October 4, 2024, 06:19 PM - 3 min read
The move was aimed at projecting to the foreign visitors that the situation was normalising in the UT despite abrogation of Article 370, which became a global news sensation when, on August 5, 2019, the Centre decided that the provisions of Article 370 were no longer applicable to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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October 3, 2024, 08:12 PM - 4 min read
Voter participation in this election was encouraging mainly for two reasons – one, they wanted to have their own elected representatives rather than the current administration led by the Lieutenant Governor. Second, there were no boycott calls like before from separatist organisations like Hurriyat or Jamaat-e-Islami,that not only voted but also contested in the state elections for the first time after 1987, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the history of J&K.
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October 1, 2024, 06:48 PM - 3 min read
A total voter turnout of 65.48 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the ongoing third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Assembly polls, the office of the chief election officer said on Tuesday evening.
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October 1, 2024, 04:28 PM - 3 min read
Says his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) will aim for permanent peace in Kashmir.
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October 1, 2024, 01:06 PM - 9 min read
The winding roads of North Kashmir, flanked by towering deodars and Kashmir willows, lead to a region once synonymous with conflict. Today, however, the air in Kupwara and Handwara buzzes with a different energy: that of democratic participation. News Arena India Editor-in-Chief Naveen S Garewal travels to the areas adjoining the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and reports from the ground.
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October 1, 2024, 12:17 PM - 2 min read
Voting for the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election began at 7 am and has since witnessed increased voter participation in just over two hours.
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September 30, 2024, 06:15 PM - 2 min read
While responding to a query with on the recent statements of BJP leaders during their campaigns about Article 370 being done and dusted, he said the party had been burying everything.
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September 30, 2024, 04:43 PM - 2 min read
The Congress leader's remarks at a poll rally in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, that he would die only after PM Modi was removed from power was criticised by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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September 30, 2024, 03:18 PM - 5 min read
There are 109 candidates in the fray, the highest in all three phases, with 101 candidates contesting from Baramulla, 59 from Kupwara, 42 from Bandipora, 37 from Udhampur , 35 from Kathua and 32 from Samba) are in the fray.
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