Ah Elections!
On Tuesday as results started to pour in there were more surprises and shockers than revelations in one of the most closely fought state...
A Saffron Wave!
With BJP elevated to King Maker’s status in Jammu and Kashmir post elections, it failed to make inroads in Kashmir valley. But with 23...
The Final Franchise
With total 213 candidates in the fray for the fifth and the final phase of polling in 20 Assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir...
Next CM Is…
By Tuesday EVMs will reveal the verdict. By all accounts, neither two regional nor two national parties are expected to come even near to...
Understanding Electors
As 28 of Kashmir’s 46 assembly seats improve their participation in the elections, academics and politicians interpret it differently. R S Gull analyses the...
Symbolic Significance
To sweep the ballot, many political parties decorate bazaars with their banners and buntings marked with different party symbols. But what appears simple symbols...
One House, Many Flags
Seeking political presence in all formations has led single families fan out across ideologies and parties. Syed Asma reports the political cocktails that make...
Separated Apart
With election process in Kashmir concluding rather peacefully local security apparatus and New Delhi are upbeat to claim a victory over separatists. But separatist...
Fight for Panjal
With BJP wave fizzling out in first four phases of the five phased state assembly elections, all eyes are set on Hindu majority Jammu...
When besieged city votes
Bilal Handoo | Safwat Zargar
Much before the dawn of December 14 was wrapped under a thick cover of mist and chill, paramilitary forces and...
Blood, Ballot and Boycott
Javaid Ahmad Mir
It is for the fermentation of this magical word “azaadi” that has spilled the streams of blood down the terrains of a...
Cakewalk For None
The day Srinagar’s eight assembly seats date voting, Omar Abdullah would be hoping Sonawar would eventually emerge the next King’s constituency. But it doesn’t...
BJP’s K-Mantras
If it can be done in UP why not in JK? The idea has inspired BJP’s think-tank and Modi close aide Amit Shah to...
Dumping The Dumpers!
This is probably the only constituency in Kashmir that seeks a breath of fresh air, literally. Eidgah in downtown Srinagar sits on what locals...
Fight for Kingdom
With 18 years of standing and a long list of developmental projects by his side NC’s strongman Sagar likes to considers Khanyar a cake...
