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Elections

This section is a window to the Parliamentary, Assembly, Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

A high profile contest

After low voter turnout in South Kashmir all eyes are on high profile contest in Centre. Will Farooq Abdullah recreate his magic and retain...

Southern Slide

As separatists are patting themselves, unionists PDP and NC are claiming victory in the Mehboob versus Mehbooba poll that witnessed absence of 72% voters....

Reporting virtual voting

 Durdana Bhat As polling on ground zero in South Kashmir reflects mixed public mood, the live streaming of 46 polling stations out of 1615 stations are...

Polling in Pictures

In 16 Assembly segments of Islamabad Parliamentary Constituency, 12 candidates are in the fray. But as south Kashmir with 1301142 voter strength went for...

South Kashmir Elections: A photo feature

As South Kashmir goes to Lok Sabha Polls on Thursday, Kashmir Life's Bilal Bahadur travels down South to capture the polling and security preparations there...

Elections: A Day Down South

With three days left for the polling in South Kashmir, Tasavur Mushtaq divides his day between NC and PDP, the main contestants in the...

Yawar Masoodi

It was the first attack on mainstream politician in Kashmir ahead of parliamentary polls when militants struck the house of Youth National Conference’s (YNC)...

An ‘Equal’ Contest

With 13 contestants in fray for south Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency it is mainly PDP versus NC. Suhail A Shah tries to gauges the public...

Modi-nised Kashmiris!

Modi’s campaigning blitzkrieg apart, Kashmir is sceptically weighing his possible elevation to highest seat of power in India. But there are a few for...

A Bilateral Battle

There are 24 people in fray for Udhampur-Doda seat, one of the largest Lok Sabha constituencies in J&K. But the real fight is between...

Fayaz Ahmad Bhat

In 1900, L Frank Baum wrote the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and 39 years later, American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer converted it into a wonderful musical fantasy...

‘Paper’ Tigers!

Is journalism a launching pad for politicians? Or are the two professions embedded eternally? As election fever grips valley, Bilal Handoo takes a look at...

Tanvir Maqbool Dar

A medico from south Kashmir is the latest face of ‘broom campaign’ in valley. Tanvir Maqbool Dar, 38, who claims to be active on...

Who is Rabia Baji?

Claims and counter-claims apart, Rabia Baji, a former Congress activist turned social worker, is full of surprises. All set to contest coming Lok Sabha...

Interestingly Triangular

Contrary to the popular discourse that Jammu Lok Sabha polls is BJP versus Congress, the election is the battle between three parties with PDP...