Er Rashid

SRINAGAR: The concluding and decisive phase of the Jammu and Kashmir elections on October 1 is set to be pivotal in shaping the prospects of Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference and Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party (AIP).   A total of 40 Assembly constituencies are heading to the polls in this phase, with 16 from the […]

SRINAGAR: On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir held its first assembly elections in a decade. The polls opened at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm, with the Election Commission reporting a turnout of 58.85% in the initial phase.     Kishtwar district recorded the highest participation with 77.23%, while Pulwama saw the lowest, with only […]

SRINAGAR: A Delhi court, on September 10, granted temporary bail to Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, widely recognized as Engineer Rashid, until October 2. This move allows him to actively campaign for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Since 2019, Rashid has been held in Tihar Jail, Delhi, for a case linked to […]

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has granted consent for jailed Kashmiri politician Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, to take his oath as an MP on July 5. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh will issue a decision on Rashid’s interim bail request tomorrow. While the NIA counsel did not oppose Rashid’s […]