JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that the party has always strived for gender equality. He also emphasized on political empowerment of women and their larger role in policy and decision making. “Involvement of women in decision making and policy planning is necessary for achieving comprehensive, unbiased and […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday urged people to vote for PAGD allies in the next J&K assembly polls to defeat the BJP and its associates, which, she said, were hampering the case of restoration of the Union Territory’s special status in the apex court. She also reiterated her call for a peaceful […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday reached Jammu to held deliberations on the interim report of Delimitation Commission. Sources said that Azad arrived in Jammu late evening where several leaders including former minister Viqar Rasool Wani, Manohar Lal Sharma, Jugal Kishor Sharma and others […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Saturday denounced downgrading of security cover of JKNC leaders in J&K reeks of vindictive and vendetta politics. Taking strong exception to the measure, the party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that the measure has been taken with a political axe to grind in the shape of giving fringe benefits […]
JAMMU — Calling the Delimitation Commission’s draft report as imitation of Dixon Plan aimed to divide people on communal lines, President, J&K Apni Party Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari has rejected the report as it has deeply disappointed all sections of society in both the regions of J&K. Altaf Bukhari also questioned five MPs of J&K […]
JAMMU — The upcoming meeting of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on February 26 will discuss the draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission and future course of action to be adopted by the political parties to counter the move. This was stated by former minister and General Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Ghulam […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Friday rejected the ‘draft report of Delimitation on Jammu and Kashmir’, which was recently released through associate members (member parliament from Jammu and Kashmir). JKPCC chief G A Mir accompanied with other Congress members said that the recently released report has been prepared by the […]
JAMMU — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has declared paid holiday for the voters of Punjab, working in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by General Administration Department of J&K in this regard reads, “In terms of Section 135-B of the Representation of People Act, 1951, sanction is hereby accorded […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that the decision of the government to downgrade and withdraw security of political leaders, activists of different parties is arbitrary and has no justification. The decision could endanger the lives of these leaders and activists. The political process in the region is itself a difficult […]
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has convened a meeting of its constituent members in Srinagar on February 26 to discuss several issues including Current Situation, sources said here on Thursday. Sources said that PAGD meeting has been convened by its president and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah at Srinagar, wherein leaders […]
