SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said people of Jammu and Kashmir will have to unite to fight back the attack on their dignity and identity. “There is no way out because of the circumstances Jammu and Kashmir is going through after August 2019, these circumstances demand that we unite. People from all […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the situation in Sri Lanka should serve as a wake up call for India as the country was “treading the same path” as the neighbouring country. Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, hours after his […]
BARAMULLA — Minister of State (MoS) for Cooperation and Development of North Eastern Region Government of India, BL Verma, on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is fighting for justice to Kashmiri Pandits, who had been victimized in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at Dak Banglow Baramulla, Verma said that BJP is fighting hard for […]
ANANTNAG — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday hit out at the BJP-led Central government after L-G Manoj Sinha was found violating rules to perform puja at an ASI protected site in the Union Territory. “So, for distraction, people are being sent behind Muslims. It includes […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of leaders from Panthers Party including former education minister, Harsh Dev Singh joined Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday. The announcement was made during a presser addressed by AAP’s leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak. Singh, who won assembly elections thrice from Ramnagar constituency in Jammu division, had met […]
SRINAGAR — After the release of the final report on the delimitation of the assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has described the Delimitation Commission as an extension of BJP. Rejecting the commission and its proposed changes, Mehbooba Mufti said the draft is meant as a […]
SRINAGAR — The delimitation commission has recommended to the Government of India to reserve two seats for Kashmiri migrants in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. The commission has recommended to the Government of India to make provisions of at least two members (one of them must be female) from the community […]
SRINAGAR — The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday finalised the delimitation order and submitted it to the Election Commission of India wherein it has recommended 43 Assembly seats for Jammu division and 47 seats to the Kashmir region. For the first time, nine Assembly Constituencies (ACs) have been reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that the present situation in Kashmir was far from normalcy and if the claims of normalcy in the Valley by government are true, why Shab-e-Qadr and Jumat-ul-Vida prayers are barred at historic Jamia Masjid. “On one hand, the government claims situation was normal, why Jumat-ul-Vida and […]
SRINAGAR — After a circular of Dagger Parivaar School Baramulla surfaced on social media platform instructing its staff to “avoid” hijab during school hours, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she condemns the letter issuing diktats on hijab. Mufti on her twitter handle wrote, “I condemn this letter issuing diktats on hijab. J&K may […]