NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police on Thursday said that they have arrested eight persons in a case of vandalism outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A senior police official confirmed that several teams were conducting raids to nab more people invovled in the case. “With the help of CCTV footages, we identified […]
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Polls in J&K after delimitation exercise: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI — Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held once the delimitation exercise is over and after consultation with political parties. “We have no interest in keeping Jammu and Kashmir under President’s Rule,” Shah said in Lok Sabha while responding to concerns raised by members […]
Sanjay Raut targets BJP over Mehbooba Mufti’s comments on Kashmir
MUMBAI — A day after Mehbooba Mufti remarked that peace would be elusive in Kashmir until the Centre holds dialogue with Pakistan and people of Jammu and Kashmir, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the PDP chief could make such comments as the BJP had given people like her strength by forming government with her […]
No peace in Kashmir until govt holds dialogue with Pakistan, J&K people: Mehbooba Mufti
RAMBAN — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday reiterated her call to the BJP government for dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that peace would be elusive as long as Kashmir remained unresolved. She called upon people to vote for the constituents of the People’s Alliance for Gukpar Declaration (PAGD) […]
BJP damaging integrity of Delimitation Commission, alleges Mehbooba
RAMBAN — Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is badly damaging the integrity of Delimitation Commission which otherwise is an institution of repute. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a party convention in Ramban district, she said that Delimitation Commission is an institution of […]
Not a single Kashmiri Pandit family returned to Valley during BJP rule: Kejriwal
NEW DELHI — Accusing the BJP of doing politics over the issue of Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asked how many of the displaced people have returned to the Valley since the party came to power at the Centre. As the war of words between Kejriwal and the BJP over […]
CBI to probe ex-J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik’s Rs 300 Cr bribe allegation
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has recommended a CBI probe into the allegations levelled by former Governor Satya Pal Malik that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore. On October 17, 2021, Malik had said at a function in Rajasthan, “Two files had come for my consideration. One of the secretaries […]
Yechury demands early hearing of petition challenging Art 370
SRINAGAR — General Secretary of CPI (M), Sitaram Yechury on Thursday demanded early hearing of petition in Supreme Court (SC) challenging the abrogation of Article 370 by the government on August 05, 2019 and said that it was not only Kashmir Pandit who have suffered in the valley, but Muslims, Sikhs and others too have […]
BJP promoting ‘The Kashmir Files’ to instigate people on religious lines: Mehbooba Mufti
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Wednesday that the BJP is promoting ”The Kashmir Files”, a film on the plight of displaced Kashmiri Hindus, to incite people on religious lines and called for the setting up of a panel to probe the circumstances that led to the exodus of Pandits from the valley. […]
BJP’s Ashok Koul had narrow escape as leopard enters his official residence in Church Lane
SRINAGAR — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Organization Ashok Kaul had a narrow escape on Wednesday after a leopard entered his official residence at S1 Church Lane. BJP’s Media In charge, Manzoor Bhat told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Koul was busy in morning activities at his official residence when a leopard […]