Leading this effort are Tariq Hameed Karra, President of the J&K Congress Unit, who is running from the Shalteng assembly segment, and Altaf Bukhari, chief of the Apni Party, contesting from Chanpora.

From Omar Abdullah and Ravinder Raina to Altaf Bukhari and Tariq Hamid Karra, here's a look at the key candidates in the second phase of the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the main city in Himalayan Kashmir on Thursday to campaign for his party in the local election, the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, “Jammu and Kashmir will become a state again and the BJP will fulfill this commitment.”

BJP has fielded just 19 candidates from Kashmir and left many seats for ‘like-minded’ Independent candidates and parties

Prime Minister said that today the whole world is witnessing how the people of Jammu and Kashmir are strengthening India's democracy. I congratulate the people of J-K for this.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are set to visit the Jammu region on September 21 to rally support for their candidates. Amit Shah, who recently held three back-to-back rallies in Jammu on September 16,

Pakistan defence minister Khwaja Asif has been quoted as saying — in the context of some Indian parties’ demand for the restoration of Article 370 — that his government is on the same page

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the youths of Jammu and Kashmir have found confidence in democracy again and are feeling that .

DAYS TO go for the second phase of voting in Jammu & Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to link the demand by Congress and National Conference to repeal Article 370 with reported comments by the Pakistani defence minister on the issue and said the alliance wants “to implement Pakistan’s agenda here”.