Top leaders of the party are under the draconian Public Safety Act including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah.
February 17, 2020According to police, Maoist in remote villages of Bastar had recently put up posters calling for a boycott of the panchayat polls.
January 28, 2020The State Election Commission (SEC) officials said over 1.27 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the panchayat (village council) elections.
December 30, 2018The meeting was called following the death of seven civilians who were allegedly indulging in stone pelting at security forces during an encounter in Pulwama.
December 18, 2018According to the Chief Electoral Officer J&K, Shaleen Kabra, a massive 85.1% polling was witnessed in Jammu division and 49.6% in Kashmir division.
December 8, 2018They also urged the people to observe a shutdown during the subsequent phases of polling. The panchayat elections will be held in nine phases.
November 14, 2018He described the elections as an exercise in futility as the essence of this process lies first in the establishment of democratic principles and institutions.
October 5, 2018This is for the first time in the state that powers as per the 73rd Amendment, which is not applicable in J&K, have been given to the Panchayats.
October 4, 2018The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday urged Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore to dismiss Cooperation minister Sukhjinder Randhawa for indulging in unconstitutional activity by openly announcing his intent to rig the forthcoming panchayat elections by not allowing any anti- Congress voter to exercise his franchise. In a statement here, former minister and party spokesman …
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October 3, 2018BJP and Congress are the major political parties that are contesting the elections, besides a large number of individuals.
September 25, 2018A day after releasing the schedule for election to urban local bodies, the state election commission on Sunday declared elections for panchayats that will be held in nine phases from 17 November to 11 December.
September 16, 2018The IPFT and the Congress also separately urged the election commission to reschedule the panchayat polls "to uphold democracy in the rural areas".
September 14, 2018The DGP asked the district SPs to work out deployment plans and fine tune in such a way that foolproof security is provided for these elections.
September 13, 2018Madhav said the party would contest the elections in all three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. He said that boycott of these elections would serve no purpose.
September 12, 2018The authorities remained mute spectators as activists of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference kick-started their anti-election campaign by organising a rally on Friday at Abi Guzar in the heart of Srinagar.
September 7, 2018The party's core group felt that any tinkering with Article 35-A would prove disastrous not only for Jammu-Kashmir but for the entire country.
September 5, 2018With Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh making it mandatory for all government employees to undergo dope test, state’s panchayats and rural development minister, Tript Rajinder Bajwa, on Thursday announced to make the same mandatory for the candidates contesting in the forthcoming panchayat elections. The minister said he has proposed mandatory dope test for the …
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July 5, 2018