Jammu And Kashmir Local Body Polls

Pakistan-trained ex-militant is BJP's candidate in Jammu and Kashmir local body polls: How Farooq Khan turned a new leaf

To all those who mock him for choosing the BJP, Khan says: "People are telling me that I am doing kuffur (blasphemy) by joining the BJP, but the first person to bring BJP in Kashmir was Mirwaiz Farooq. The Hurriyat leaders are sitting on a graveyard of martyrs.

Supreme Court adjourns hearing in Article 35 A to January 2019: Hearing deferred due to eight-phase local body polls in J&K

The case related to a batch petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35 A was adjourned for the third time by Supreme Court on Friday. Article 35 A provides special rights and privileges to natives of Jammu and Kashmir.