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JAMMU: Thirty-three candidates, including 13 independents and four women, filed their nomination papers from Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies, which are going to bypolls in Jammu and Kashmir next month, election officials said. Monday was the last date for the filing of the nomination papers from the two assembly segments going to polls on November 11. The scrutiny of papers is scheduled for October 22 and withdrawal of candidatures for October 24. The counting of votes will take pla ...Read More >
Srinagar: Candidates of the ruling National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP on Monday filed nomination papers for the bypolls to the Budgam assembly segment in central Kashmir While as MP Aga Ruhullah made it clear that he will not be part of NC's poll campaign and left for Delhi. While the NC has named veteran Shia leader Aga Mehmood as its candidate, the BJP has fielded Syed Mohsin. The PDP has also announced its candidate, Aga Muntazir Mehdi. Aga Mehmood was accompanied b ...Read More >
Srinagar- The upcoming Budgam Assembly by-election is shaping up to be one of Jammu and Kashmir's most riveting political contests, featuring a high-profile clash within the influential Aga family. Both the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have fielded members of the same prominent dynasty, setting the stage for a deeply personal political showdown in the Shia heartland of central Kashmir. The National Conference has nominated Aga Syed Mehmood, a senior party lead ...Read More >
Budgam, Oct 20: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday accompanied National Conference Budgam Assembly by-election candidate Agha Syed Mehmood to the nomination filing. Speaking to the reporters outside the venue, J-K CM Omar Abdullah admitted that he never wanted to contest the election on two seats, one of which was the Budgam Assembly constituency, which he vacated later, necessitating a by-election. Omar Abdullah extended his complete faith in Agha Syed Mehmood for the by ...Read More >
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 20 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday accompanied National Conference Budgam Assembly by-election candidate Agha Syed Mehmood to the nomination filing. Speaking to the reporters outside the venue, J-K CM Omar Abdullah admitted that he never wanted to contest the election on two seats, one of which was the Budgam Assembly constituency, which he vacated later, necessitating a by-election. Omar Abdullah extended his complete ...Read More >
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference on Sunday announced senior party leader Agha Syed Mehmood as its candidate for the bypoll to the Budgam assembly segment in Jammu and Kashmir. The bypoll will be held on November 11. The BJP has named Aga Syed Mohsin as its candidate, while the PDP has fielded Aga Muntazir Mehdi for the seat, which has been traditionally dominated by Shia leaders. National Conference's candidate Mehmood is a senior Shia leader. "On the directions of the party leadersh ...Read More >
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah stated he will not ally with the BJP, citing its destructive impact on the region. He is considering making the J&K CM a party in the Supreme Court case for statehood restoration. Abdullah also criticized linking statehood to the Pahalgam attack and the closure of tourist spots. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said he will not repeat the mistake of People's Democratic Party by aligning with the BJP as it has destroyed the region and ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his government will revoke the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) as soon as the Union territory gets statehood. Commenting on his party's commitment to the Act made in its election manifesto, the CM said that his government can do it only once law and order is its domain. "We need to have a full statehood to remove it (the PSA). Security and law and order should be with the elected government. The day these powers are vested with us, ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 18 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday strongly asserted that his party National Conference would never join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party to hasten the return of statehood to the Union territory, indicating a refusal to repeat the "mistakes" of the past made by others. The NC leader claimed that a deal with the BJP for the return of statehood is "out of the question", making reference to the negative consequences of the 2015 PDP-BJP alliance. ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) Vice-President, Omar Abdullah, said on Saturday that his party will nominate its candidate for the by-election in Budgam Assembly seat on Monday. Two assembly seats of Nagrota in the Jammu division and Budgam in the Valley fell vacant after the incumbent BJP MLA from Nagrota, Devender Singh Rana passed away on October 31 last year and the NC MLA, Omar Abdullah, resigned from the Budgam seat after winning it during the 2024 ...Read More >
CM Abbdullah on Thursday said the Cabinet has accepted the sub-committee report on reservation, which would be sent to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for approval. SRINAGAR: PDP MLA Waheed Para on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to "slash" the RBA quota is a "calculated attempt to disempower" Kashmiris. The Pulwama legislator accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of advancing the "disempowerment agenda" and asserted that the Residents of Backwards Areas (RBA) quota safe ...Read More >
The rift became more pronounced after the NC unilaterally announced its three Rajya Sabha candidates and offered the fourth seat -- deemed unwinnable -- to the Congress. This, according to Congress leaders, contradicted earlier assurances given to their top leadership and further widened the rift between the two coalition partners. Speaking to the media on Monday, J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra stated that the NC's recent conduct has cast doubt on its commitment to the INDIA bloc. He ...Read More >
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah marks one year in office with his key promise of statehood restoration still elusive. Despite election pledges for autonomy and special status, the National Conference government has achieved little politically, facing criticism for inaction. While highlighting welfare measures, the administration grapples with security challenges and economic setbacks impacting tourism and local livelihoods. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday ...Read More >
