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The Imam of Delhi’s Jamia Masjid has confirmed that Shawwal crescent has not been sighted and the Eid shall be on Thursday. However, our neighbourhood mosques still have the potential to change that scenario. This annual confusion is a bad commentary on the scientific progress in…

It was a little yet significant effort the National Conference made in Kargil in October 2023 that has translated into today’s alliance with the Congress. After NC and PDP split within the INDIA bloc, the choice for Congress was not easy. NC was able to offer Congress a deal…

I am not a supporter of the Congress and certainly not aligned to any political party, but I strongly support Rahul Gandhi’s demand for survey of wealth distribution. This is important when just one percent of Indians hold 40% of the country’s wealth and 10,000 of them have an…

PDP has formally announced the candidacy of Mehbooba Mufti for #AnantnagRajouri Lok Sabha seat. But that still doesn’t make the picture complete for the nature of contest on this high profile constituency. Some leaders within Ghulam Nabi Azad’s DPAP and Altaf Bukhari’s AP are…

Many would think that this story, though based mostly on Pakistani sources, would harm BJP. This is in fact proving helpful. Defence Minister also asserted today that “ghar main ghuss ke marein ge”. There is a large constituency that likes such swag theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Congress Manifesto promises immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and coverage of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of Constitution of India

It’s been more than two weeks since polls have been announced and you see the routine governance locked in model code of conduct. This is to go on for more than two months. 82-day long election is excruciating. Laws are passed in Parliament on a number of things causing…

The battle for new middle of Jammu and Kashmir is getting interesting. DPAP has announced that Ghulam Nabi Azad will contest from Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat

National Conference has finally ended the suspense by announcing its veteran leader Mian Altaf Ahmed to run for #AnantnagRajouri Lok Sabha Constituency. From PDP, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is set to join the battle personally. In BJP, the opinion is still divided on…

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If the early trends are to hold up, the contest on Udhampur and Jammu Lok Sabha seats is going to be far from a one sided affair, as initially believed by many. There is going to be a tough fight, an exciting and trendsetting election after a decade.

Begum Abdullah in Lok Sabha, Thakur Baldev finally wins: The story of 1977 elections in Jammu and Kashmir

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When a journalist trounced ex PM: The story of 1971 Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir

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Bakshi and Brig Ghansara in Lok Sabha: The story of 1967 elections in Jammu and Kashmir

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With BJP and Congress clearing their candidates, there is now a lot of clarity on the nature of contest on two seats: Jugal Kishore versus Raman Bhalla on Jammu and Jitendra Singh versus Chowdhary Lal Singh on Udhampur seat. For the two Kashmir and one trans Pir Panjal seat, each…

Maulana, Pandit, Hari Singh’s legislator were among six in first Lok Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir

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The ‘B’ teams, BJP’s secret Kashmir allies and the history of alliances

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With Anna Hazaare, Baba Ramdev, CAG Vinod Rai and a whole bunch of media on his side, Kejriwal ran this country’s most powerful anti-corruption movement 10-12 years ago. He levelled allegations of astronomical scale and no one questioned him on facts. Be’iman (dishonest) was the…