Former Governors, UPA or NDA appointees, criticise hurried move, say J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik should have called for floor test. But one disagrees.
EC sources say while polls are usually held within 6 months of dissolution of assembly, they can be postponed if law & order situation is not conducive.
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah says PDP and BJP responsible for lack of people’s participation in elections, doubts if 2019 polls can be held in free & fair manner.
Officials said immediately after the gunfight ended and forces withdrew, civilians rushed to the spot and an explosive substance went off, killing them.
Home minister Rajnath Singh’s visit comes after the recent urban local body elections, which were boycotted by both the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party.
Elaborate security arrangements were in place for the first phase of J&K civic polls Monday, with 400 additional companies of security forces deployed.
On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Not sure if the Governor’s – if one may call it that – decision would withstand judicial scrutiny.