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Peoples Democratic Party

PDP to boycott Local Body Polls in J&K

Odisha News Insight Sep 10, 2018 0

ONI Bureau: The People's Democratic Party on Monday said it will not contest the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the government to review its decision to hold elections amid an atmosphere of insecurity.…

News & Views

UN Report on Kashmir rights situation draws mixed reactions in state

Odisha News Insight Jun 14, 2018 0

The United Nations' first ever report on rights violations in Kashmir has triggered a hot debate here with the separatists welcoming the report and the government rejecting it as "fallacious". Senior separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umer…

News Bulletin

‘Mehbooba Mufti unlikely to take over in Kashmir in current situation’

Odisha News Insight Jan 30, 2016 0

Jammu/Srinagar, Jan 30: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is unlikely to stake claim to power in Jammu and Kashmir in absence of concrete assurances from the BJP on the agenda of alliance between the two parties and her misgivings over their…

News Bulletin

Quick swearing-in of CM to avoid crisis in J&K: Expert

Odisha News Insight Jan 8, 2016 0

Srinagar, Jan 8: A constitutional crisis in Jammu and Kashmir will be averted if someone is quickly sworn in as the new chief minister after the death of Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, a constitutional expert said on Friday. "If Peoples…

Features

Is Mufti handing over power to his daughter before year-end?

Odisha News Insight Nov 12, 2015 0

Jammu, Nov 12: Amid an open revolt by two of its senior leaders and Lok Sabha members, the political grapevine in this Jammu and Kashmir winter capital is agog with reports the likely transition of power from father to daughter in the…

Features

J&K Assembly Session a test for PDP-BJP Alliance

Odisha News Insight Oct 1, 2015 0

Srinagar, Oct 1: The Jammu and Kashmir assembly session beginning on October 3 is going to be a litmus test of whether the ruling coalition made up of ideologically different Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…