According to the law, when the Model Code of Conduct is implemented, the administration can not transfer or provide new postings to any official unless approval is taken from the Election Commission.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital Beirut. Hezbollah, on Saturday, confirmed his death. The group said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs”.
Priyanka Gandhi addressed her first election rally in these assembly polls on Saturday, She campaigned for the party candidate from Bishnah seat, Neeraj Kundan. She alleged that LG has been working for the outsiders and not for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Rahul Gandhi addressed a public rally in Jammu and said that since independence many states including Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand were carved out of big states but no state was turned into UT. It was the first time since 1947, a state was turned into UT.
Jammu and Kashmir is going to have a new assembly after 10 years. The last elections were held in 2014 when Jammu and Kashmir was a state. However, in 2019, Article 370 was abrogated. Subsequently, the J-K Reorganisation Act was passed that bifurcated the state into two UTs- J-K and Ladakh.
Omar Abdullah claimed that the BJP would want a hung assembly as it would give it an excuse to extend the lieutenant governor's rule. Under the alliance, the NC will contest 51 seats, the Congress 32, and the CPI(M) one. The remaining six seats will see a "friendly contest" between the two parties.
Hot seats in Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Election 2024: Banihal Assembly constituency which will go to polls on September 18, is likely to see a triangular contest among Congress, its ally NC and PDP.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) was banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2019. The ban was extended for another five years in 2024. The leaders of JEI are contesting as independents on various assembly seats in J-K.
Rashid Engineer was arrested under the UAPA in a terror 2017 funding case. Since 2019, he has been lodged in jail. In Lok Sabha elections this year, he contested from the Baramulla seat and defeated Omar Abdullah. Now, his party AIP has announced 9 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.
State Election Commissioner K K Sharma says 2,146 polling stations have been set up for the smooth conduct of elections.
98 per cent polling was recorded in J-K, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shalinder Kumar said. The polls to elect chairpersons of BDCs were held in 310 blocks in the state and 1,092 candidates were in the fray, of whom 27 were elected unopposed
Poster pasted in Nowhatta under the name of Divisional Commander of Hizb asks all those participating in the elections to withdraw and announce the decision in local mosques within 10 hours or face death.
Jammu: Braving winter chill, nearly 30 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise till noon in 20 constituencies in the final phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir."As many as 29.75 percent of
New Delhi: Campaigning for the fifth and last phase polling in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand will come to an end today evening.Polling will be held simultaneously across 20 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and
Jammu: Nearly 20,000 security personnel will be deployed in Jammu for the final phase of polling on December 20, especially in the wake of threat of infiltration by militants in the sensitive border areas."About 180
Srinagar: 64 crorepatis and nine candidates facing criminal charges are among the 138 in fray in 16 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir which will go to polls in the third phase on December 9.The sixteen
Soibugh (Kashmir): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has accused former CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed of being responsible for imposition of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the state during his tenure
Srinagar/Ranchi: The high-pitched campaign for the second phase of election on December 2 in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 in Jharkhand ended on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheading BJP's bid
Srinagar/ Jammu: today said political parties in Jammu and Kashmir were using "expired issues" like the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution as a "security cover" for their "round-the-year corruption and loot"."The issue of
Srinagar: Opposition PDP today accused Congress of indulging in divisive and communal politics in Jammu and Kashmir and said it cannot wash its hands off the "morass of political uncertainty and economic instability" in the
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