Gupta told ANI, "Day-dreaming is not a bad thing... They have been straying people since the abrogation of the Article 370. But nothing happened. People have rejected their kind of shopkeeping regarding Article 370 in Kashmir. That is why both the former Chief Ministers were defeated (in the
Doda District Election Officer Harvinder Singh said that the code of conduct has come into force with the three constituencies of the district voting in the first phase on September 18.
In a blow to Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad ahead of the assembly polls, former Jammu and Kashmir minister, Taj Mohiuddin has announced his resignation from the party.
After receiving a rousing welcome at the Delhi Airpor, wrestler Vinesh Phogat said that she is "grateful" for receiving such love and respect from the citizens.
Srinagar Meteorological Centre has predicted intense spells of rain at a few places of Jammu and Kashmir with the possibility of heavy rain over a few places in the Jammu division for August 19 and 20.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina expressed the party's strong support for the Election Commission's announcement of dates for the upcoming assembly elections in the region, hoping for a high voter turnout similar to the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year.
Hours after the announcement of the Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian National Congress appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday.
Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Friday welcomed the announcement of assembly elections in Haryana and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and said that Congress will sweep the elections and form a government.
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that he will contest the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which are scheduled to take place in three phases from September 18.
Following the announcement of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election schedule, Jammu and Kashmir opposition leaders of the PDP and National Conference welcomed the Election Commission's decision and hoped that the assembly polls would be conducted in a "free and fair" manner.