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Politics

A Cliffhanger Contest

In North Kashmir, 22 candidates are vying for 1.7 million votes and the contest is between Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone. But the two...
On his wedding day, groom Mohammad Ashraf added an extra touch of joy and happiness by casting his vote at Kangan polling station on Monday, May 12, 2024. (Image credit: Umer Farooq)

First Timer Concerns

More than 340 thousand voters will cast their votes for the first time. Syed Batool Andrabi talks to some of the first-timers to understand...

The Candidate Crowd

They know they are not winning, but they are contesting either as independents or on behalf of parties least known in Kashmir.  Mujtaba Hussain...

The Srinagar Contest

With 24 candidates in the fray, the triangular contest is bipolar inside. Though pinching each other for one or the other thing, JKNC and...

Pir Panchal: Challenging Areas, Interesting Politics

Polling was supposed to stamp the Mughal Road to reach the Jhelum Valley through the newly created trans-Pir Panchal constituency. In stage one, the...

Kashmir’s Virtual Politics

With social media emerging as the alternative universe, part of politics, campaigning and vote-seeking is also taking place in the virtual world. Syed Shadab...

Ladakh’s Saffron Drought

In 2019, BJP won Ladakh for helping the region break away from Jammu and Kashmir and emerge as a UT. Five years later, the...

 BJP’s Shadow Survival In Kashmir?

Ruling Jammu and Kashmir remotely since 2018 and resorting to a series of interventions, in the last five years, that changed the erstwhile state...

Dissimulating the Pain?

The voter is seemingly angry and frustrated in Jammu, the erstwhile Nagpur of right-wing. Will this lead to a change in the region’s political...

Immortalising Art 370

By projecting Article 370 as ‘the thing of the past’, the ruling BJP is helping the read-down constitutional provision to live in public memory,...

Udhampur: A Rajput Fight

Of the dozen-odd candidates in the fray for the Udhampur LS seat, the contest is between Congress and BJP, represented by Rajputs, Lal Singh...

LS Polls: Allies and Alliances

Only two of the six Lok Sabha berths in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state will have a black-and-white contest between BJP and Congress. The...

LS Polls: Surprising Start

With Udhampur going into the first phase of polls, the Lok Sabha elections have started throwing surprises in Jammu and Kashmir, reports Faiqa Masoodi With...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and LG Manoj Sinha participated in the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ programme at Bakshi Stadium on March 07 2024. (Pic credit JKDIPR)

Post-2019 Modi Visit

As the country is rushing for general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Jammu and Kashmir for the second time in less than...

PAGD: An Obituary

Started as an almost stillborn initiative in the wake of haze in August 2019, with an avowed objective to fight for Jammu and Kashmir’s...