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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicJammu and Kashmir polls

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir polls

A paradise cut off from the world—glimpses from Gurez, where BJP seeks 1st-ever win in Kashmir

A road project linking Gurez to Drass and Kargil has rekindled hopes for change in the region, which feels largely ignored.

Party’s prospects in question, what’s behind Ghulam Nabi Azad’s tepid J&K poll campaign

Azad—who has been uncharacteristically indecisive these past 2 years—nearly abandoned DPAP campaign last month citing ill health, after which several candidates pulled out.

Will ST status for Paharis backfire for BJP in 2nd phase of J&K polls? All eyes on Gujjar-Bakarwal votes

Unlike Gujjar-Bakarwals, who are primarily Muslims, Paharis are made up mostly of upper caste Hindus. In granting ST status, BJP alienated a large section of pastoral community.

GPS tracker on ankle, Hafiz Sikander campaigns in J&K’s Bandipora, says ‘loved ones wary of coming close’

Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik, former district president of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir, is contesting from Bandipora as an Independent. Held in 2019, he faces UAPA charges.

‘Abrogation was BJP’s voice, not India’s’: Farooq Abdullah says Kashmiris reduced to prisoners of Delhi

As election begins in Union Territory, former CM says development has come to a standstill in the region, alleges that ‘BJP and RSS are enemies of the country, not J&K alone’.

Kashmiris stand in silent solidarity, voting is becoming an act of resistance, says PDP’s Waheed Para

Waheed Para, who is contesting the Pulwama seat, says the 2014 PDP-BJP alliance was an act of conflict resolution and that his party wants to be part of the INDIA bloc post-results.

From mountain perch above Shopian, Pir Panjal’s Gujjar-Bakarwals gaze joylessly at J&K elections

In Part-1 of the J&K Despatch series—on 1st assembly polls being held in the UT in 10 yrs—ThePrint looks at Gujjar-Bakarwal nomads & why they clash with authorities frequently.

Global media on how going is getting ‘tough’ for Modi & if J&K polls will undermine his strongman image

Omar Abdullah being a key rival to the Indian PM in Kashmir also makes international news, as do the demonstrations taking place in Kenya against Adani Group.

Jamaat-e-Islami back in electoral game. What it means & how it could queer the pitch for NC, PDP in J&K

The banned organisation has entered electoral scene by supporting 10 Independents, who are drawing large crowds at rallies. Govt officials say this is a tactic to have the ban lifted.

‘PDP will play role of kingmaker after J&K polls’. Iltija Mufti gears up for her 1st political battle

Daughter of ex J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti, Iltija says she isn't trying to carry the 'mantle forward' but to 'revive' People’s Democratic Party. She'll fight from family's home turf Bijbehara.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.