Tag: Politics


  • Partyโ€™s national president JP Nadda directs party cadres to reach out to people, strengthen roots. JAMMU โ€” Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has asked the party men to get ready for assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir stating that present was theirs and efforts should be made to โ€˜grab future tooโ€™. Nadda…

  • The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stated that the elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be conducted in the next 6-8 months. SRINAGAR โ€” The mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday said that the government in the J&K is the need of the hour and hoped that the Central government is…

  • โ€œIn 2018 state government informed the state legislative assembly that more than 21,400 hectares (428000 Kanals) of land was under the unauthorised occupation of the army and other government forces in J&K.โ€ SRINAGAR โ€” Governmentโ€™s order of designating over 1300 Kanals of land at two famous tourist resorts of Kashmirโ€”Gulmarg and Sonmargโ€”as โ€˜Strategic Areasโ€™ has…

  • “The political parties also sense that the Centre might hold elections soon, so they have begun preparations.” SRINAGAR โ€” In a bid to reassert themselves, the major mainstream political parties of Kashmir have begun a public outreach. The outreach began days after the dormant factions of Hurriyat Conference issued a shutdown call in the aftermath…

  • Around two dozen โ€˜Azad loyalistsโ€™ have resigned from the party saying โ€˜unscrupulous elementsโ€™ have hijacked the party. SRINAGAR โ€” Over two dozen Congress members in Jammu and Kashmir, considered close to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, have tendered resignation to the…

  • โ€˜Kashmiris are not afraid of Indian forces. Too many Kashmiris have given their lives for them to accept a relationship by force.โ€™ SRINAGAR โ€” Kashmiris will not forget Delhiโ€™s repeated โ€˜betrayals,โ€™ especially that of former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, contends veteran Congress leader Prof. Saifuddin Soz. The former union minister also believes that…

  • โ€˜Geelani was a father figure, a centre of gravity and a measure of morality for resistance politics in more than one way.โ€™ SRINAGAR โ€” The death of nonagenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani is being seen as a big setback to the resistance politics in Jammu and Kashmir. There is none within the rank and…

  • Before a political summon from centre, another searing summer had made air conspiratorial in the valley. Even now, as the 14 leaders are about to share the round table, the thawed loose talks are still creating a buzz in the valley. ย 

  • Kashmir’s political spoof and satire is getting rib-tickling with the advent of new characters delivering unwitting punches as a matter of routine now. Tune in to the podcast to listen to how Kashmiri politicians’ satirical statements are disgracing the languages.

  • Game of Gore

    โ€˜The game weโ€™re playing is all about focus. Donโ€™t heed to propaganda unleashed by spectators.โ€™ Silence reigns supreme as they mull over their next move. Some obvious shots are stark. But they wonโ€™t take it. Making the game obvious for their opponents is not in their rulebook. Like veterans, they love to keep their rivals…