SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal after the BJP won the state assembly elections earlier this month is “appalling”. “The sad deteriorating law & order ever since BJP won the West Bengal elections is appalling to say the least. Where neutral institutions like […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has convened a meeting of ruling National Conference MLAs and the independents supporting the government to discuss the “matters of collective importance” on June 3. Abdullah, in the invitation letter to the legislators, said the meeting will discuss and deliberate upon the matters of collective importance […]
SRINAGAR — A political storm erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP circulated online ‘Omar Abdullah missing’ posters in a bid to mock the chief minister. The BJP’s J&K unit shared the ‘missing’ posters on its social media handles, seeking information about Abdullah and claiming that he has been “missing for the last ten […]
SRINAGAR — The opposition BJP on Wednesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have “lost faith” in the ruling National Conference (NC) due to its politics of “corruption and misgovernance”. A grand joining programme was organised here in which hundreds of people, including youth and prominent workers from the NC and other political parties, […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said that democracy and the country’s institutions have “become weak” and that there is a need to reclaim them to make them stronger. “Parliament has become weak, the nation has become weak, democracy has become weak and institutions have become weak because the Constitution has been […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader and former high court judge Hasnain Masoodi on Monday asked President Draupadi Murmu to give representation to Jammu and Kashmir on the Supreme Court’s expanded bench strength. Masoodi, who was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024, wrote a letter to the President to this effect as […]
QAIMOH — The second-day programme of Sangathan Sirajan Abhiyan (SSA) Phase-II was held at Qaimoh on Friday with participation of Congress workers and members of the public. The programme was organised by Mohammad Imran Malla and Baba Sahab under the leadership of District Congress Committee Kulgam president Abdul Rashid Lone. Observer Sardar Surinder Singh Channi, […]
SRINAGAR — The controversy over the liquor issue showed no signs of dying down in Kashmir on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) as the ruling National Conference (NC) president, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, expressed an inability to completely ban the sale of liquor because of the revenue factor. Meanwhile, Opposition parties, including J&K Apni Party and Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Monday said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s refusal to ban alcohol in Jammu and Kashmir because Hindus are permitted to drink liquor was illogical. “J-K CM’s expected U-turn on the refusal to prohibit liquor shops lacks logic. He claims it is wrong to impose a ban on […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said there is nothing wrong in giving telecom powers to the lieutenant governor during public safety events, as he holds the charge of security and law and order. “This is the right thing. These powers should be with the lieutenant governor. This is not […]