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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: National Conference

No consensus yet in Gupkar alliance on seat-sharing for DDC polls, nomination deadline Thursday

Leaders of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration say the final list of candidates for DDC polls will be released by late Wednesday.

BJP has put J&K on sale, betrayed people, local parties say after Centre changes land laws

Centre allowing anyone in India to buy land in J&K is a ‘betrayal’, says alliance of Kashmiri parties. New laws slammed in Jammu region too.

J&K parties’ DDC polls dilemma — boycott & get marginalised or contest & accept Article 370 move

The Centre and the UT administration are preparing to hold the maiden DDC polls in J&K. Regional parties will have to decide their stand amid a dilemma over Article 370.

ED questions Farooq Abdullah for 5 hours in JKCA money laundering case

Abdullah was visiting the ED office for the second time in 3 days. According to ED officials, he was asked about the procedures & decisions taken when he was the JKCA president.

ED summons to Farooq Abdullah part of BJP’s coercive measures, says National Conference

NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said Abdullah being treated like this is proof that BJP is completely comfortable with being seen as a bully by the nation.

J&K parties hoodwinking people, they can’t bring back Article 370, ex-PDP leader Bukhari says

In an interview to ThePrint, Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari says J&K parties knew about Article 370 decision beforehand. He says Gupkar Declaration is local parties' means to grab power.

Will tirelessly fight to restore Article 370, says J&K parties, Congress & CPM joint statement

In a statement, NC, PDP, Congress, CPI(M), among others, said they’re ‘wholly bound’ by the Gupkar Declaration, which was issued last August before Modi govt’s Article 370 move.

Pick political advisers, talk to NC & PDP, speed up pending work — BJP wishlist for J&K L-G

J&K BJP leaders have sought time from new L-G Manoj Sinha so that they can meet him and apprise him of all these issues.

NC & PDP boycott Manoj Sinha swearing-in, MP says J&K needs change of policy, not face

Anantnag MP Justice Masoodi said ceremony was ‘insignificant’, while his Baramulla counterpart Akbar Lone said NC didn’t accept decisions of 5 August 2019.

Kargil Congress, NC declare 5 August ‘darkest day’, demand reintegration & statehood for J&K

The Congress & NC took part in an ‘all-party meeting’, to which they said BJP was invited but didn’t attend. They didn’t demand restoration of Article 370.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.