J&K Apni Party: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party emerged in March 2020, under the leadership of former PDP leader Syed Altaf Bukhari. Comprising former PDP leaders, it aims to address the region's socio-economic and political challenges while advocating for the interests of its residents. ...
It was the first such vote in a decade and the first since Modi’s Hindu nationalist government scrapped the Muslim-majority region’s long-held semi-autonomy in 2019. The unprecedented move downgraded and divided the former state into two centrally governed union territories, Ladakh and Jamm...
Image:Omar Abdullah appears at an election event in Baramulla More than 38% voted for the Srinagar seat in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week - the highest amount in 35 years. There is enthusiasm among people to participate in campaigns and politi...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Manifesto (redirected fromElection manifesto) Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia MANIFESTO. A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another. ...
Manipur, located in northeast India, boasts Imphal as its capital city. It shares borders with the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west. Additionally, it shares boundaries with two regions of Myanmar, namely Sagaing Region to the east and Chi...
A human rights activist, Pervez Imroz of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society was arrested in Bandipora town while he was part of an Independent election monitoring group. Imroz's associate Khurram Pervez told VOA that police beat up Imroz along with two of his associates....
Eastern India contains the state of Bihar. In terms of population, it ranks third; in terms of area, it ranks 12th; and in terms of GDP, it ranks 14th in 2021.Bihar shares boundaries with the northern region of West Bengal to the east, Nepal to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the west...
Jharkhand, which was formed out of the comparatively undeveloped southern region of Bihar, nevertheless has socioeconomic systems influenced by the politics of development and resource dynamics. The state is home to more over 20 million people, of whom 28% identify as tribal and 12% as members ...
Security is tight in Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir, where a group attempted to set fire to a school which was housing a polling station but were stopped by security officials. Kashmiri women wearing burkas work at a polling station in Shopian district, south of Srinagar. ...
Gandhi has said he is standing there to make the point that the states in southern India are just as important as those in the Hindu heartland in the north. Ballots will also be cast in the states of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir. ...