majority’

Farooq Exudes Confidence On NC-Cong ‘Majority’

Terms ‘Great Thing’ PDP’s Hint Of Supporting Alliance Srinagar: Exuding confidence that the Congress-NC alliance would be coming to power in Jammu and Kashmir with a “majority,” National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that it is a “great thing” that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is ready to join them. When asked about the […]

PDP ‘Confident’ Of Being ‘Indispensable’ In Any Govt Formation

PDP ‘Confident’ Of Being ‘Indispensable’ In Any Govt Formation

Srinagar: Amid exit poll predictions that there could be a hung Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted that they may support front-runners Congress-National Conference alliance in forming a government can win between 40-48 seats, with the BJP coming second at 27-32 and the PDP at 6-12. There are 90 […]

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 […]

Ladakh Activist Wangchuk Sits On Fast

Ladakh Activist Wangchuk Sits On Fast

NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday sat on a fast at the Ladakh Bhawan where he was staying, after the protesters were denied permission to stage the stir for Ladakh’s Sixth Schedule status at Jantar Mantar. Wangchuk, in a brief interaction with media before starting the fast, said they were forced to stage […]

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. […]

Going to Pak for SCO event, not to discuss bilateral ties: EAM

Going to Pak for SCO event, not to discuss bilateral ties: EAM

New Delhi: A day after India announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Islamabad to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) mid-October, he said he was going to Pakistan for a “multilateral event” and not to discuss Indo-Pak relations. He said this in response to a query during […]

Hope it will be start of better Indo-Pak relationship: Farooq

Hope it will be start of better Indo-Pak relationship: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Islamabad for the SCO meeting would mark the start of a better relationship between India and Pakistan. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

Incoming JK govt will be ‘toothless tiger’, its CM ‘glorified mayor’: Ijtija

Incoming JK govt will be ‘toothless tiger’, its CM ‘glorified mayor’: Ijtija

Srinagar: PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Saturday said the incoming government in Jammu and Kashmir will be a “toothless tiger”, while its chief minister will be a “rubber stamp” and “glorified mayor” of a “municipality”. J&K is all set to get a new government after the results of the Assembly elections held after a gap […]

Omar spreading poison in J&K: Chugh

Omar spreading poison in J&K: Chugh

Srinagar: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today ridiculed former J&K Chief minister Omar Abdullah for deliberately misleading people to spread poison among them Reacting to claims made by Omar Abdullah regarding the transaction of business rules in J&K Assembly, Chugh said that the Lt. Governor of Jammu-Kashmir is a constitutional post and it’s the […]

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