JAMMU — JKPCC has hit hard the Centre Govt. and JK UT Administration for the ill treatment to the candidates and aspirants for various ongoing selections and termed it as anti youth policy of BJP Govt. towards the local youth of Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting strongly to the treatment being given to the large number […]
Politics
Mainstream leaders appeal Home Minister, LG for facilitating Waheed Para’s medical check-up and release
SRINAGAR — Day after the news of Waheed Para’s ill health in jail came to fore, mainstream political leaders, civil society, academicians, journalists, research scholars, common people, and others took to social media and requested administration for his early release, keeping in view Waheed’s deteriorating health conditions, reported news agency Kashmir Dot Com. “Reports about […]
Centre’s Beti Padhao slogan hollow: Mehbooba on hijab row
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at the Centre alleging its slogan for educating girl child was “hollow” as Muslim girls were denied education for wearing hijab. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to media reports about a college in Karnataka denying entry to Muslim girl […]
Altaf Bukhari to bear all expenses of Srinagar acid victim on humanitarian grounds
SRINAGAR — Jammu Kashmir Apni Party President Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari Thursday said that he will bear the entire expenses for the treatment of the acid attack victim girl on humanitarian grounds. Condemning the attack on the Srinagar girl, Bukhari said that his party and he will incur the entire expenditure on the treatment of […]
Srinagar acid attackers should be given stringent punishment: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday demanded stringent action against those who attacked a girl from Srinagar with acid a few days back. Mehbooba while talking to reporters said that acid attack on Srinagar girl is an inhuman act and those behind this heinous crime should […]
India is a union of states, cannot be ruled by stick: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI — India is a union of states which cannot be ruled with a stick, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, launching an attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government saying they were bringing the concept of a king ruling the country back to India. The Congress said the government’s […]
Examine Waheed Para medically: NIA court directs superintendent central jail Srinagar
SRINAGAR — A Special NIA Court here on Wednesday directed the Superintendent of Central Jail Srinagar to get Waheed para medically examined by a specialised doctor. People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para as per report by news agency Kashmir Dot Com was found unconscious in jail on Saturday. While his jail inmates alarmed about […]
J&K Delimitation Commission likely to get another extension
SRINAGAR — The J&K Delimitation Commission is likely to get a second extension of its term this month. This may further delay any announcement of Assembly elections in the Union Territory, The Hindu reported. Official sources said the three-member Commission, headed by retired judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, after sharing its first draft report with five […]
JKPCC hits out at Govt over denial of due security cover to opposition leadership
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Wednesday strongly hit out at the government, crying foul in the matter of due security cover to its senior leaders and activists while extending all due and undue facilities and huge security cover to lower rank leaders of the ruling party and other activists of pro-government […]
Rahul slams PM Modi, says you have made “huge strategic mistake” in J&K
NEW DELHI — Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister of “bringing China and Pakistan” together and making a “huge strategic mistake” in Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV reported. Mr. Gandhi said that the country has been surrounded by adversaries on all sides and is isolated in the region. “The strategic […]