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Intrigue and independents: All the possibilities that might unfold in Jammu and Kashmir

In the 2014 assembly elections, when Jammu and Kashmir was still a state, the Bharatiya Janata Party got its highest tally of 25 out of 37 assembly seats. In 2019, the region lost its autonomy and was cleaved into two demoted union territories (Ladakh not having an elected assembly).

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Engineer Rashid: Kashmir’s new leader or BJP’s new ‘pawn’?

Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has been the talk of the town ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The Kashmiri politician, in jail for over five years in a terror funding case, won the Baramulla seat in the Lok Sabha polls with a big margin…

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Violence, economic distress, detained kin: Do Kashmir’s women feel sidelined again this election?

The assembly elections have brought political excitement back to Jammu and Kashmir.

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J&K: BJP trying to intimidate Hindu voters, alleges Farooq Abdullah

Farooq said that "BJP is trying to defame NC, but we will emerge victorious in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and change the lives of the people". Read further on Dynamite News:

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22 years after losing a leg in J&K battlefield, Hokato Hotozhe Sema wins Paralympic medal in Paris

Naib Subedar Hokato Hotozhe Sema's aspirations were abruptly crushed in October 2002, amidst the unpredictable landscape of Jammu and Kashmir's (JK) Chowkibal, when a sudden blast during a counter-terrorism mission took his left leg below the knee, shattering his dreams of joining the Special Forces.

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J&K Polls: After Ganderbal, Omar Abdullah files nomination from Budgam

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday filed his second nomination from the Budgam seat for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls. Read further on Dynamite News:

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No exit polls in Haryana, J&K during election period: ECI

The Election Commission of India has issued a notification regarding the publication of exit polls during the election period in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'Centre snatching identity, rights of Jammu & Kashmir': Rahul Gandhi

"A state has been abolished and the rights of the people have been snatched away." Read further on Dynamite News:

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J&K Assembly Polls: Congress releases second list of 6 candidates

The Congress party on Monday released its second list of six candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Rad further on Dynamite News:

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Congress holds CEC meeting to finalise candidates for J-K elections

The Congress Party held a CEC meeting on Monday at its headquarters in New Delhi to finalise candidates for the remaining seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Promises hollow, not sure how surveillance will change’: Journalists on J&K polls and manifestos

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In Kashmir, parties offer little hope for journalists in run-up to polls

There is little that parties in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir are offering for journalists despite increased challenges to press freedom over the last five years in the erstwhile state.

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Omar Abdullah slams Rahul Shivshankar’s ‘misinformation’ on US diplomats’ Kashmir visit

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference chairperson Omar Abdullah slammed Network18 consulting editor Rahul Shivshankar for spreading “misinformation and disinformation” in connection with the US diplomats’ recent visit to Kashmir.

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J&K Polls: "...to fight BJP like consolidated front" - Omar Abdullah

National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah said that together with Congress, they aim to fight against the BJP like a consolidated front. Read further on Dynamite News:

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J&K Assembly Elections: BJP announces first list of 44 candidates

The elections to the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1. Read further on Dynamite News:

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J&K: CIK announces cash award for information on LeT commander

In the last few months, there has been a spike in terror attacks in the Jammu region, including encounters in Doda and Udhampur. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ian Dev Chauhan named captain, Paul Valthaty appointed head coach of Seattle Thunderbolts

MUMBAI: Former Jammu Kashmir captain Ian Dev Chauhan has been named as the captain of the Seattle Thunderbolts in Minor League Cricket (MiLC) for the 2024 season, while ex-Mumbai allrounder Paul Valthaty has been appointed as the head coach of the Seattle Thunderbolts Milcusa in Minor League Cricket (MiLC) in…

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Rahul Gandhi In Srinagar: J&K people, their statehood most important

Rahul Gandhi said that the representation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and their statehood is the most important thing. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tussle begins for a powerless legislature in J&K

The meaning of assembly elections was already turned on its head before the announcement for polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Indian-administered Kashmir To Hold First Local Polls In A Decade

Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed region following New Delhi's imposition of direct rule in 2019.

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ECI to announce schedule for Assembly elections today

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday at around 3 pm. Elections are due in Haryana, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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J&K: Sketches of 4 terrorists released by Police with bounty of Rs5L each

This comes against the backdrop of the recent terror attacks in the Jammu region. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Committed to conducting polls in J-K at earliest: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that the Election Commission is "committed" to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Home Ministry appoints RR Swain as permanent DGP of Jammu & Kashmir

His appointment comes at a time when there has been a spike in terror attacks in the Jammu region, including an attack on an army convoy in Kathua. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Five years post-Article 370: What Pakistan is signalling Delhi from Jammu

On July 30, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that 14 civilians and 14 soldiers have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year. As they have every year since 2019, the numbers belie the government's claim that the abolition of Article 370…

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