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Haven't asked people to boycott elections, clarifies Omar Abdullah
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday clarified that his party has not asked general public to stay away from voting in the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in the state even though his party would boycott the polls
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PDP to boycott upcoming panchayat polls
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that her party will boycott the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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Maldives situation "worse than previously understood"
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sep 09 (ANI): A report on the current political situation in the Maldives, recently published by a European think tank, has deemed the political situation in the Island Nation under President Abdulla Yameen as "worse than had been previously understood and continues to de
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BJP slams Farooq Abdullah's call to boycott polls
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): The General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, on Sunday criticised Farooq Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC), saying that Abdullah is playing party politics ahead of the Panchayat and urban local body polls in Jam
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'Will boycott general elections if Centre doesn't clear stand on Article 3
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 08 (ANI): Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that his party will boycott Lok Sabha and Assembly elections if the
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US Defence Secretary Mattis meets Afghan President, discusses bilateral is
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Istanbul], Sep 08 (ANI): A delegation of the United States Department of Defence, led by Defence Secretary James Mattis and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Friday and discussed seve
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Politicians can be bad, not politics: Farooq Abdullah
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that "politics is not bad but politicians can be bad".
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US calls for fair elections in Maldives, warns of sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 07 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday expressed its concerns over the "continued democratic backsliding" in the Maldives and warned the island nation it would take "appropriate measures" against those undermining fair electoral process and democracy.
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Linking Article 35A with local elections disastrous: Mufti
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 05 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday termed the Centre's plea in the Supreme Court, linking decision on Article 35 A with panchayat and urban bodies' elections, a disastrous idea.
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J-K: NC to boycott panchayat polls
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 5 (ANI): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that his party will "not participate in the upcoming panchayat and urban local bodies polls until the Government of India and the state government make their position clear
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UK extends support to NATO troops in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 5 (ANI): 100 Welsh Guards were added to the NATO troops in Afghanistan during United Kingdom (UK) Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's visit in Kabul last week, UK's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
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Liberal democratic norms under threat in Maldives, says Australian think-t
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Nedlands [Australia], August 30 (ANI): As Maldives is heading closer to hold Presidential elections, the international community has raised concern over threat to liberal democratic norms under the leadership of President Abdulla Yameen in the island nation.
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