JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said she is not taking back those leaders who have deserted the party even though many of them are willing to return. Dozens of senior PDP leaders including former ministers and legislators left the party after the BJP withdrew its support to the Mehbooba-led coalition government in […]
SRINAGAR — Accusing the BJP of “sowing seeds of hatred” among different communities, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said getting rid of the saffron party will be bigger than freedom from British rule. The former chief minister said the existence of Jammu and Kashmir is in danger under the BJP and urged the youth […]
LUCKNOW — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday on Thursday released the party’s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, she said 40 per cent of the Congress candidates are women and another 40 percent are youth and by doing so […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed outrage over the incendiary remarks and genocidal threats against Muslims and other minority groups and demanded stern action against those spewing venom at hate speech conclaves across the country. Voicing concern over the inflammatory and provocative speeches against […]
SRINAGAR — In a setback to Apni Party, vice—Chairperson of Srinagar district development council (DDC), Bilal Ahmad Bhat along with four other elected councilors resigned from the party on Thursday. Bilal Ahmad Bhat, who was elected as vice—chairperson of DDC Srinagar last year, said that he along with other four councilors have resigned from the […]
SRINAGAR — “I am fed up,” wrote DDC chairperson Srinagar Malik Aftab on Tuesday after the members created a rumble in the council whose meeting was held yesterday. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar called a meeting of the DDC council on Tuesday at his office and asked the members to choose chairpersons for different committees of […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that the government is afraid of the struggle carried out by her party for the people of J&K and that is why Covid SOPs are meant for her party only. Talking to reporters at the party office in Srinagar, Mufti said that Coovid-19 protocols […]
SRINAGAR — A young man educated in the United Kingdom and belonging to a well-known business family in Srinagar joined PDP, a boost to the party in the city. Zuhaib Yousuf Mir son of Muhamamd Yousuf Mir from Athwaajan joined PDP in presence of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti at PDP office in Srinagar. Zuhaib […]
NEW DELHI — COVID-19 vaccination certificates issued in the five poll-bound states will not have Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photo since the model code of conduct has come into force there, an official source said. The Union Health Ministry will apply necessary filters on the Co-WIN platform to exclude Modi’s photo from the vaccine certificate, […]
NEW DELHI — After over 400 parliament staffers tested positive for Covid-19 infection, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat has decided to restrict staff attendance. As per new guidelines, 50 per cent of staff or officials below the rank of under-secretary or executive officer are required to ‘work from home’. It is learnt that Vice President and […]