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Video of PDP workers waving toy guns at rally puts focus on Kashmir’s mainstream politics

There's a growing belief in J&K that mainstream parties are walking a tightrope — they're not quite glorifying militants but also not condemning them unequivocally.

Shiv Sena demands Modi’s assurance that PDP, NC, NCP won’t be part of NDA after polls

Shiv Sena said Modi should give no space to those talking of dividing the nation in his Modi cabinet or the NDA no matter what the math on govt formation is.

‘How saffron has greened’: BJP accused of double standards in J&K after green election ad

Rivals criticise BJP, point out that party has foregone its trademark saffron colour in election advertisement for its Srinagar-Budgam candidate.

BJP rebel to fight party in Jammu, gets daughter of Kathua rape accused as star campaigner

As a minister in former Mehbooba Mufti govt of J&K, Lal Singh, then a BJP member, triggered a major controversy when he came out in support of Kathua accused.

Oppn has no one projected leader against Modi, their promise is temporary: Arun Jaitley

Union minister Arun Jaitley says that leadership will be among the most important aspects to decide this election, and Modi is a clear winner in that regard.

Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami will have ‘dangerous consequences’, says former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti

Former J&K chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said the ban was an "act of vengeance" by the Centre, and added that one cannot imprison an ideaology.

Why the security situation in Kashmir keeps going from bad to worse

New Delhi sees Kashmir as a security problem rather than a political one. Instead of finding ways to resolve a conflict, it merely seeks to manage it.

Azad down the pecking order in Congress poll panels in J&K, state unit up in arms

J&K Congress unit passes resolution calling for Azad to be handed charge of all Lok Sabha election work in the state.  

Dumped by BJP, ‘desperate’ Mehbooba returns to ‘soft separatism’ to find way back to power

Mehbooba Mufti had all but given up on PDP’s “healing touch” policy for 3 years as J&K chief minister when she toed a nationalist line with BJP. 

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, India’s first Muslim home minister & lover of gardens and golf

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, a two-time chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, passed away this day two years ago.

On Camera

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

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.