SRINAGAR — The ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir is another attempt to “seize our land and cause massive changes to our demography”, the PDP claimed on Sunday, alleging the Centre has “prioritised” evicting people from their homes rather than addressing unemployment, and the safety of Kashmiri Pandits. In its monthly newsletter, ‘Speak Up’, […]
SRINAGAR — The anti-encroachment drive launched in Jammu and Kashmir is a new “weapon” for the BJP government to “persecute” people and uproot them from their homes, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Wednesday. Talking to reporters here, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister called upon the people of the Union Territory to unite […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah said on Monday that they see a ray of hope in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. As the two leaders invoked Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary while praising Rahul Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Abdullah also urged the former Congress […]
SRINAGAR — Donning the Kashmiri traditional gown (pheran), Congress leader and Member Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi Monday said he was warned that he might be attacked in Kashmir but, people here did not give me hand grenades but hearts full of love. Amid snowfall in Srinagar, opposition party leaders joined Rahul Gandhi to mark the […]
SRINAGAR — Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that there has been no change in the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir given the targeted killings and bomb blasts here. He, however, stated he would not go back to past, but would look forward to the best in the Union […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra was like a breath of fresh air in Kashmir as it allowed people to come out of their homes in numbers for the first time since 2019. The Centre, on August 5, 2019, revoked Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Congress Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party alleged security lapse, Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed on Saturday from Awantipora area of south Kashmir Pulwama district amid tight security arrangements. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the Yatra resumed from Chersoo area of Awantipora today morning. He said former chief […]
SRINAGAR — The ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra will not discuss political issues of Jammu and Kashmir such as the abrogation of Article 370 and the Gupkar Alliance as there will be other opportunities to raise those, the Congress said on Friday. “There are many political issues in J&K, but we will not discuss those issues […]
SRINAGAR — Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is likely to join the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Kashmir on Saturday, the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Vikar Rasool Wani said. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Rasool noted that the Yatra will start from Chursu in Awantipora area on Saturday, and PDP […]
ANANTNAG — Congress leader and Member Parliament Rahul Gandhi Friday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of a big security lapse at Qazigund tunnel stating that police were missing to control the crowd that had come to his reception. “When we crossed Tunnel, there was a huge crowd for my reception. But there was not […]