28 former militants and separatists, including 10 candidates backed by Jamaat-e-Islami and others by Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), bit the dust as J&K chose to vote for mainstream parties.
National Conference poised to come to power in Union territory with ally Congress. Former Union minister said elected govt would have do lot of work to end 'sufferings' of the people.
Aijaz Ahmad Guroo had campaigned on Kashmiris languishing in jails & unemployment. His brother, Afzal Guru, was hanged for plotting the December 2001 Parliament attack.
BJP is leading in Haryana, where most exit polls had projected a comfortable victory for Congress. In Jammu & Kashmir, pollsters have given the NC-Congress alliance a clear edge.
In Budgam, Abdullah's leading by 1,400 votes & in Ganderbal, 622 votes. Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, is trailing by over 1,842 votes against NC’s Bashir Veeri.
In Haryana, BJP has left Congress in the dust. In J&K, priority for the NC-Congress coalition govt will be restoration of full statehood, says Congress.
In Part-5 of the J&K Despatch series—on 1st assembly polls being held in the UT in 10 yrs—ThePrint looks at the special challenges & the generation-old troubles of the people of Gurez.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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