Last Updated: October 08, 2024, 18:16 IST Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla. (PTI file photo) The standout performance came from Sayar Ahmed Reshi, a proxy candidate for Jamaat-e-Islami from Kulgam, and Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, brother of the Sheikh … Read more
Sofi Yousuf (R) with Ram Madhav. File image/X The whole brouhaha started after Yousuf, BJP’s J&K vice president, in an interview with a news organisation claimed the party is about to form the government in the union territory. The L-G has the power to nominate five members to the assembly, which Yousuf claimed would be … Read more
Voters queued up at a polling station in Shopian. (File image/News18) The female voter turnout was 70.02% against men’s 69.37% in the third and final phase of polling that took place on October 1. Of the 23 seats under the third phase with better female turnout, five were from the Kashmir region – Karnah, Lolab, … Read more
Voters queued up at a polling station in J&K. (File image/News18) On September 27, a letter was issued regarding Colonel Vikrant Prasher’s appointment. The model code of conduct (MCC) has been in place since mid-August in the union territory The Election Commission of India on Monday put in abeyance the order issued by the Jammu … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir is all set for its third and the largest phase of the assembly elections on Tuesday where the fate of 415 candidates will be decided by 39.18 lakh voters across 40 seats and 5,060 polling stations. The newly formed union territory is witnessing the assembly polls for the first time. The last … Read more
Last Updated: September 29, 2024, 23:06 IST Twenty more employees have also been shifted from their current offices to other tehsils or districts over complaints. (File) The action was taken to ensure transparency in the ongoing assembly elections in the Union Territory. Twenty-three government employees were suspended and services of six ad-hoc and casual labourers … Read more
Polling staff and security forces have reached their designated polling stations in six districts of J&K where voting for 26 seats in the second of the three-phase Assembly elections starts at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The districts going to vote are Poonch, Rajouri, and Reasi districts in the Jammu division and Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam … Read more
Reported By: Nivedita Singh Last Updated: September 21, 2024, 12:11 IST Tral (43.56%) was the seat with lowest voter turnout across the 24 assemblies. (PTI) The six seats where women outnumbered men in voter turnout were — Bhadarwah, Doda, Doda West, Inderwal, Kishtwar, and Kokernag A total of 24 out of 90 assembly seats in … Read more
Last Updated: September 16, 2024, 20:17 IST The manifesto was released by AICC chief spokesperson Pawan Khera and PCC president Tariq Hameed Karra at the party office. (Image: INC) For the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, the party promised an unemployment allowance of up to Rs 3,500 per month for one year to qualified youths. … Read more
Last Updated: September 10, 2024, 10:02 IST Daisy Raina (left) said her husband was initially not on board with her decision to return to the Valley but she urged him to make the move as she wanted to work for the people of Kashmir. (News18) Raina, who left the Valley in the 90s after militancy … Read more
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