SRINAGAR — Hatred for Muslims has been “normalised” in the country which “no longer celebrates its diversity”, alleged National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday as protests for and against ‘hijab’ intensified at colleges in parts of Karnataka. He was commenting on a video that has surfaced on social media showing some men sporting saffron […]
SRINAGAR — Days after incarcerated youth leader Waheed Para was found unconscious in jail, mainstream political leaders, researchers, educationists and others appealed J&K Government for medical assistance in favour of Waheed and his early release. On Wednesday, special NIA Court directed the Superintendent of Central Jail Srinagar to get Waheed Para medically examined by a […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that the delimitation commission proposal has not come as a surprise and it is another onslaught on the democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking with the media at the party headquarters, Mehbooba said that PDP was always suspicious and the delimitation […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that democracy is dead and nobody is allowed to speak his heart in Jammu and Kashmir. While reacting to the arrest of Journalists in Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti said that Government doesn’t want anybody should speak the truth in Valley. “Fahad has […]
SRINAGAR — Sajjad Gani Lone led Peoples Conference taking a strong exception over draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission has said it always believed that the exercise of delimitation was an attempt to disempower and disenfranchise the people of Kashmir and we still believe that this process is designed to disempower the people of Kashmir. […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday said that the draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission has recommended a ‘strange geographical layout’ for redrawing the boundaries of several parliamentary and assembly poll constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. “The draft proposal shared by the Commission with its associate members—as media reports suggest—seems even incongruous […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Saturday said that the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to withdraw all the posts advertised by prime recruiting agencies JKSSB and JKPSC before October, 2019 is rather unfortunate as the move has dashed the hopes of hundreds of job aspirants. The government’s decision came at a time […]
JAMMU — Congress has said that norms, criteria, and ground realities and aspirations of people seem to have been ignored in the delimitation of Assembly Segments and Lok Sabha Constituencies. In its first reaction as per reports in the media about the delimitation of assembly constituencies, JKPCC said that the norms and fair criteria seems […]
JAMMU — Congress has lashed out at the UT administration for withdrawing the posts referred to PSC and JKSSB prior to 31 oct 2019 and termed it illegal, arbitrary and playing with the lives and career of thousands of aspirants who would get overaged while others would have to undergo the entire excercise afresh after […]
NEW DELHI — The Delimitation Commission has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir in its draft report which has been handed over to five associate members from the Union Territory for their suggestions, officials said on Saturday. The voluminous report has proposed redrawing of the Anantnag Parliamentary seat […]