Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said that he is hoping that a good portion of the votes will go to the National Conference candidates and expressed confidence that they will register victory.
A total of 45 candidates are in the fray for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district after the completion of the nomination process here.
The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama recovered IEDs packed in a plastic container along with the explosives, which weighed around six kg from the over-ground workers (OGWs) of slain LeT commanders Reyaz Dar and his associate Rayees Dar.
Bodies of two terrorists have been recovered in Pulwama's Nihama area following an exchange of fire between terrorists and security personnel, police said on Monday.
Jaishankar said that India's response after the Uri and Pulwama attacks sent a "clear, direct message" and the people to whom it was "hopefully got it."
"Pakistan is now taking a lot of interest in India's Lok Sabha elections. New statements come out from Pakistan every day. Pakistan is also favouring the opposition parties of India. Not only this, the former minister of Pakistan has also praised Mamata Banerjee, Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor termed the BJP's 'Abki Baar 400 Paar' a "complete fantasy" and said due to the Balakot airstrike following the Pulwama terrror attack before the 2019 general elections, the BJP "maxed out" in a number of states.
He said that Balakot airstrike showed to the world how far India will go to ensure action against terror act and refuted the narrative that India should refrain from acting against Pakistan because it has nuclear bomb.
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress candidate from the Jalandhar parliamentary seat, Charanjit Singh Channi, criticized the BJP for not catching the perpetrators of the Pulwama attack, where 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
Hitting out at the opposition for raking up the Balakot air strike and Pulwama terror attack issues, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that "PM Narendra Modi ne ghar mein ghus kar maara hai" and the BJP-led central government has transformed the situation in Kashmir after the abrogation of