As Jammu and Kashmir returns to assembly elections after a decade, the Congress-National Conference (NC) coalition is set to edge out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), indicating a significant shift…
Counting of votes is underway in Jammu and Kashmir, where assembly election was held after 10 years. The results, or the poll verdict, will pave way for J&K’s first elected government since the…
It has been a day full of surprises.
After trailing in early leads in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged third-time lucky — it is set for a big win in the Hindi heartland state.
In…
The votes are in and officials have begun counting ballots cast in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections — the first in the region since Article 370 was abrogated. All eyes are on the Union…
Political parties and leaders wait with bated breath for the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly poll results on Tuesday, with the ruling BJP expecting to retain Haryana for a third term, and the…
Israel has pulled down a map of India from its official website which had incorrectly depicted a part of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan. The map was taken down after a massive criticism on social…
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost Managing Editor Palki Sharma at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday, Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi discussed a range of critical…
After over four years of the ongoing military stand-off in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the situation on India-China borders is “stable but not normal”, Indian Army chief…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India would have given a larger bailout package to Pakistan than sought by Islamabad from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had the neighbouring…
Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during which the two leaders called for the revival…
Amid tight security, Jammu and Kashmir will hold Phase 2 of Assembly elections on Wednesday, with voting scheduled from 7 am to 6 pm.
Over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in…
The second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections is over. Wednesday’s polling process went smoothly with no cases of violence or skirmishes reported.
Voting took place across 26 assembly…
After years of ambiguity, Jammu and Kashmir is all set to vote for its new government in the assembly elections. The region will go to polls on Wednesday in the first phase of the election.
The Jammu…
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Monday released its manifesto, with key promises of restoring statehood, forming a minority commission in J&K within 100…
Days before the first round of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army on Wednesday said it killed two terrorists.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the 9 Corps of Army said two…
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at the Kathua-Basantgarh border in Udhampur area of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Based on specific intelligence, an operation was…
Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah came down heavily on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday for his remark on reservation and said it has once again brought to the forefront the…
Engineer Rashid, the MP from Kashmir’s Baramulla, has been granted interim bail for 23 days on Tuesday by a Delhi court. This will only be the second time since the independent leader walked out of…
In the first show of force in Jammu and Kashmir since 1987, the outlawed Jamaat-e-Islami held an election rally for the first time on Sunday.
As the Jamaat stands proscribed, it has indirectly fielded…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if it stops terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a rally in this assembly segment of Ramban…
A scenic beauty par excellence, Jammu and Kashmir has been a special story in India, mostly for political reasons. It goes to the polls after 10 years in three phases on September 18, 25 and October…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday released BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The document details the party’s pledges and future strategies to enhance…
On the intervening night of August 28-29, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir engaged in an encounter with terrorists in Rajouri district, following a targeted cordon and search operation. This…
The Centre on Monday announced the creation of five new districts in the union territory (UT) of Ladakh.
The five new districts are named Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang. So far, Leh and…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the start of the nomination process.
Voting will be held on 24…
Years after the ties turned sour over Kashmir in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim are turning a new leaf in bilateral relations.
Ibrahim is on his first visit to India…
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases starting September 18, while Haryana will head to polls on October 1, Election Commission of India announced on Friday.
Addressing…
The Election Commission of India on Friday will unveil the schedule for the upcoming General Election to Legislative Assemblies. While the Commission did not specify the states and Union Territories…
The ECI is likely to release the dates of the subsequent assembly polls today itself at 3 PM as assembly elections are imminent in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir Union…
Since taking over in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a slew of legislative as well as executive actions that have come to shape his premiership.
While some of these actions are in line…
Ahead of the 78th Independence Day celebrations, national capital New Delhi and neighbouring states have turned into a fortress. Security has been intensified and the intelligence agencies have been…
Election Commission of India (ECI) has scheduled a meeting with Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the Assembly polls, the dates for…
Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was a landmark provision that granted special autonomy to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Enacted in 1949, this article was designed to recognise and…
As Jammu and Kashmir continue to witness a spike in terror attacks, the Centre, in an unprecedented move, has removed the chief and deputy chief of the Border Security Force(BSF).
BSF Director General…
The Somnath Express, which runs between Jammu and Rajasthan, got delayed for around six hours after police received an anonymous call claiming a bomb had been planted on the train.
The train was…
An Army personnel was killed and four others, including a captain, were injured as the Indian Army on Saturday foiled an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in Kamakari sector of Jammu and…
Kargil Vijay Diwas is especially poignant this year as it marks the 25th anniversary of India’s victory in the Kargil War observed on July 26. This milestone celebrates not only the triumph of the…
Kargil Vijay Diwas Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty in the 1999 Kargil War. The Prime Minister laid a…
The Kargil war of 1999 stands as a stark reminder of Pakistan’s strategic manoeuvring amid its complex relationship with India. Today is the 25th anniversary of the formal ending of the war; India…
On July 24, the Indian Army issued an update in which they stated that Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Naik Dilwar Khan was killed after he was shot during a confrontation with suspected Pakistani…
The US has asked its nationals not to travel to Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, the India-Pakistan border, and parts of central and eastern parts of the country where Naxalites are active.
In a revised…
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Army foiled an infiltration attempt by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The terrorists launched an attack on the troops this morning. The…
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after suspected terrorists fired at a security post early on Monday, official sources said.
According…
Amid a spate of terrorist attacks in Jammu, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday held a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the region.
The meeting was attended by Chief of…
Two soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in a forest village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district early Thursday, officials said. The encounter took place at Jaddan Bata village in…
Even as People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti went ballistic against Jammu and Kashmir DGP RR Swain, accusing him of being “more busy fixing things politically,” the circumstances leading to…
The Central government announced today that the Supreme Court has appointed its first judge from the violent northeastern state of Manipur. Being the first judge from Manipur to serve on the Supreme…
Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, have been killed in action during the encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda on Tuesday. Kashmir Tigers, a shadow group of the Pakistan-backed and based…
Four army personnel, including an officer, who were critically injured in a gunfight with heavily-armed terrorists, succumbed to injuries in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, official…
Four of the five security personnel, who suffered critical injuries in a gunfight with terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir late Monday evening, succumbed to their injuries early…
Three unidentified terrorists were killed on Sunday as army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
The army said the anti-infiltration…
Earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir: 4.2 magnitude tremors rock J-K
The NIA’s interrogation of an arrested accused in the attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi last month has pointed towards the role of Pakistan-based handlers of banned terror…
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, who has time and again said that talks are the only way forward for India and Pakistan to improve relations, has slammed the neighboring country for…
On Saturday (July 6), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and private company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) unveiled the first prototype of the Zorawar light tank. It has successfully…
An army officer was injured during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, July 6. The officer is currently receiving treatment at a…
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate from J&K’s Baramulla seat, has been granted two hours custody parole to take oath as MP on July 5 in the…
Jailed Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, is expected to take oath as the MP on July 55 in the parliament after getting a nod from the National Investigation Agency…
In relation to the Reasi terror attack, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at multiple sites in the Jammu and Kashmir district of Rajouri on Sunday.
The Union Home Ministry…
Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday took charge as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff after incumbent Gen Manoj Pande retired from service. Gen Dwivedi, who has vast operational experience along the frontiers…