Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections were held for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 and a new government has been formed. With the political situation evolving, local leaders are now raising demands for full statehood to be restored.
This is the same area where one soldier was injured and his brother was killed by terrorists earlier this year.
In a historic judgment last year, the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and stated that statehood should be restored to J-K "at the earliest".
Nasir Aslam Wani was appointed as an advisor to J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after he took oath as Chief Minister of the Union Territory. Abdullah formed the government after a landslide victory in the recent Assembly elections backed by the NC-Congress alliance and the I.N.D.I.A bloc.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, heading the first elected government in the Union territory since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated.
As Jammu and Kashmir turned another page in its troubled history, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Abdullah and five ministers, including Surinder Choudhary.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Along with him, five other candidates took oath as Cabinet Ministers. While four of them are NC candidates, Satish Sharma is an independent MLA.
Omar Abdullah takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir CM: Five ministers — Sakina Masood (Itoo), Javed Ahmad Dar, Javed Ahmed Rana, Surinder Choudhary, and Satish Sharma — also took the oath of office.
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Omar Abdullah was unanimously elected the leader of the NC Legislature Party after his party won 42 out of the 90 seats, setting the stage for his second term as chief minister.
A Delhi court will deliver its verdict today on Engineer Rashid’s regular bail plea in the 2017 terror funding case. Rashid, an MP from Baramulla, sought release after being in custody since 2019 under the NIA’s investigation.
Omar Abdullah was elected as the leader of the National Conference legislature party after a resounding victory of the party in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections.
After the crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the party’s disappointing performance in the Assembly polls has further deepened tensions within Congress, with state leaders reportedly attributing the failure to the alliance with the National Conference (NC).
The National Conference-Congress alliance won the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024 and is set to form the government in the Union Territory (UT).
President's rule was in place in Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of a Legislative Assembly in the Union Territory. However, the latest move by the government has cleared the way for the government formation.
Arvind Kejriwal was in Doda to thank voters for electing AAP representative and opening its account in Jammu and Kashmir. He took a jibe at the Centre stating that he is ready to share his experience with Omar Abdullah in case he faces problems in running government in "half-state" like J-K.
The victim was declared dead on arrival at the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital (SMHS) Hospital, the police spokesperson said, adding that an FIR under section 103 (punishment for murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at the Parimpora police station.
Farooq Abdullah said that it is time for the Kashmiri Pandits who had to flee their homes due to terrorism in the Valley to return to their homes.
Out of 873 candidates who ran for the 90 assembly seats, 666 candidates -- 76.28 per cent of the total, forfeited deposits. This has earned the Election Commission of India an amount little more than Rs 1.60 crore.
BJP's Shagun Parihar became the youngest newly elected MLA in Jammu and Kashmir while National Conference's Abdul Rather is the oldest legislator, according to ADR data.
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