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Srinagar, Oct 24 (PTI) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah held last-minute discussions for Friday's Rajya Sabha polls with his party leaders, the strategy mostly focussing on securing the all-important votes from independent MLAs. To keep them going, they had a regular supply of 'pakoras' and 'chai', he said. National Conference (NC) and alliance members visited the chief minister's office in the assembly complex here as NC leaders worked out the arithmetic for the polls in four Upper House seats in ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 23: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said her party will support the National Conference (NC) candidate as a "third preference" in the Rajya Sabha elections to block the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from gaining a foothold in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference here, Mehbooba said the ongoing Assembly session began in a "constructive spirit", but added that several critical issues, particularly those linked ...Read More >
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir gears up for its Rajya Sabha elections on Friday -- the first since the 2019 bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories -- the political landscape has been marked by calculated alliances, lingering rifts, and high-stakes negotiations. These long-overdue biennial polls, announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in September, aim to fill four vacant seats in the Upper House that have remained unoccupied since February 2021 following the reti ...Read More >
Mark your calendars for November 11, as the by-elections for Nagrota and Budgam constituencies approach. These elections have brought to light some tensions within the ruling National Conference party. The coalition with Congress is also showing signs of strain, exemplified by a National Conference MP from Budgam opting out of campaigning for their own candidate. By-elections for the Nagrota and Budgam constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled for November 11, have charged the political at ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will begin its autumn session on Thursday, with legislators preparing for a nine-day schedule expected to feature pointed debates on governance, unfulfilled electoral promises, and the long-pending demand for restoration of statehood. According to officials, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) met on Wednesday afternoon under the chairmanship of Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to finalise the allocation of time for government and private ...Read More >
NC has fielded its Jammu District Development Council member Shamim Begum as its candidate for the bypoll Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference on Monday fielded its Jammu District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum for the by-election to the Nagrota Assembly constituency, which is going to polls along with Budgam on November 11. This followed the Congress party's decision to stay away from the by-election, leaving the Nagrota seat to its ally, National Conference, in an ef ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 20: As Budgam prepares to vote on November 11, residents are caught between hope for change and frustration over repeated political promises that remain unfulfilled. Some voters see the bypolls as an opportunity to support candidates who might bring meaningful development, while others remain disillusioned, questioning whether voting will make a difference Para Hilal Ahmad Dar, optimistic about progress, said, "I have expectations from my candidate. Whatever development has taken ...Read More >
Budgam, Oct 20: People's Democratic Party (PDP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Waheed Ur Rehman Para on Monday urged voters to support the party candidate, Aga Syed Muntazir, in Budgam. He accused the National Conference (NC) government of reneging from its promises within a year. "This election will send a strong message that those who take the people's mandate and votes but fail to deliver will be held accountable by the people of Kashmir," Para said while speaking to reporters here as ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 20: The last date for filing nominations for the upcoming Assembly by-elections in Budgam and Nagrota constituencies concluded on Monday, with a total of 32 candidates submitting their papers. However, the final list of contestants will be clear only after the scrutiny of nominations on October 22 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature on October 24. As per the details available on the Chief Electoral Officer's website, in Budgam, 19 candidates have submitted their nomina ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Budgam Assembly by-election, set for November 11, 2025, has emerged as one of the most closely watched contests in Jammu and Kashmir, pitting members of the influential Agha family against each other. The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) candidate, Agha Syed Mehmood, will face his nephew, Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi, representing the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in a constituency with a predominantly Shia electorate. The bypoll was necessitated after Chief Minister Om ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 19 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the Centre-led BJP government should be "honest" with the people of the Union Territory with respect to the demand for the restoration of statehood "The BJP, in its manifesto or in its promises to Parliament and to the Supreme Court, never said that statehood is dependent on the BJP coming to power in Jammu and Kashmir. If that is the case, I think the BJP should be honest that so lo ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah reached out Thursday to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti ahead of Rajya Sabha (RS) elections in J&K next week, seeking support for the governing party's candidate for one of four seats that his ally Congress chose not to contest, terming it "weak". Mehbooba responded by asking NC to back some PDP-submitted bills in the assembly, including one against settlers' eviction."Farooq Sahib called me and asked for support. I told him we have submitted ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday indicated that it will consider supporting the National Conference (NC) in the Rajya Sabha polls if they back their MLAs' private member bills in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to reporters here, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti revealed that NC chief Farooq Abdullah had called her to request support for his party's candidates. Mufti said she told Abdullah that while the PDP's senior leadership would discuss the matter, she emphas ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 16 (PTI) The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday indicated that it will consider supporting the National Conference (NC) in the Rajya Sabha polls if they back their MLAs' private member bills in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking to reporters here, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti revealed that NC chief Farooq Abdullah had called her to request support for his party's candidates. Mehbooba said she told Abdullah that while the PDP's senior leadership would discuss the ma ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced dates for bye-elections to eight Assembly constituencies in seven states. All the bye-elections will be held on November 11 and the results declared on 14th. Bye-elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in Budgam and Nagrota seats. The Budgam seat fell vacant after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, vacated it. Similarly, the by-poll to Nagrota Assembly seat was necessitated after the death of sitting legislator Devender Singh ...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 Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the ongoing protests in Ladakh were a direct outcome of the central government's "wrong policies" pursued since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. She said Ladakhis, known for their peaceful nature, had been compelled to agitate as New Delhi continued to ignore their genuine concerns. Mufti said Ladakhis had initially welcomed the 2019 move, hoping for empowerment, but the opposite happened. "In 201 ...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 >
Kupwara, Sep 13: People's Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti on Friday strongly criticised the detention of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), calling it an attack on democratic institutions. She urged the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly to convene an urgent session over the issue. Speaking to reporters in Kupwara, Mehbooba said she has been restless ever since Malik was jailed. "Instead of offering personal legal aid, the Chief Minister ...Read More >
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday urged Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to call a special session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to condemn the detention of AAP's Doda MLA Mehraj Malik, saying a resolution can put pressure on the Centre to release the legislator and protect all members from future targeting, while as former MLA Kupwara and Chief Spokesperson of the J&K Peoples Conference Advocate Bashir Ahmad Dar has written a letter to the Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly, raisin ...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 >
New Delhi: People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti staged a protest in Srinagar on Monday, demanding the release or transfer of Kashmiri prisoners detained under stringent laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA). The protest, held at Sher-i-Kashmir Park near the PDP office, was part of a broader campaign against what Mufti described as the "prolonged and inhumane detention" of Kashmiri ...Read More >
JAMMU: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday favoured revival of sporting ties between India and Pakistan to normalise the tense situation in the aftermath of the recent events including the Pahalgam terror attack and the Operation Sindoor. She said the war clouds hanging over the region are not in favour of the country which is grappling with unemployment and poverty. "There should be sporting events (between India and Pakistan) if you want to live in peace and not spend money on the war. If ...Read More >
Srinagar, Aug 3: Senior politician and former three-time MLA from Karnah constituency, Kafil-ur-Rehman, formally joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti welcomed him into the party fold at the PDP headquarters in Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, Mehbooba Mufti launched a scathing attack on the current administration, saying that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the Valley, has worsened since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 ...Read More >
Jammu: Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Conference (NC), People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused them of failing to deliver on development and peace in Jammu and Kashmir despite getting a huge mandate from people. She invoked former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's legacy and emphasized the region's issues cannot be solved from Delhi but only through unity among the people of Jammu and Kashmir. "The BJP, which ...Read More >
Srinagar , July 14 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday trained guns at the JK police for trying to stop him from reciting Fatiha (prayers) in the memory of 22 "martyrs" who were killed for protesting against Maharaja Hari Singh's rule. "We are nobody's slaves," Abdullah asserted, adding that he must be informed under which law he was stopped from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar's Naqshband Sahib. The Jammu and Kashmir CM said that despite attempts to stop him, he ...Read More >
Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir alleged house arrest. This prevented them from honoring 22 people killed by the Dogra army in 1931. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah likened the incident to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Other leaders, including Mehbooba Mufti and Sajad Gani Lone, also protested restrictions. The Srinagar district administration denied permission for memorial gatherings. Prominent political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir-- both from ruling National Conference and opposition par ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 13: Authorities in Srinagar imposed a partial lockdown in Srinagar on Sunday, effectively barring political leaders and civilians from assembling at the historic Martyrs' Graveyard at Khawaja Bazar in Srinagar downtown. The measures coincided with the anniversary of the July 13, 1931, killings, an event long commemorated as Martyrs' Day in the region. The J&K Police, backed by personnel from the paramilitary CAPFs, sealed entry points to the area early in the morning. Barricades ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 13: Both the ruling and the opposition leaders, including Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah, former chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti, former ministers Chowdry Ramzan, Altaf Bukhari, Sajad Lone, and MLAs across the political spectrum were placed under house arrest on Sunday. Though the Police or the J&K administration did not officially confirm the house arrests, political leaders across Kashmir took to social media platforms and posted vi ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 13 (ANI): People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that the 'dil ki doori (distance of hearts)' between Kashmir and the rest of India would end when the Centre accepts Kashmir's heroes as its own, just as Kashmiris have embraced national figures. Her comments came amid allegations that the Union Territory administration had denied regional political parties permission to visit the martyrs' graveyard in Srinagar. Mufti fur ...Read More >
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