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ColumnistsA month-long period of assembly elections will test the political waters as economic slowdown is emerging as a major worry for voters.

Ahead of the 2002 polls, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti called militants “our boys in the jungles...

Ahead of the 2002 polls, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti called militants “our boys in the jungles...

Poll fervour may be missing in the Valley but Shabnum Lone has plunged into the electoral fray.

Poll fervour may be missing in the Valley but Shabnum Lone has plunged into the electoral fray.

The failure of the Congress-led UPA Govt so far to provide security to the people could hurt them in the ensuing elections.

The failure of the Congress-led UPA Govt so far to provide security to the people could hurt them in the ensuing elections.

At a time when the separatist brigade is raising a poll boycott pitch, a young man from Bandipore has decided to jump into the fray for an unusual reason.

At a time when the separatist brigade is raising a poll boycott pitch, a young man from Bandipore has decided to jump into the fray for an unusual reason.

If there is one constituency that sums up Kashmir’s indifference to these Assembly elections, it is perhaps Handwara.
