NEW DELHI — Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Thursday took strong objection to Home Minister Amit Shah’s “same agenda” jibe at the Congress-National Conference alliance, over Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s s statement on Article 370 and accused the Centre of giving a jolt to Jammu and Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Thursday said the Pakistan defence minister’s statement on the Congress and National Conference lending support to Article 370 and 35A has once “again exposed” the opposition party. Shah also claimed that the tune of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s party and Pakistan has […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the youth of Jammu and Kashmir have found confidence in democracy again and are feeling that their vote can bring change, which is the first step towards their empowerment. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium here, Modi said the […]
NEW DELHI — The BJP has lashed out at the Congress-National Conference alliance after Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif said that Pakistan and the alliance were on the same page when it came to the restoration of Article 370 in the Union Territory. BJP leader Amit Malviya in a post on X said, “Pakistan, a […]
SRINAGAR — Mohammad Shafi Pandit, the first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir, passed away on Thursday. He was 80. Pandit was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi after he was detected with cancer about a month ago, his family said. Pandit was the first Muslim from Kashmir to qualify the civil services examinations in […]
DUBAI — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday said the kingdom would not recognise Israel without a Palestinian state and strongly condemned the “crimes of the Israeli occupation” against the Palestinian people. “The kingdom will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its […]
KULGAM — Peoples Democratic Party candidate Gulzar Ahmad Dar said on Wednesday that his agenda is to provide employment to the youth and that he is hopeful for winning the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The PDP candidate from Damhal Hanji Pora Assembly constituency said that he is receiving a lot of support from […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address election rallies in Srinagar and Katra on Thursday ahead of the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, scheduled for September 25. Prime Minister Modi is slated to address a public rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar at around 12:00 noon, […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Sachin Pilot said that the issue of restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir is connected with the dignity and self-respect of its people. He also said that the BJP violated the emotions of the people of the Union Territory (by abrogating Article 370). Polling was held for the 24 […]
SRINAGAR — There was not a significant change from 2014 in the voter turnout in the 24 segments that voted in phase one of Jammu and Kashmir polls on Wednesday, the first assembly elections since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. According to the Election Commission, the tentative voter turnout for the 24 assembly […]