SRINAGAR — The Gupkar alliance of major J&K parties on Sunday urged Kashmiri pandit employees not to leave the valley as it was their home and it would be “painful for all”, after the community demanded their relocation following the killing of a member by militants. The appeal by the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration […]
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Minority Killing: PAGD to meet LG Manoj Sinha today
SRINAGAR — Member’s of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) are scheduled to meet Lieutenant Governor, J&K, Manoj Sinha on Sunday at Raj-Bhawan in Srinagar. Official Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that all the constituent members of PAGD would meet LG Sinha on Sunday at 11:30 am to discuss the recent killings in […]
Not to accept defeat; will continue struggle for rights of J&K people: Omar on Art 370 abrogation
JAMMU — Reiterating his stand that the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 was “unconstitutional and unlawful”, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his party is not ready to accept defeat and will continue its peaceful struggle for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister […]
Every attack on KPs is ‘out and out’ attack on very soul of Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah
SRINAGAR — National Conference Party President and Member of Parliament Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that spike in killings give a lie to the normalcy claims of the government vis-a-vis Kashmir. Dr. Farooq said this while interacting with a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits led by the party Minority Wing Vice President Amit Koul. […]
PAGD leaders to meet LG, to demand secure environment for Kashmiri pandits
SRINAGAR — Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Saturday decided to meet Lieutenant Governor Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha to raise demands of Kashmiri Pandits with regard to their safety and security in the Valley. The spokesman of conglomerate, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami, said that a group of Kashmiri Pandits met the constituents of PAGD […]
Meeting between PAGD members underway in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Days after the killing of a minority community member in Budgam district by militants, a meeting between the members of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration’s (PAGD) has started at the Gupkar residence of the body’s President. Sources told new agency Kashmir Dot Com that all the members of the PAGD reached at the […]
SC seeks Centre, J&K admin, ECI replies on plea against delimitation commission
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre, Jammu, and Kashmir administration, and Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea of two Kashmir residents challenging the government’s decision to constitute the delimitation commission for redrawing the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory. A bench of […]
‘Not allowed to visit slain KP’s family, put under house arrest’, says Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that she has been placed under house arrest in Srinagar as she wanted to visit the slain Kashmiri Pandit’s family for condolences. “Wanted to visit Budgam to express my solidarity with Kashmiri pandits protesting against GOIs failure […]
People of J&K have to unite to fight attack on dignity: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said people of Jammu and Kashmir will have to unite to fight back the attack on their dignity and identity. “There is no way out because of the circumstances Jammu and Kashmir is going through after August 2019, these circumstances demand that we unite. People from all […]
Events in Sri Lanka should be wake up call for India: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the situation in Sri Lanka should serve as a wake up call for India as the country was “treading the same path” as the neighbouring country. Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, hours after his […]