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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Topic: National Conference

BJP criticises Farooq Abdullah’s promise on J-K’s regional autonomy

National Conference chief Farooq Abduallh had promised regional autonomy if his party comes to power in the state.

Ex-governors, including a Vajpayee appointee, question J&K assembly dissolution

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.

Governor Malik jumped the gun in dissolving J&K assembly, it’s advantage Congress-NC

Mehbooba Mufti’s letter to Satya Pal Malik was meant to prevent BJP-backed Sajad Lone from forming the government. But the governor took the bait.

In Jammu & Kashmir’s rocky political stakes, Congress, NC & PDP outmanoeuvre BJP

The decision to stake claim to form the government, and subsequent assembly dissolution, may have put paid to BJP’s hopes of expansion in the state.

Pakistan not involved with J&K’s mainstream parties: BJP allies disagree with Ram Madhav

BJP's Bihar allies JD(U) and RLSP say Ram Madhav’s accusations that PDP and NC were working on ‘instructions from across the border’ are irresponsible.

J&K governor’s move widened state trust deficit with Delhi or did it stop horse-trading?

Within moments of PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti staking claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir with the support of National Conference and Congress, Governor...

J&K governor dissolves assembly after rival alliances stake claim

J&K governor Satya Pal Malik took the decision after the PDP-Congress-NC and  BJP-backed Sajad Lone stake claim to form the government.  Srinagar: Governor's rule was clamped...

Omar Abdullah’s National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP join hands with Congress in J&K

Altaf Bukhari of the Peoples Democratic Party confirmed that the trio will be coming together.

BJP wins 60 seats in Kashmir: Opposition boycott undermining democracy or letting BJP grow?

The BJP has won 60 municipal wards unopposed in the urban local body election of Jammu and Kashmir. The result comes after two main...

Keep non-Kashmiri IAS and IPS officers away from the state, says J&K leader

Muzaffar Shah Ahmad, a cousin of former CM Omar Abdullah, says officers from the Kashmir Administrative Services are getting sidelined.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.