In a first, J&K L-G invites regional parties for high tea Though the agenda of the event was not mentioned, sources say that focus will be on the peaceful conduct of the Amarnath yatra The Hindu · Jun 29, 2022
Presidential election: Yashwant Sinha gets a jolt from 8 opposition parties NEW DELHI: Combined opposition candidate for the presidential election, Yashwant Sinha, who filed his nomination on Monday, received a setback when at least eight non-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties did not send their representatives on the occasion. The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022
Pir Panjal emerges key electoral battleground to capture power in J&K With the Pir Panjal bitterly divided between Gujjar-Bakerwals and Paharis, Hindus and Kashmiri-speaking population, the stage is set for the BJP to make inroads. The Hindu · Jun 6, 2022
Nigeria’s PDP picks Atiku Abubakar to run for president in 2023 Former vice president to launch third presidential bid after winning People’s Democratic Party primary. Al Jazeera · May 29, 2022
Abubakar wins primary race for Nigeria’s main opposition party ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party has elected Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate for next year’s national election in Africa’s largest economy. Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022
Sheikh Abdullah’s image removed from police medals in J&K L-G administration’s decision sparks outrage from political parties The Hindu · May 24, 2022
Mehbooba, Omar blame Centre for ‘targeted killings’ in J&K Tourism is not a sign of normalcy, says NC vice-president The Hindu · May 13, 2022
Mehbooba slams J&K L-G over ‘puja’ at ASI-protected Martand Temple in Kashmir He is not a priest but a constitutional head, says PDP leader The Hindu · May 11, 2022
Nigeria's opposition to pick presidential candidate at end of May Nigeria's opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday it will choose a presidential candidate at the end of May to contest elections set for February next year as it seeks to return to power after losing office seven years ago. Reuters · Apr 25, 2022
PDP, CPI(M) unhappy over Modi’s J&K speech ‘What future for youth Prime Minister was talking about?’ The Hindu · Apr 25, 2022
Mehbooba calls on Sonia in Delhi in first meet since 2016 The meeting on Monday is being seen as the Congress’s bid to reach out to regional players for an ideological alliance The Hindu · Apr 18, 2022
AAP plans high-profile entry in Jammu & Kashmir politics Priortising jobs and education, the party could upset the calculations of the BJP and smaller parties The Hindu · Apr 16, 2022
Put under house arrest as I wanted to visit Pandit family in Shopian: Mehbooba Centre doesn’t want its fake divisive narrative to be exposed, PDP chief says The Hindu · Apr 12, 2022
BJP-RSS ideology relies largely on the Nazi playbook, says PDP There can be no Kashmiriyat without Kashmiri Pandits, says party newsletter The Hindu · Apr 2, 2022
The Hindu · Mar 31, 2022 BJP withdraws support to NC-led Kargil hill council But the NC sounds confident that it has the numbers to complete the term
The Hindu · Mar 27, 2022 Women join mourners in Budgam Policeman and his brother were shot dead by militants inside their house
The Hindu · Mar 23, 2022 Pandits faced worst losses in Kashmir conflict: Mehbooba PDP chief says ‘there is no harm in watching The Kashmir Files film but don’t hate Muslims’
The Hindu · Feb 14, 2022 Delimitation draft dissolves Assembly constituency for Kashmiri Pandits: ex-PDP Minister Democratic peaceful options being snatched from Kashmiris, says Naeem Akhtar
The Hindu · Feb 4, 2022 Release ailing PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, Jammu and Kashmir leaders urge Amit Shah Wahid Para, held since 2020, was found unconscious in Srinagar prison
The Hindu · Feb 3, 2022 Court asks jail authorities to provide medical aid to PDP’s Parra Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra was arrested by the NIA on November 25, 2020
Newslaundry · Aug 16, 2019 #Kashmir: Executive might and our fragile liberty The history of constitutionalism around the world has been a chronicle of efforts to curb the brute nature of executive might, to protect the freedoms and liberties of the ordinary and the powerless. Unlike the ages of kings where a single monarch would make law, enforce it and decide disputes,…
Newslaundry · Apr 20, 2018 PDP MLA Majeed Padder responds to allegations on the Kulgam ‘sex racket’ While the candle flames of protesters seeking justice for the eight-year-old Kathua girl continue to burn strong, another horrific case of rape was unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir. On April 18, Newslaundry published a story highlighting a sex racket in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district where the victim said Peoples Democratic…
Newslaundry · Apr 18, 2018 Exclusive: From J&K, another horror story of rape and intimidation It took three months for the nation’s conscience to wake up to the grisly rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua, Jammu. Around the same time as when the Bakerwal girl’s body was recovered in January, another minor girl from Kulgam, Kashmir, came out with her story: she had…
Newslaundry · Apr 15, 2018 The tragedy and politics of #KathuaCase, illustrated Cartoonists and artists from Kashmir were not unaffected by the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. According to reports, the motive behind the crime was to drive away the nomadic Bakerwal community from Kathua that is about 50 km from Jammu. The illustrations and cartoons highlighted the gruesome crime, and also…
Newslaundry · Apr 14, 2018 BJP Media Incharge in Kashmir speaks on the #KathuaCase The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Srinagar is guarded by four heavily-armed security personnel who open the big, metal gates of the building just enough to peep at visitors at the gate.