December 23, 2020 7:27 am
The poll results mean that the BJP has secured control of at least six District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and none in Kashmir. The People’s Alliance has a majority in nine DDCs, all in the Valley. As there is no clear-cut majority in the five councils, the independent candidates are likely to play the role of king makers.
November 29, 2020 7:33 am
The BJP has a plan for the DDC elections and after. But the unexpected decision of the PAGD to contest has thrown a spanner in the works. The BJP’s attacks on the Congress have an objective both in J&K and in the rest of the country.
November 19, 2020 10:00 am
Fadnavis said that “we will raise the issue every day”. “We will expose the Congress,” he said.
November 19, 2020 12:13 am
If Home Minister has to resort to same old rhetoric against J&K’s mainstream leaders, what’s been achieved over past year?
November 18, 2020 9:02 am
From the Express investigation on AgustaWestland deal, Jharkhand Scholarship scam to Amit Shah saying Gupkar alliance and Congress will bring terror back, here are the top news today.
November 18, 2020 10:52 am
The Congress remained ambivalent on the demand to restore Article 370. Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Tuesday are being seen as an attempt to push the Congress to the wall and force it to take a clear stand on the issue.
November 08, 2020 11:58 am
The first-ever elections to the newly-conceived DDCs are scheduled to be held over eight phases beginning November 28. Each DDC will comprise elected members from 14 territorial constituencies which are being delimited.
November 04, 2020 7:46 am
The amalgam of mainstream parties said, “The statement of the official spokesman on 26th October’s MHA order is a bizarre attempt to distort facts, weave lies and mislead people.”
October 30, 2020 5:16 pm
"Terrible news from Kulgam district of South Kashmir. I unequivocally condemn the targeted killing of the 3 BJP workers in a terror attack. May Allah grant them place in Jannat & may their families find strength during this difficult time," Omar Abdullah tweeted.
October 30, 2020 1:44 am
Omar Abdullah said that if the political parties of J&K had worked together, perhaps these changes could have been avoided. “We remained scattered and they succeeded,” he said.