SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said it is no secret that the BJP-led Centre wants to crush journalism, the fourth pillar of democracy. “Immediately after CJIs remarks on the role of journalists in a democracy, @AakashHassan was barred from travelling abroad. Its no secret that GOI wants to crush […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said former President Ram Nath Kovind has left behind a legacy during which the country’s Constitution was “trampled upon” as he “fulfilled BJP’s political agenda”. Droupadi Murmu was on Monday sworn in as India’s 15th President at an impressive ceremony in the packed and historic Central Hall […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of “forcing” people to buy the national flag for the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign while asserting that patriotism comes naturally and cannot be imposed. The campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national flag in their homes […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday demanded a free and fair probe in 1987 elections, a day after incarcerated chief of Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik claimed that he was tortured and kept in detention centre after being picked up from an election counting center then. Talking to […]
SRINAGAR — In a first, Union Minister Simriti Iran will flag off Tiranga rally of at least 300 bikers from famous clock tower (Ghanta Ghar) Srinagar on July 25 that will culuminate on July 26 at Kargil War Memorial to mark the Vijay Diwas. Reliable sources in the BJP said Irani will flag off the […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Government on Friday said that the delimitation exercise has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir while the matter is presently sub-judice as the final report has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The minister of law and justice, Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question said that the delimitation […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for her questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi, 75, arrived at the federal probe agency’s headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon escorted by […]
NEW DELHI — Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation in connection with the National Herald case, is likely to reach ED Headquarters by 11 a.m. She will be questioned by a team of joint director level official including a woman. ED sources have […]
SRINAGAR — Days after Rubaiya Sayeed, sister of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti identified Yasin Malik as her abductor in 1989, Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said that Malik deserves a fair trial. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function here, Lone said that Malik deserves a fair […]
NEW DELHI — Voting for electing the new President of India began on Monday in Parliament. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the early MPs to cast his vote at the polling booth inside the Parliament premises. Talking to IANS Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “The NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu is going to win […]