This is the maiden assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory. It is also the first poll to elect an assembly in the last 10 years
The home minister also asked people to go for vote before having the breakfast by saying 'Pehle matdan phir jalpan'
A total of 49 out of 238 candidates (21%) contesting in Phase II of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Assembly elections have declared criminal cases against themselves
A notable 21 per cent of the candidates are facing criminal cases, with 16 per cent involved in serious charges like attempted murder and crimes against women
This will be the first assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019
Nearly 35 years after the mass exodus of 1990, many in the community feel that political parties have repeatedly failed to address their concerns
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections: 24 constituencies will go to polls in phase one on September 18
Twenty-four Assembly constituencies across the UT will go to polls in the first phase, scheduled for September 18
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On Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement of resignation, the NC leader said it remains to be seen what will be his next steps
Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir was banned by the Union Home Ministry in 2019, which was extended for another five years in February this year
"He wants fresh elections in Delhi so that he goes back to the people and it is the people who will either make or break him," Abdullah told reporters here
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said if her party is elected to power again, it will first undertake a fast-track recruitment for about one lakh government jobs in a transparent manner
Congress' J&K affairs in charge said a common minimum programme (CMP) would be chalked out by coalition partners after government formation to ensure peace, prosperity and development in the region
J-K Assembly polls: During an election rally in Doda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir if the party comes to power
Hitting back at Modi, the NC leader said BJP has no qualms in forming alliances with these parties and questioned the prime minister's silence over death of 2 army soldiers in encounter in Kishtawar
Jairam Ramesh noted that since the fall of the PDP-BJP government in 2018, Jammu and Kashmir has been administered by Modi government
PM Modi attacked the Congress party said that if their poll promises get implemented, the erstwhile state will go back to the days when schools were put on fire
Jammu and Kashmir will witness elections after a gap of ten years, as the last assembly election was held in 2014