SRINAGAR — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in-charge, Tarun Chugh, said on Sunday that the people of J&K have great respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while criticizing the regional leadership, including the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, and Congress, as being misguided and unpopular among the populace. […]
ISLAMABAD — Amid reports of an “indirect dialogue” with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has strongly opposed talks with their political nemesis. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday conditioned the holding of any dialogue with the PTI with an apology by party founder and former prime minister Imran Khan […]
JAMMU — Slamming National Conference for advocating dialogue with Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday asked it to clarify whether initiating dialogue with the neighbouring country will end terrorism and bloodshed in the Union Territory. He also played down the protests and resignations by his party leaders and workers over the […]
SRINAGAR — The PDP would have accommodated candidates from the banned Jamaat-e-Islami if the outfit’s leadership had approached party chief Mehbooba Mufti, its youth wing president Waheed Ur Rehman Para said on Sunday. He also said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had always prioritised inclusive politics and engagement with diverse groups, regardless of their […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist leader and Hurriyat member Syed Salim Geelani on Sunday joined the People’s Democratic Party here. Geelani joined the PDP in presence of party president Mehbooba Mufti at party office here. “PDP is a party which talks about democratic rights, human rights and political rights of people. It talks about political solution to […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged the Election Commission has changed the date of counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls at the behest of the BJP. “They (ECI) do what suits the BJP. When I contested the (Lok Sabha) elections, they unnecessarily changed the date (of polling). Everything […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Sunday that it had found the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, including a US-Israeli and a Russian-Israeli. Their remains were recovered Saturday “from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area” and returned to Israel where they were formally identified, the military said. […]
PULWAMA — In a significant action against illegal liquor trade, Pulwama Police arrested two individuals and seized 70 bottles of liquor at a Naka checkpoint established by the Police Station Pulwama at Gudoora Bridge. The police have registered a case and initiated further investigation. During routine Naka duty, a police party intercepted a Scorpio vehicle […]
JAMMU — Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu and Kashmir unit President, Ravinder Raina, said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the fortune and picture (political landscape) of Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years. This comes as the party is gearing up for the Assembly polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]
JAMMU — On the eight seats of Chenab valley going to polls in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir elections, the NC-Congress alliance is hoping to tip the scales in its favour after DPAP leaders withdrew from contest in four seats, while the BJP and PDP are going all out to checkmate their rivals. […]