JAMMU — Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, protection of land and job rights of its residents, and the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits were his top priorities for him. Addressing a well-attended rally at Sainik Colony on the outskirts of Jammu, the veteran leader […]
NEW DELHI — Addressing the ‘Mehngai Par Halla bol rally’ at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP-led Central government and said fear and hate were on the rise in the country since the party came into power. “The condition of the country is known to all. Since the BJP came […]
JAMMU — Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed his highly-anticipated political rally in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, announcing the start of his new outfit, after breaking away from his five-decade-long association with the grand old party. “I am a Common man, now,” he said at the rally, attacking the Congress and that the […]
JAMMU — Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently broke his five-decade-long association with the Congress, will begin his fresh political journey Sunday from Jammu where he would set up the first unit of his own party. All preparations have been completed for Azad’s first public rally in Jammu, a close aide of the former chief minister […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari on Friday said a party delegation would call on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha soon to formally demand the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. Addressing a press conference here, Bukhari also demanded the release of the youths who were detained in Kashmir Valley. Bukhari said […]
ANANTNAG — Congress will emerge stronger in coming days and defections will have little impact as carder on the ground is working hard to strengthen the Party for the betterment of the people, former J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Ghulam Ahmad Mir said on Wednesday. Addressing a workers meeting at Omoh Verinag in South […]
SRINAGAR — Former PCC president Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday resigned from Congress and pledged support to veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is likely to float his political party in Jammu and Kashmir. There has been an exodus from the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress since Azad quit the party on Friday, […]
NEW DELHI — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will address a rally in Jammu on September 4, his first after quitting the Congress. The rally is planned on the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is slated to address a ‘Mehngai par Halla Bol’ event in the national capital. With the timing […]
SRINAGAR — At least 52 functionaries of the Congress party including several senior leaders, former ministers and legislators have resigned from the party in Jammu on Monday in support of fromer veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. In a resignation letter, senior Congress leaders, former ministers and legislators who gave resigned from the party include […]
SRINAGAR — The problem was not with mass gathering but the offering of namaz, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Monday after FIR was lodged against 25 people in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad after they offered namaz at an open space. According to a police official, the case has been registered under the Indian Penal […]