SRINAGAR — National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday said Ghulam Nabi Azad must have resigned from the Congress as he must not be getting respect and love from the party and added that the country needs a stronger opposition. Abdullah’s son and Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah in a […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who resigned from the Congress party on Friday, is all set to float a new political party in Jammu & Kashmir next month, sources said here. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer that Azad would launch the party in September. This would be the second major […]
SRINAGAR — In wake of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from the party on Friday, a number of senior party leaders, including former legislators, of the party in Jammu and Kashmir also quit. These included G.M. Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani, and Choudhary Muhammad Akram. “The new president […]
NEW DELHI — Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the primary membership of the party. “The Indian National Congress has lost both the will and the ability under the tutelage of the conterie that runs the […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) chief and Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) president, Dr Farooq Abdullah Thursday said that the conglomerate will never wind up, however, the decision on elections will be taken at an appropriate time. Talking to the media persons here, Dr Farooq said that unfavourable statements would come, but there is […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said she was shocked and numbed when rapists of Bilkis Bano were released last week. The 11 convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy. They had completed more than 15 years in jail. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah Monday said that the leaders who participated in the All Party Meet( APM) at his Gupkar residence unanimously decided to oppose the recent announcement of Election Commission about giving voting rights to non-J&K residents. Senior Abdullah said the decision of voting rights to outsiders was “totally unacceptable […]
SRINAGAR — J&K unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that no demographic change would be made by special summary revision of voters. “Anyone living in Jammu and Kashmir from two, three or four years has the right to vote here. If leaders from Jammu and Kashmir can contest elections from outside J&K, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Monday said they will sit on hunger strike before the Parliament and other constitutional bodies if there is an attempt by the Government to change the electoral demography of Jammu & Kashmir. Addressing a news conference here, Lone said that they will sit on a hunger-strike […]
SRINAGAR — Former Member Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Friday lashed out at Chief Electoral Officer J&K for what he said an irresponsible statement made by him during a news conference. Addressing a news conference, Baig said that CEO’s statement has created chaos in Jammu and Kashmir. “I think he has made the statement about […]