The Latest Breaking News from Jammu

The meaning of assembly elections was already turned on its head before the announcement for polls in Jammu and Kashmir. 

Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed region following New Delhi's imposition of direct rule in 2019.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday at around 3 pm. Elections are due in Haryana, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read Further on Dynamite News:

This comes against the backdrop of the recent terror attacks in the Jammu region. Read further on Dynamite News:

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that the Election Commission is "committed" to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest. Read further on Dynamite News:

His appointment comes at a time when there has been a spike in terror attacks in the Jammu region, including an attack on an army convoy in Kathua. Read further on Dynamite News:

On July 30, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that 14 civilians and 14 soldiers have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year. As they have every year since 2019, the numbers belie the government's claim that the abolition of Article 370…

The officials of the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir police, and Border Security Force (BSF) have recovered a large consignment of weapons, ammunition, and explosives from a remote location in Kalakote in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

For decades, Jammu was mostly peaceful, even amid clashes in other parts of Indian-administered Kashmir. Not anymore.

The 52-day long Amarnath Yatra will conclude on August 19. Read further on Dynamite News:

After the recent terror incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, the police released sketches of three terrorists who were involved in a recent terror incident in the Urar Bagi area of Dessa in Doda district. Read further on Dynamite News: