Jammu And Kashmir Legislative Council

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  BJP Releases 6th List Of J&K Polls, Drops Ex-Deputy Chief Minister

  The BJP on Sunday released a fresh list of 10 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, replacing ex-deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta with former member of legislative council (MLC) Vikram Randhawa from Bahu seat of Jammu district.

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  Farooq Abdullah Expresses Grief Over Death Of National Conference Leader Trilochan Wazir

  National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed profound grief and shock over the tragic death of former Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council member Trilochan Singh Wazir.

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  "Rajya Sabha Must Have Greater Say In Redrawing State Boundaries": Manmohan Singh

  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said as a council of states, the Rajya Sabha should have a greater say in legislations dealing with redrawing boundaries of states.

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  55 Years After The Maharaja, Kashmir Locked In Debate Over Hari Singh

  Fifty-five years after his death, the legacy of the last King of Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, who signed the deed that resulted in his princely state joining the Union of India, is still proving to be contentious. The Jammu and Kashmir legislative council is locked in a major debate over a resolution that wants to adopt his birthday, September 23, ...

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  Jammu And Kashmir Lawmakers Demand Three-Time Hike In Salary

  Keeping aside their political differences, lawmakers of all hues today got together in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and Legislative Council to demand hike in their salaries by three times to touch Rs. 2.5 lakh per month.

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  124 Schools in Jammu and Kashmir Have No Students

  A total of 124 schools in Jammu and Kashmir have no students. This was revealed by the state Education Minister Naeem Akhtar in Legislative Council in Jammu today.

• General VK Singh fails to appear before Jammu and Kashmir Council

  Former Army Chief VK Singh today failed to appear before the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council for a second time in connection with the privilege motion against him even as the Assembly rejected his plea for quashing it.

• Congress, National Conference win Jammu and Kashmir legislative council polls

  The ruling Congress-National Conference combine in Jammu and Kashmir today won all the four legislative council seats where elections were held earlier this week.

• Record turnout in Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls

  Jammu and Kashmir saw a record turnout of 90 per cent on Monday in the polls for four legislative council seats. Nearly 34,000 panchs and sarpanchs were eligible to vote, and they came out in strong numbers defying threats and boycott calls by hardline separatists. The polls for the reserved seats were held after a gap of 30 years.

• Polling underway for Legislative Council seats in Jammu and Kashmir

  Polling is on in Jammu and Kashmir for four seats in the Legislative Council reserved for panchayats. The last time these elections were held was in 1980.

• J&K Assembly adjourned after protests over BJP MLA's issues

  The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was today adjourned for 15 minutes after ruling Congress members disrupted the proceedings on the issue of cross-voting by BJP MLAs during legislative council polls earlier this year. BJP leaders also protested in the House, demanding that the Speaker reveal the names of the people involved in the 2006 sex scandal whi...