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EC meet on 30 April to discuss possible dates for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, says poll body sources
• 6 years agoOn Friday, top officials from the Jammu and Kashmir government, including Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmaniam, Home Secretary Shaleen Kabra and DGP Dilbagh Singh, met the EC, including the chief election commissioner, in Delhi to discuss the poll preparedness in the state, officials said.
NC leader Muhammad Akbar Lone threatens to retaliate against those 'who hurl abuse at Pakistan'
• 6 years agoIn December 2017, National Conference leader Akbar Lone had courted another controversy by claiming that BJP and People's Democratic Party (PDP) leaders eat beef and pork together.
NC, Congress, CPM demand simultaneous polls for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Lok Sabha in meeting with EC
• 6 years agoThe Election Commission on Monday began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the feasibility of holding the Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls simultaneously.
Daily Bulletin: EC team in Jammu and Kashmir today; Maha Shivaratri 2019 celebrated across India; Pak to act against JeM; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoToday's top stories: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora will visit Jammu and Kashmir to review poll preparations, Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat after Amethi trip, and more.
President's Rule to take effect in Jammu and Kashmir from midnight after Ram Nath Kovind signs proclamation
• 6 years agoPresident Ram Nath Kovind signed the proclamation paving the way for imposition of central rule in the state which plunged into a political crisis in June after the BJP withdrew support to the PDP government led by Mehbooba Mufti.
Governor's Rule to end in Jammu & Kashmir on 19 Dec; President's Rule to come into force if state machinery isn't restored in time
• 6 years agoUnder the Governor's rule, the State Assembly is either kept in suspended animation or dissolved. If it is not possible to restore state machinery before the expiry of the six-month duration, the provision is extended.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls likely to be clubbed with 2019 Lok Sabha election, say EC sources
• 6 years agoThe state Assembly was dissolved by Governor Satya Pal Malik on 21 November citing the "impossibility of forming a stable government by the coming together of political parties with opposing political ideologies" and the "fragile security scenario in the state".
J&K governor Satya Pal Malik's revelations reiterate vulnerability of state heads, indicate their difficulty in rejecting central power play
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAre state governors in India mere political pawns? Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik's recent confession that he fears a transfer out of the Raj Bhawan for dissolving the state Assembly appears to indicate just that.
Ready for fresh Jammu and Kashmir elections, says Sajad Lone; accuses PDP and NC of treating state like fiefdom
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPeoples Conference leader Sajad Lone claimed that PDP — which had also staked claim to form the government on Wednesday — doesn't have the numbers.
J&K Assembly dissolved: Social media messages lack 'legal standing', Mehbooba, Sajad Lone should have followed process
Debobrat Ghose • 6 years agoBy trying to contact the Jammu and Kashmir governor through social media, both sides defied conventional procedures of staking a claim to form a government as laid down by the Constitution.