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Union Home Ministry Rejects Omar Abdullah’s Allegations of Undermining J&K Government

October 5, 2024 Editor

Omar Abdullah alleged that the BJP directed the chief secretary to amend the “transaction of business rules” and transfer authority to the LG. The ministry of home affairs has dismissed National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s claims about a proposal to instruct the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir to change the transaction of business rules, which would reduce the powers of the elected chief minister and transfer them to the lieutenant governor. “Mr. @OmarAbdullah’s tweet is misleading and speculative in nature. There is not even an iota of truth, as…

J&K Prepares for Year-End Panchayat Elections: A New Dawn in Local Governance

October 5, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, 04 Oct: Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up for Panchayat and urban body elections by December, following the conclusion of the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. Officials have confirmed to a Delhi based media outlet that security forces deployed during these earlier elections will remain in place to ensure peaceful conduct of the upcoming polls. “Preparations are now underway for the Panchayat and urban body elections in J&K. For this purpose, security forces deployed to ensure the peaceful conduct of the Assembly elections will remain in J&K until the…

BJP’s Ram Madhav Quashes Speculation of Alliance with National Conference

October 3, 2024 Editor

“We are not in talks with anybody,” Ram Madhav asserted, expressing confidence in the BJP’s ability to inch closer to a majority in the upcoming polls. Ram Madhav, the BJP’s in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir elections, dispelled rumours of the BJP seeking an alliance with the National Conference (NC) or any other party. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV, Madhav said, “We are not in talks with anybody,”, expressing confidence in the BJP’s ability to inch closer to a majority in the upcoming polls. Notably, the BJP, NC…

2024 J&K Polls Turnout Likely to Miss 2014 Benchmark

October 2, 2024 Editor

In the recently held Lok Sabha polls, the polling percentage was 58.4% — the highest turnout of the last 35 years in J&K parliamentary elections As the voting ended for the final phase on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed improvement in polling percentage from the recent Lok Sabha polls in the summer. The figure, however, still fell short of the final tally for the 2014 assembly polls. The voting to the third and final phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir ended with a polling percentage of 65.6% after witnessing…

Last Ballot, Big Impact: J&K’s Final Voting Phase Today

October 1, 2024 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir assembly election 2024 live updates: Voting in third phase across 40 seats underway Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the third and final phase of polling today, with over 39 lakh voters exercising their franchise across 40 assembly seats – 24 in Jammu region and 16 in Kashmir. The final phase of polling, which began at 7 am and conclude by 7 pm in the Valley, will determine the future of 415 candidates. The Election Commission of India has set up 5,060 polling stations across Jammu and…

Amit Shah Condemns Kharge: ‘Distasteful Speech Shows Fear and Hate for Modi’

September 30, 2024 Editor

Political Tensions Escalate: Amit Shah Rebukes Kharge’s ‘Distasteful’ Comments Srinagar, Sept 30: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah Monday said, the Congress President Mallikarjun Karge “has outperformer himself, his leaders, and his party in being absolutely distasteful and disgraceful in his speech.” Shah was reacting to Kharge’s Sunday speech in Jammu where after he was taken ill but resumed his speech, saying he won’t die before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is removed from power. Taking to his official X-handle, Shah termed Kharge’s speech a “bitter display of spite.” “He…

Kashmir’s Decade of Silence Ends: Hopes High for Representation After First Election in 10 Years

September 28, 2024 Editor

Kashmir hopes for a voice after first election in 10 years Nestled in the mountains of Indian-administered Kashmir, Shopian – once a hotbed of militancy – sees a steady stream of voters entering a polling booth. The former state of Jammu and Kashmir – now divided into two federally administered territories – is holding its first assembly election in a decade. The third and last phase of voting is on Tuesday and results will be declared on 8 October. Since the 1990s, an armed separatist insurgency against Indian rule in…

Mehbooba’s Revelation: BJP’s 3-Month Plea for Coalition

September 28, 2024 Editor

BJP ‘Begged For 3 Months’ To Form Coalition: Mehbooba Mufti Srinagar 27 Sep: In a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the party of hypocrisy and political opportunism. Speaking at a campaign rally in Bahu in support of PDP candidate Virendra Singh Sonu, Mehbooba claimed that Ram Madhav, a senior BJP leader, made desperate attempts to form a coalition government with her party after the 2014 elections, reported news agency KNO. Revealing behind-the-scenes…

Kashmir Issue Takes Center Stage in Rashid’s Campaign, Vote Splits Could Aid BJP: Analysts

September 27, 2024 Editor

AIP is weaponizing its separatist narrative against NC, PDP, but analysts feel this sentimental call will be detrimental to Kashmir’s interests Sringar: Nearly two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed to have resolved the Kashmir issue during a public meeting in the Anand district of Gujarat on October 10, 2022, the Kashmir valley, witnessing elections to local assembly after 10 years, is reverberating with the roars of resolving the same issue. At the centre of reinvigoration of the issue is Lok Sabha member Engineer Rashid, who has been lodged…

J&K Elections: Engineer Rashid Claims Political Conspiracy by Omar and Lone

September 24, 2024 Editor

Engineer Rashid claims Omar, Sajad Lone ganged up to defeat Awami Ittehad Party Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Monday alleged that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone had ganged up in a bid to defeat his Awami Ittehad Party candidates. The maverick politician, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated both Abdullah and Lone in the Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla earlier this year. “Just a few days ago, Omar sahib was branding everyone, including Sajad Lone and Altaf Bukhari’s Apni Party, as…