People’s Democratic Party leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad The J&K High Court has allowed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who was arrested in 2021 with charges framed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), to take oath as a District Development Council (DDC) member in south Kashmir’s Pulwama. He … Read more
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) veteran Surinder Choudhary, who was the party’s state general secretary till last year, made news this week by joining the BJP and calling PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti two-faced. The former MLC was credited with making the PDP win Hindu-dominated Nowshera seat in district development council (DDC) polls and was considered the … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir’s District Development Council members belonging to BJP, NC, PDP, Congress, PC and other parties have refused to attend a training session organised by the Union Territory’s administration in protest against the ‘rank’ and ‘salary’ they have been given. After elections of DDC members established the three-tier panchayat system in J&K recently, the … Read more
SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) alleged on Thursday that the administration was interfering in democracy by forcing some of the independent candidates who have won the recent district development council (DDC) elections to join a particular political party. Leaders of the PAGD held their first meeting in Srinagar since the declaration of … Read more
The seven-party Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was ahead in the seat tally in the maiden District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir by winning or leading in 112 seats out of 280 on Tuesday, followed by the BJP which had won 52 seats, including three in the Kashmir valley for the first … Read more
Jammu: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made Jammu and Kashmir a key priority area in his strategy for “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” and has put the union territory on a superhighway of growth. He also said that the union territory will soon emerge as an educational hub and will expand … Read more
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the second phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections scheduled on Tuesday urging people to come out to vote without fear. The administration has put in place multi-tier security around each polling booth to ensure that the voters are … Read more
JAMMU: The first phase of by-elections to vacant seats of panchayat level bodies has recorded 64 percent and 57 percent polling turnout respectively, Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner K K Sharma said on Sunday. The panchayat bypolls were held along with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections on Saturday. Enthusiasm among the voters … Read more
JAMMU: Claiming that no one is willing to embrace the Congress in the country, Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Sunday said the party has crushed all hopes of its alliance partners to win elections and the result would be no different in Jammu and Kashmir where the maiden district development council (DDC) … Read more
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will decide on its participation in the upcoming district development council, panchayat and urban local bodies elections on November 7. The Congress, which has expressed solidarity with the alliance but stayed away from its meetings, said it will take a call on participation in the elections after … Read more