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  • Congress backs Pak agenda, promotes communal divide: Brig Gupta

    Aug 13, 2019

    Jammu, Aug 13: Unable to digest the bold and historic decision taken by the Modi government to undo the political blunders of Congress, its leadership is once again promoting Pakistan’s agenda on Kashmir through motivated and irresponsible statements asserted Brig Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • Mehbooba slams Centre for additional troops deployment in Kashmir

    Jul 27, 2019

    Srinagar, July 27: Jammu and Kashmir is a "political problem" which would not be solved by military means, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday, as she criticised the Centre's decision to deploy additional 100 companies of the central armed police force (CAPF) to the valley. Mehbooba, the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also said the Centre needs to "rethink and overhaul its Kashmir policy.

  • PM should "vehemently" reject Trump's statement on Kashmir: JK Congress

    Jul 23, 2019

    Jammu, July 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Tuesday expressed concern over US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought his mediation in the Kashmir issue. JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma asked Modi to vehemently reject the statements immediately. Reacting strongly, Sharma called Trump's statements "totally unacceptable" in view of the Simla Agreement.

  • Kashmir youth can't be misguided anymore: Kavinder

    Jul 10, 2019

    Jammu, July 10: The massive turn out of unemployed youth of Kashmir in army recruitment rally at Baramulla is reflective of the change in their mindset as they have realized that their future lies in taking right decision for future and contribute in nation building. This was stated by former Dy.

  • PM Modi to launch BJP's membership drive in Varanasi Saturday

    Jul 05, 2019

    Varanasi, July 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi Saturday to launch the BJP's countrywide membership drive. He will address party workers besides unveiling a statue of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at the local airport, said a party functionary. The prime minister will also launch a tree-plantation campaign, "Anand Kanan", in the temple city.

  • Oppn demands early assembly elections in J&K

    Jul 01, 2019

    New Delhi, July 1: The Congress on Monday accused the BJP-led central government of "betraying" the people of Jammu and Kashmir by imposing President's rule in the state and demanded early Assembly elections there. Initiating the debate on a statutory resolution to extend President's rule, Congress member Viplove Thakur questioned why assembly elections were not held in the state along with the Lok Sabha polls.

  • Tiwari invites Kejriwal, Dikshit at BJP event on Int'l Yoga Day

    Jun 19, 2019

    New Delhi, Jun 19: Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday invited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Congress counterpart Sheila Dikshit to join him at an event to be organized by his party on the International Yoga Day on June 21. He said the Delhi BJP will host a yoga session on Friday morning in Ghonda in northeast Delhi and he wished to invite Kejriwal and Dikshit there.

  • Oppn wants Waddetiwar as leader of opposition in Maha Assembly

    Jun 17, 2019

    Mumbai, Jun 17: Opposition members in the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday asked Speaker Haribhau Bagade to nominate Congress MLA Vijay Waddetiwar as the leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Lower House. As the monsoon session began on Monday, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Balasaheb Thorat said he had written to the speaker about their demand.

  • Don't bother about numbers, your every word is valuable: PM to Oppn

    Jun 17, 2019

    New Delhi, Jun 17: Reaching out to the opposition on the first day of the monsoon session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said they need not "bother about their numbers" as their every word is "valuable" to the government. He urged all MPs to be impartial in the House and address issues related to the larger interest of the nation.

  • Brig Veteran Anil Gupta appeals to PM and RM on the issue of OROP equalisation

    Jun 15, 2019

    Jammu, June 14: Brig Veteran Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of BJP, has appealed to the Prime Minister and Raksha Mantri on behalf of all veterans, Veer Naris and family pensioners of J&K to honor the promise made by the government regarding five yearly equalisations of pension as per the approved One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme.

  • Sports on top priority of NDA government: Yudhvir Sethi

    Jun 11, 2019

    Jammu, June 11: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Yudhvir Sethi today said that sports is on top priority of union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this is why Jammu and Kashmir is seeing massive infrastructural development in terms of construction of modern day cricket stadiums, sports complexes and Khelo India programmes being implemented in a big way.

