Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections

SRINAGAR: Delhi’s Patiala House Court has granted temporary bail to Sheikh Rashid, a former Member of Parliament from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, until October 2 in connection with a terror financing case.   Rashid has been held in Tihar Jail since his 2019 arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities […]

SRINAGAR: Hailing from Naira, a village in Pulwama, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, a trusted associate of Mehbooba Mufti, began his education in local institutions before earning his Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies from the Islamic University of Science and Technology, located near Srinagar. As the second of three children, he comes from a well-established, […]

JAMMU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the NC-Congress coalition of destabilising Jammu and Kashmir by seeking the release of those linked to terrorism activities.   Speaking at a rally in Jammu ahead of the Assembly elections, Shah expressed concerns over attempts to revive unrest. “The NC and Congress want to release stone throwers. They […]

SRINAGAR: BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday alleged that the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are relying on former terrorists to bolster their chances in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. He accused the two parties of trying to drag the Union Territory back to its “chaotic past.” […]