Srinagar: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah completed a year in office on Thursday, his tenure defined by "quiet shawl diplomacy" and joining marathons as he appeared to walk in lockstep with the Centre.Omar has kept his National Conference (NC) intact while sidelining Congress and now his father, NC president Farooq Abdullah, keeping him out of Rajya Sabha elections to four seats from J&K slated next week.The CM has directed political heat towards lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha and J&K BJP ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 17 (PTI) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday hoped for an early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, saying it would give more powers to the elected government and enable it to fulfil the promises made to the people during last year's assembly elections. Talking to reporters in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, Abdullah said he had expected the Centre to fulfil the promise of statehood restoration made to the people of the Union territory from the floor of Parliament a ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The National Conference-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is strained as Congress is upset over NC's offer of an 'unsafe' Rajya Sabha seat from J&K UT to it. Congress is also mulling going solo in the upcoming bypolls to two J&K Assembly constituencies if the ruling party refuses to concede at least one of the two seats to it. The by polls for two J&K Assembly seats --- Budgam (in Kashmir) and Nagrota (in Jammu) would be held on November 11. The by-elections were necessitated af ...Read More >
Anantnag: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that he will not align with the BJP even if such an alliance means restoration of statehood. Rejecting the idea of forming any political arrangement with the BJP to regain statehood, he said, "If BJP's inclusion in the government was seen as a step toward restoring statehood, I would rather step down. I will not be part of any such compromise," he said. He said has he had been interested in such an arrangement, after the last assembly elections ...Read More >
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday urged the central government to hold immediate talks with the people of Ladakh to address their aspirations. Abdullah, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, warned that Ladakh is a sensitive place and that the void created after the protests can be filled by anyone, adding that this is why the BJP government at the Centre must act as quickly as possible. The NC leader supported activist Sonam Wangchuk, stating that the ...Read More >
Srinagar- An uneasy calm prevailed in Leh on Thursday as police and paramilitary forces strictly enforced a curfew, a day after violent clashes between protesters demanding statehood and security personnel left four dead and over 80 injured. At least 50 people have been detained in connection with the unrest that erupted during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to press for the extension of the Sixth Schedule and statehood for Ladakh. Officials said protesters indulged in arson and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 25: People's Conference (PC) president Sajad Lone on Thursday reacted sharply to the violent protests in Ladakh, saying the region is now facing "buyers' remorse" after years of "vilifying and slandering" Kashmiris. In a post on X, Lone said he was "pained at the death of four people in Ladakh" but asserted it was time to "call a spade a spade". "For 70 years, the Kashmiri people were reviled and slandered by the people of Ladakh. I was the happiest when they were separated from ...Read More >
Former J&K chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah have demanded release of Doda legislator Mehraj Malik. The PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday termed the arrest of MLA Mehraj Malik under Public Safety Act (PSA) an attack on democracy and urged the J&K assembly speaker to call a special session of the assembly. NC president Farooq Abdullah appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for their intervention for the release of Malik. Mehbooba Mufti ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: In its dossier on AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, who has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), J&K administration describes him as "a habitual offender and history-sheeter", who is "known to assert himself as a self-styled leader, making irresponsible statements as if law of land does not apply to him".The dossier, accessed by TOI, alleges that the Doda legislator's "modus operandi includes using social media handles, especially 'Facebook Live', to mount verbal and derogato ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday questioned Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's offer to provide legal assistance to Malik's family, stating that the MLA is capable of handling his own legal proceedings. Speaking to reporters, she said, "PSA was imposed on Mehraj Malik and he was put in jail. After that, our Chief Minister meets his father and says that he will help in their legal proceedin ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi once again launched a sharp attack on his own party, National Conference, accusing it abandoning Article 370 and "begging" for statehood.Addressing his followers in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday, Mehdi said for the first time in 40 years, people voted in large numbers in the Oct 2024 assembly polls because they were frustrated with the system. "They didn't vote for any party, but for a system that would be answerable to them," Mehdi said. ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house Friday and barred from delivering his sermon at Kashmir's Jamia Masjid."Once again, I have been placed under house arrest by authorities," the Mirwaiz said in a statement, adding that a large posse of cops had been deployed outside his residence early Friday, and the main gate had been locked.Calling the move an interference in the religious affairs of Muslims, the Mirwaiz said, "Our human and political rights alre ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 08: Political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday denounced slapping of PSA on elected representative from Doda Mehraj Malik, and said such "draconian laws" are weaponised to silence political voices. J&K Peoples' Conference (JKPC) chairman, Sajad Gani Lone, who is also an MLA Handwara expressed strong condemnation over the move. In a post on X, Lone said: "We strongly condemn the use of the PSA against @MehrajMalikAAP This is a soulless democracy". He added that, "The will o ...Read More >
Mehbooba held protests in Srinagar to demand the release of the prisoners jailed under the UAPA and raised the slogan: Bail, not jail. Speaking to reporters, she said, "We wanted to hold a protest today for the innocent people jailed in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere, especially those whose parents are not capable enough of fighting a case. We wanted to demand that Omar Abdullah speak to the home minister." The PDP chief said that if the prisoners cannot be released, they should be jailed loc ...Read More >
Srinagar, Aug 25 (PTI) Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday appealed to political and social groups in Kashmir to jointly strive for the release of prisoners, saying playing politics on this humanitarian issue will be a shame. "Efforts to highlight the plight of the thousands of Kashmiri prisoners languishing in jails in the Union territory and across India, and for their relief and release is the moral responsibility of all Kashmiris," Mirwaiz said in a post on X. He sai ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 14 (ANI): After a massive cloudburst on Thursday triggered a flash flood in the Chashoti area of Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the issue of global warming very seriously as these incidents have become common in hilly areas. Speaking to the media, Abdullah termed the incident very unfortunate. I would like to tell the Prime Minister to take the issue of global warm ...Read More >
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