SRINAGAR — Sajad Gani Lone, People’s Conference Chairman today said his father Abdul Gani Lone was killed for saying what he believed in. Sajad Lone in a series of tweets said, “Every year as 21st May approaches I start trembling. Those painful moments/memories— of a family receiving the Bullet ridden body of their loved one. […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has paid glowing tributes to late Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversary describing them as the torchbearers of the State’s struggle for political and social justice. In a statement, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti lauded the role of Mirwaiz and Lone in the peaceful struggle […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that the delimitation commission’s final report a “tailor made”, aimed at benefitting some leaders. Talking to media persons in Jammu, Azad, while reacting to the demands of Kashmiri Pandits, said that the security related concerns of all the vulnerable people, […]
SRINAGAR — In a significant development, the delimitation commission’s order on Jammu & Kashmir’s electoral segments has come into effect from Friday as the Government of India issued a notification in this regard. The Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday issued a notification declaring May 20 as the date on which the order […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday urged Supreme Court to grant more time to surrender citing medical conditions. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sidhu, mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar. Senior Advocate Singhvi said that Sidhu will surrender but he wants a few weeks […]
JAMMU — Lambasting the government claims over normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, the former chief minister and Vice President of National Conference, Omar Abdullah on Friday said that flight operations and tourism cannot be considered as normalcy. He also said that if the situation is peaceful, the government should conduct polls at earliest or else […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 1988 road rage case. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul allowed the review plea filed by the victim’s family on the issue of the sentence awarded to Sidhu. Though the apex court […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference on Wednesday hit back at the NC for calling PC President Sajad Gani Lone a former militant. Senior NC leader Javid Rana had, during a rally in Mendhar in presence of NC vice president Omar Abdullah, dubbed Sajad Lone as a former millitant. In a series of tweets on its […]
SRINAGAR — The new electoral map of J&K would be laid before the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory as and when it is constituted. Officials said that the final order of delimitation commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd.) Ranjana Prakash Desai would be laid before […]
SRINAGAR — A day after NC president Farooq Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders of PAGD met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha over the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit, Peoples Conference Chief Sajad Gani Lone on Monday lashed out at them, saying they never met LG to express concern over killings of Kashmiri Muslims […]