March 15 Former Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi has made a controversial remark on the Pulwama attack in which over 40 CRPF personnel were killed. “Plan karke aapne ye karwaya taki apko mauka mile, lekin janta samajhti hai. Agar Modi ji chahein ki 42 jawanon ki hatya karke, unki chitaon ki raakh se apna rajtilak kar […]
March 11 Hitting out at opposition leaders for being “unhappy” with air strikes on ‘terror camps’, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said his party would remove Article 370 from Kashmir “after forming the next BJP government” at the Centre. Criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for questioning the Balakot air strikes in a […]
April 11 Sajad Hameed After a high voltage campaign, polling begins for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 in ninety-one constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories amidst a strict security cover. In Jammu Kashmir, Baramulla and Jammu will go to polls in this initial phase, as Valley is expecting two power-houses, National […]
April 09 Over 78 lakh voters out of the total 145 Million, including nearly 38 lakh women, would decide the fate of dozens of candidates from the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu Kashmir, which are going to polls in five-phased election beginning Thursday. They include over 4.25 lakh new voters and 159 transgenders, State […]
April 08 Panun Kashmir, an organisation representing Kashmiri pandit migrants, Monday appealed to the Election Commission to ban candidates of the NC and the PDP from contesting the Lok Sabha polls as they were running a “seditious and secessionist” campaign in the valley. The campaign launched by the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party […]
April 08 The BJP in its Lok Sabha election manifesto released on Monday pledged to explore all possibilities to facilitate the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Manifesto also said that it will secure constitutional protection on issues related to faith and belief on the Sabarimala temple and promised to bring a […]
April 08 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its manifesto and has promised to eliminate Article 370 of the Constitution that grants autonomous status to the state of Jammu Kashmir. “In the last five years, we have made all necessary efforts to ensure peace in Jammu Kashmir through decisive actions and a firm […]
April 06 Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hogging credit for the Balakot air strike, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Friday dared him to hold a rifle “for just five minutes” or travel alone in a bus in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a poll rally here, Gandhi said the only thing “chowkidar” Modi did was to […]
April 05 More than 600 theatre personalities, including Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad and Usha Ganguli, have signed a letter asking people to “vote BJP and its allies” out of power, arguing that the idea of India and its constitution are under threat. The letter, which was issued Thursday evening in 12 languages on […]
April 03 The former chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday filed her nomination papers for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat comprising of four South Kashmir districts, Pulwama, Islamabad (Anantnag), Shopian and Kulgam. Speaking to media men here, Mehbooba said that she is contesting the elections to stop the bloodshed in Kashmir valley. […]