  • If SC upholds validity of Article 35A, Centre will repeal it through presidential order: J&K BJP

    Jun 11, 2019

    Srinagar, Jun 10: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP Monday said if the Supreme Court upholds the validity of Article 35A of the Constitution, which provides special privileges to the trouble-torn state, the Centre will repeal the provision through a presidential order. "Article 35A is currently before the Supreme Court and we will wait till the matter is disposed of.

  • JKNPP protests seeking Delimitation of Assembly constituencies in J&K

    Jun 10, 2019

    Jammu, June 10: Seeking early delimitation of Assembly constituencies in the state as assured by the centre as well as state govt in the Agenda of Alliance, a strong contingent of Panther activists led by Mr Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and other leaders staged a vociferous protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground Jammu today.

  • People saw development work of BJP govt, re-elected it: Jitendra

    Jun 08, 2019

    Jammu, Jun 08: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that the BJP's victory in the recent parliamentary election was because of the development work and various pro-poor schemes initiated by the Narendra Modi government. "There are many lessons to be learned from the results of the recently held Lok Sabha election, particularly from the record victory margin of more than 3.57 lakh votes in the Udhampur constituency.

  • JK never allow hate politics: Jan

    Jun 07, 2019

    Poonch : Former legislator and provincial president of youth national conference, Ajaz Jan said that people of Jammu and Kashmir will never allow hate politics in state and will give befitting reply to all those trying to play politics on the name of religion and region. He was addressing during a public meet held at Saujiyan belt close to Line of Control in Poonch Mandi.

  • Rajesh Gupta lambasts PDD seeks Guv's intervention as power cuts leave Jammu residents fuming

    Jun 04, 2019

    Jammu, May 04: National Democratic Party Indian (NDPI) Lambasting Jammu's electricity department for frequent power cuts as the mercury touches 45 degrees Celsius, the NDPI State President Rajesh Gupta Tuesday sought the intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure relief for the people. Gupta alleged even Governor of J&K has not fulfilled his promise of ‘no power cuts in metered areas’.

  • This is people's victory to strengthen NaMo: Yudhvir Sethi

    May 25, 2019

    Jammu, May 25: Congratulating Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for its thumping victory in just concluded Lok Sabha elections, a delegation of various associations and local residents from different localities of Jammu East Assembly constituency today called on BJP general secretary Yudhvir Sethi and resolved to support the party by all the and.

  • NC claim to form government on its own is hollow: Brig Gupta

    May 25, 2019

    Jammu, May 25: An analysis of the assembly constituency wise polling pattern of just concluded parliamentary elections establishes beyond doubt that the National Conference claim that it will form next government in the state on its own is hollow stated Brig Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party in a press statement released by the party.

  • Modi's Victory is the victory of people : Priya Sethi

    May 24, 2019

    Jammu, May 24: The 23rd May is the historical day in Indian politics when Narendra Modi won by a landslide victory and returned to power with a bigger mandate than the party received five years ago. This was also the biggest mandate since 1984 Not only this BJP has become the first non-Congress party in the history of independent India to win more than 300 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections.

  • BJP wins back seats it lost in bypolls in UP last year

    May 24, 2019

    Nh1 News Lucknow, May 24: The BJP appears to have put behind the defeat it had suffered in three bypolls in Uttar Pradesh last year to win Kairana, Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats back in the 2019 general election. The bypolls were seen as a test run by the 'mahagathbandhan' and the success then had prompted the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to join hands for the Lok Sabha election in the state.

  • BJP's vote share in Haryana surges

    May 24, 2019

    Nh1 News Chandigarh, May 24: The BJP's stupendous performance in Haryana, where it swept ten seats, saw its vote share surge in comparison to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. As per the data made available by the Election Commission, the BJP's vote share in the 2019 polls was nearly 58.02 per cent as against Congress' 28.42 per cent. The Indian National Lok Dal, which was decimated, had a vote share of 1.89 per cent.

