Will support self rule in Kashmir: PDP

SRINAGAR - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has emerged as the second largest party according to the election result trends in Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday said it would support ’self rule’ in the state.

Who said what on Jammu and Kashmir elections and results (Quotable quotes)

NEW DELHI - The Jammu and Kashmir elections are a ‘vote for democracy’, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while National Conference’s Omar Abdullah said he was confident his party would form the government. Following are some quotable quotes of prominent politicians on the huge turnout and the poll results:

Coalition governments not good for progress: Azad

JAMMU - While Jammu and Kashmir is set for another alliance government, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad feels coalition governments harm people’s interest.

Punjab chief minister has not kept promises to NRIs: legislator

CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ‘betrayed’ NRIs by not keeping the promises he had made to them this January, an opposition legislator from the state has alleged.

Underhand deals killed engineer, says Mayawati; opposition protests

LUCKNOW - The opposition in Uttar Pradesh Thursday held demonstrations to protest a government engineer’s murder, allegedly by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator, but Chief Minister Mayawati claimed the crime was a result of ‘underhand money’.

Low turnout in Srinagar, brisk polling in Jammu

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir was a study in contrasts Wednesday as voting got underway for the seventh and last round of the state elections with long queues outside polling booths in Jammu but low turnout in Srinagar constituencies where a boycott call by separatists held sway.

Truckers threaten indefinite strike from Jan 5

NEW DELHI - Truckers have threatened to go on a country wide indefinite strike from Jan 5 if diesel price was not slashed by Rs.8 a litre.

52 percent turnout in Jammu and Kashmir’s last poll phase

SRINAGAR/JAMMU - People in Jammu and Kashmir again defied Muslim separatists’ boycott call and turned out in large numbers even in Srinagar - the urban hub of secessionist movement - for the crucial last phase of elections to the state assembly Wednesday.

CBI questions anti-Sikh riot witness in US

NEW DELHI - A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has been recording the statement of Jasbir Singh, a US-based key witness to a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in California, agency officials said here Tuesday.

Police probe bigamy complaint against Goa minister

PANAJI - The Goa police have initiated a probe into a complaint of bigamy against Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco, police sources said.

CBI team in US to record anti-Sikh riot witness’ statement

NEW DELHI - Hope for justice has risen again as a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on reaching the US has started recording the statement of Jasbir Singh, who claims to be a key witness in a case of 1984 anti-Sikh riots here.