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3 Women Candidates Emerge Victorious In Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Polls

October 8, 2024 admin

There were 41 women candidates in the fray in J&K Assembly elections (File) Jammu: Three women, including former minister Sakeena Masood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. While two women made it to the Assembly in 2014, three women, including Mehbooba Mufti, won elections in 2008….

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Poll Body Puts Army Officer Vikrant Prasher’s J&K Police Deputation On Hold Over Model Code

September 30, 2024 admin

Colonel Vikrant Prasher is a Shaurya Chakra awardee (File) The Election Commission of India on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to explain why an order of deputation of an army officer to civil police was issued without the prior permission of the commission when the MCC is still in force. J&K government had…

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BJP Suspends J&K Unit Vice President, 2 Others For Running Against Party Candidates

September 18, 2024 admin

Pawan Khajuria had entered the election fray as an independent candidate (File) Three senior BJP leaders were suspended on Wednesday for contesting assembly elections against the party’s official candidates in Jammu and Kashmir, a party spokesman said. J&K BJP vice president Pawan Khajuria along with senior party leaders, Balwan Singh and Narinder Singh Bhau, were…

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M Kharge Announces 5 Guarantees For J&K

September 11, 2024 admin

The guarantees were read out by M Kharge in presence of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced five guarantees for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, including five lakh interest-free loan for women entrepreneurs and Rs 25 lakh health insurance per family, if the Congress-NC…

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BJP J&K Chief Ravinder Raina Files Nomination From Nowshera Assembly Seat

September 5, 2024 admin

Ravinder Raina, 47, previously won from Nowshera in the 2014 polls (File) Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Nowshera Assembly constituency in Rajouri district. Mr Raina held a roadshow in Nowshera with RSS functionary and former BJP general secretary Ram Madhav. This marks Mr Raina’s…

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Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Polls 2024: If Congress Ready To Accept Our Agenda, Will Support Them: Mehbooba Mufti

August 25, 2024 admin

PDP has promised efforts to restore Articles 370 and 35A in their manifesto (File) Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her party is willing to support a Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections, provided they are ready to accept the PDP’s agenda. “The people of Jammu…

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J&K Assembly Polls Not For Statehood, We Have Bigger Goal: Mehbooba Mufti

August 24, 2024 admin

J&K poll results will be decalred on October 4 (File) Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that for her, the upcoming assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir is not for statehood or seat sharing but for a “bigger goal.” During the press conference for the launch of the PDP manifesto for the…

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Mehbooba Mufti’s Party PDP Chief Spokesperson Suhail Bukhari Quits Party Ahead Of J&K Polls

August 20, 2024 admin

Suhail Bukhari was a close aide of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti (File) PDP chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari Tuesday quit the party ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Suhail Bukhari told PTI he has quit the PDP, but he did not elaborate further. Suhail Bukhari was apparently miffed at not being given the…

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