  • Left Front hits historic low, all but one of its candidates in WB lose deposit

    May 24, 2019

    Nh1 News New Delhi, May 24: Registering its worst poll performance in over six decades, the Left Front was virtually wiped off its bastions with the Lok Sabha poll results showing it managed just five seats across the country. On its erstwhile turf in West Bengal, where it failed to win even one seat, its vote share reduced to a paltry 7 per cent from 23 per cent in 2014.

  • BJP first timers in Uttarakhand notch up big wins

    May 24, 2019

    Dehradun, May 24: The BJP which retained all five seats in Uttarakhand besides capturing the highest ever vote share of over 60 per cent by any party in the state also saw Lok Sabha poll debutants such as Tirath Singh Rawat and Ajay Bhatt win with the biggest margins.

  • US leadership congratulates PM Modi on his re-election; says great things in store for ties

    May 24, 2019

    By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 24: Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "big" election triumph, the top American leadership, including President Donald Trump, have said that "great things" are in store for the Indo-US strategic ties under his second innings. Prime Minister Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a landmark victory for a second five-year term in office, winning 302 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

  • BJP crosses 300 mark, Cong bags 52 as counting nears end

    May 24, 2019

    New Delhi, May 24: Sealing its phenomenal electoral victory, the Narendra Modi-led BJP crossed the 300 mark and was leading in one seat as counting for votes for 542 Lok Sabha seats neared its end on Friday. The massive exercise began Thursday morning with early trends establishing the BJP's conclusive lead, making it evident that Modi's message, packaging muscular nationalism, security and Hindu pride, had worked wonders.

  • "Bypoll trends show people reposed faith in AIADMK"

    May 23, 2019

    Nh1 News Chennai, May 23: Unfazed by the electoral drubbing received at the hands of arch rival DMK in the Lok Sabha polls,the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday said the trends in the bypolls showed people had reposed faith in the party.

  • BJP's gamble with Sunny Deol pays off

    May 23, 2019

    Nh1 News Chandigarh, May 23: BJP's gamble to field Sunny Deol from the Gurdaspur constituency finally paid off with the Bollywood actor winning the seat by defeating Congress heavyweight and sitting MP Sunil Jakhar. Deol, 59, defeated the Punjab Congress chief with a margin of 82,459 votes, the Election Commission said.

  • TMC has lost moral right to continue in office: BJP's Bengal

    May 23, 2019

    Chief Dilip Ghosh Kolkata, May 23: Lok Sabha poll results have sounded the death knell for Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and Mamata Banerjee's party has lost the moral right to continue in office, BJP's state chief Dilip Ghosh said Thursday. In a dig, he said the TMC supremo should no longer dream of becoming prime minister, rather she should be concerned about saving her chief minister's chair.

  • BJP leads in 3 seats in J&K

    May 23, 2019

    Jammu, May 23: The BJP is leading in three seats in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Election Commission trends. Union minister and BJP leader Jitendra Singh is leading by over 3.46 lakh votes against Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh in Udhampur constituency. Singh had defeated former Union minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in 2014. Sitting BJP MP Jugal Kishore is leading by over 2.

  • US confident about fairness, integrity of Indian polls, ready to work with the victor

    May 23, 2019

    Washington, May 23: Lauding the people of India and the fairness and integrity of the elections in the world's largest democracy, the US has said it will work with whoever is the victor in the polls. With 900 million eligible voters, the election for the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament was the largest vote the world has seen. More than 8,000 candidates from various political parties contested for 543 seats.

  • It's victory of nationalism: J&K BJP

    May 23, 2019

    Jammu, May 23: Amid overwhelming trends in favour of the BJP, the party's Jammu and Kashmir chief, Ravinder Raina, said Thursday it is the victory of nationalism in the country. Celebrations have started at the BJP state headquarters here as supporters chanted slogans and distributed sweets amid drums beats and bursting of firecrackers. "It is a vote for nationalism in the battle of nationalists and 'anti-nationalists'.

