The key constituents in Jammu & Kashmir of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) — the National Conference (NC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — are hardening their positions over contesting independently in the Lok Sabha election in 2024. This is likely to pose a challenge to the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) … Read more
People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) president Farooq Abdullah, vice-president Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders speak meeting in Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday were seen putting efforts to end the war of words between the key constituents of the Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), … Read more
JAMMU: Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Tuesday targeted the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and alleged that the “gang” built big palatial estates and encroached the state land while the Narendra Modi government built bunkers for the jawans at the border. Thakur, who hit the campaign trail for the 5th phase … Read more
Mehbooba Mufti, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief, was released on Tuesday night from detention. Mehbooba Mufti spent 14 months in detention — first preventive and then under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Mehbooba Mufti had been put under detention in August last year in the wake of … Read more