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  • Union MoS meets Governor

    Sep 18, 2019

    SRINAGAR, SEPT 18: R.K. Singh, Union Minister of State, Power, New and Renewable Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Governor and Sh. Singh discussed about various major initiatives taken by the Central Govt. to augment the power infrastructure in J&K and Ladakh and ensure 100 % electrification of all households.

  • Chrungoo appeals to Governor to constitute Kashmir Hindu Temples & Shrines Board

    Sep 16, 2019

    Jammu, September 16: Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, BJP State Spokesperson on Kashmir Affairs in a statement in Jammu, after his Kashmir tour, today said that the Parliament of India, on 5th and 6th of August 2019, passed, with more than two third majority, Resolutions, Bills and the Presidential Order in context of Jammu and Kashmir state. Waves of happiness all around whole of India were witnessed consequent upon this historic decision.

  • NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale joins BJP

    Sep 14, 2019

    New Delhi, Sep 14 NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Saturday in the presence of top saffron party leaders, including its president Amit Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with Shah asserting that the BJP-led alliance will come back to power in the state with a three-fourths majority.

  • Delhi court allows Robert Vadra to travel abroad on business

    Sep 14, 2019

    New Delhi, Sep 14: A Delhi court Friday allowed Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, to travel abroad on business, saying the ED's apprehension that he might tamper with evidence was without any basis. Special judge Arvind Kumar granted permission to Vadra to travel to Spain from September 21 to October 8.

  • On PM's b'day' Guj govt to celebrate Sardar Sarovar filling up

    Sep 14, 2019

    Ahmedabad, Sep 14 On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 69th birthday on September 17, the Gujarat government and the ruling BJP have decided to organize events to commemorate filling up of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river and other reservoirs in the state. Schools in Ahmedabad district have been asked to arrange lectures, essay and elocution competitions on abrogation of Article 370 on that day.

  • US lawmakers urge American envoys to facilitate de-escalation of Indo-Pak tension

    Sep 14, 2019

    Washington, Sep 14 A group of American lawmakers have expressed concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the US envoys in India and Pakistan to facilitate de-escalation of tension between the two countries as it presents "tremendous danger" to global peace and a clear national security risk for the US.

  • This is our Nation, it’s our responsibility to serve it: Ravinder Raina

    Sep 11, 2019

    Jammu, Sep 11: This is our Nation, and it is our collective responsibility to serve Bharat Mata in every capacity, Stated Ravinder Raina, State President of Bharatiya Janata Party while he was addressing a state-level workshop of party District Prabharis, District Presidents, District Incharges and Mandal Incharges of “Sewa Saptah” or Service Week. BJP State General Secretary Dr.

  • Pramod Kumar Mishra is new principal secy to PM

    Sep 11, 2019

    New Delhi, Sep 11: Pramod Kumar Mishra has been appointed the new principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said on Wednesday. He took over his new assignment on Wednesday, the statement said. Mishra was the additional principal secretary to the prime minister and was holding the rank of a Cabinet minister. Recently, Nripendra Misra had stepped down as the principal secretary to the prime minister. Modi had asked him to continue for two weeks.

  • Abrogation of Article 370 biggest achievement, PoK our next agenda: Jitendra Singh

    Sep 11, 2019

    Jammu, Sep 11: Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday the biggest achievement during the 100 days of the Modi government's second term is the scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and "our next agenda" is making PoK an integral part of India. "It is not only my or my party's commitment but a resolve of the unanimous resolution passed by Parliament in 1994 by the then Congress government, headed by P V Narsimha Rao.

  • Nadda meets retired Army officers, discusses Kashmir

    Sep 10, 2019

    Jaipur, Sep 10: BJP working president J P Nadda on Tuesday blamed Jammu and Kashmir's recently abrogated special status for separatism in the Valley as he met retired Army officers who have served there. Nadda was here on Sampark Abhiyan - a party outreach programme - during which he sought the views of retired Army officers on the region, now bifurcated into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

  • Sharad Pawar meets Sonia Gandhi over seat-sharing arrangement

    Sep 10, 2019

    New Delhi, Sep 10: NCP leader Sharad Pawar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence on Tuesday and is learnt to have discussed the seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have already decided to contest the polls together under the coalition.

  • Ailing CPI-M leader Tarigami shifted to AIIMS

    Sep 09, 2019

    New Delhi, Sep 9: Ailing CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami, who has been under house arrest for over a month in Srinagar, was shifted to AIIMS here on Monday morning, officials said. Accompanied by a doctor, a relative and a police officer, Tarigami arrived here and was immediately taken to AIIMS, the officials said.

  • In J&K only BJP permitted to hold political functions: Harsh

    Sep 06, 2019

    Jammu, Sept 06: “With several opposition leaders of different political parties except BJP having been placed under house arrest and others restrained from holding political functions in the state of J&K, it is only the BJP which enjoys unfettered discretion to hold rallies and organize press conferences to disseminate its political philosophy”. This was stated by Mr.

  • Cong leader Harshvardhan Patil hints at joining BJP

    Sep 04, 2019

    Pune, Sep 4: Accusing the NCP of not keeping its promise of ceding the Indapur Assembly seat in Maharashtra to the Congress, senior party leader Harshvardhan Patil on Wednesday hinted that may switch over to the ruling BJP in next few days.

  • Plan of resorts in J&K a bid to build Modi govt's image: Cong

    Sep 04, 2019

    Mumbai, Sep 4: Hitting out at the Maharashtra government over its plan to set up two resorts in Srinagar and Ladakh, the Congress on Wednesday said the move is being made to build Modi government's image and justify its decision of abrogating Article 370. Maharashtra minister Jaykumar Rawal on Tuesday said the state government plans to build two tourist resorts in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh's Leh.

  • 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.

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