  • BJP's Sunny Deol leading in Gurdaspur, the actor is happy with initial trends

    May 23, 2019

    Chandigarh, May 23: BJP candidate and Bollywood actor Sunny Deol are leading by more than 47,000 votes over his nearest rival and Congress nominee Sunil Jakhar from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. From the start of counting of votes at 8 am on Thursday, Deol has been maintaining a lead over Punjab Congress chief Jakhar.

  • BJP leads in 56 seats in UP

    May 23, 2019

    Lucknow May 23: The BJP was on Thursday leading in 56 of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats with the BSP-SP alliance ahead in 20 seats, according to Election Commission trends. The Bahujan Samaj Party was leading in 12 and the Samajwadi Party in seven while the Congress was ahead in two and the Apna Dal (Soneylal) in one.

  • NDA leading in more than 300 seats with the BJP at 270-plus while the UPA hovered around the 100 mark

    May 23, 2019

    New Delhi, May 23 Nearly two hours into counting, television channels on Thursday showed India's ruling NDA leading in more than 300 seats with the BJP at 270-plus while the UPA hovered around the 100 mark. The trends showed the Congress at 51, trends across the channels showed. According to NDTV, the BJP-led NDA was ahead in 326 seats followed by the Congress-led UPA in 111 and others in 110.

  • Remarks against PM: Court order on Jun 7 over complaint against Rahul Gandhi

    May 22, 2019

    New Delhi, May 22: A Delhi court will pronounce on June 7 its order on a complaint seeking that an FIR to be lodged under the sedition charge against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal reserved the order after hearing arguments from the complainant.

  • Maharashtra: Ex-NCP minister quits party, set to join Sena

    May 22, 2019

    Nh1 News Mumbai, May 22: Former Maharashtra minister and disgruntled NCP MLA Jaidutta Kshirsagar Wednesday said he has quit the Sharad Pawar-led party and would join the Shiv Sena. Kshirsagar, said to be engaged in a turf war with senior NCP leader Dhananjay Munde who also hails from Beed, told PTI that he had resigned as a legislator too.

  • Results of high-stakes Lok Sabha polls on Thursday

    May 22, 2019

    Nh1 News New Delhi, May 22: The counting of votes for the seven-phase elections to India's lower house of parliament, the world's biggest democratic exercise, will take place on Thursday, bringing the curtains down on a bitterly-fought contest which the country rarely witnessed.

  • Another K'taka Congress MLA strikes discordant note

    May 22, 2019

    Nh1 News Bengaluru, May 22: In another note of dissent from the Karnataka Congress, MLA K Sudhakar questioned on Wednesday why the issue of alleged EVM manipulation was being brought into the discourse about the Lok Sabha exit poll predictions.

  • LS polls: Fate of 724 women candidates to be decided tomorrow

    May 22, 2019

    Nh1 News New Delhi, May 22: The fate of 724 women candidates in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls will be decided on Thursday when the results are announced. A total of 7,928 candidates were in the fray in the parliamentary polls. The Congress had fielded the maximum of 54 women candidates. The opposition party was closely followed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had fielded 53 women candidates.

  • Don't be disheartened by fake exit polls, Rahul tells party workers

    May 22, 2019

    Nh1 News New Delhi, May 22: Seeking to bolster the morale of his party's workers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked them to not be disheartened by fake exit poll results and urged them to stay alert and vigilant. His appeal to workers came a day after opposition parties raised concerns over reports of alleged tampering of EVMs and asked the Election Commission to ensure transparency in counting.

  • SBSP dismisses reports of MLAs switching sides

    May 22, 2019

    Ballia (UP), May 22: The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) dismissed all speculations on Wednesday that its legislators might desert the party after the dismissal of its president, Om Prakash Rajbhar, from the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. "There are reports in the media about our three SBSP MLAs. All the three -- Triveni Ram, Ramanand Baudh and Kailash Nath Sonkar -- are solidly with the SBSP," Rajbhar said.

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