SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that he would suggest that the PAGD should contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir jointly to keep away BJP and it’s A&B teams. “This is my personal opinion. If someone asks me, I would suggest PAGD should go together in the polls ahead […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti hoped that the Supreme Court will not only stay the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, but reverse all the laws extended to Jammu and Kashmir after the special status of the erstwhile state was repealed. “A state robbed of its legal and constitutional special status was cleaved […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking about “future” of those J&K youth who are now being jailed under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to preclude their chances of getting bail. Mehbooba Mufti in a press conference at PDP office in Srinagar said […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused the BJP of bulldozing the Constitution and the saffron party’s leaders of “outdoing each other in stripping Muslims” of their homes and livelihood. She was referring to the Khargone district administration in Madhya Pradesh demolishing at least 50 “illegal” structures of people accused of pelting stones […]
SRINAGAR — Fairoz Khan, a former National President of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), who was alleged by an ex-woman member of the organisation of sexual harassment during MeToo campaign, has been appointed working President for Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. Indian Youth Congress (IYC) President Srinivas B.V on April 11th in an […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is likely to submit its report to the government by the end of April. As per the sources, once the commission submits its report, the Centre may take a call on holding the Assembly elections in J-K. The sources also said that the Centre will review all […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested a former minister, Jatinder Singh @ Babu Singh in a case pertaining to Hawala money in the Union Territory. The name of former minister from Kathua surfaced in this case when police arrested a man from Kashmir alongwith some Hawala money, however, the former minister was […]
MUMBAI — The Shiv Sena again claimed on Friday that there is a strong movement among a section of Bharatiya Janata Party to make Mumbai – the country’s financial capital – into a Union Territory. Sena MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut claimed that a group of BJP leaders including ex-Mumbai MP Kirit Somaiya are […]
BARAMULLA — Councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla (MCB) on Friday moved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent municipal president. An official said that 12 councillors of Municipal Council Baramulla moved the no-confidence motion against the incumbent president Towseef Ahmad Raina. “It is pertinent to mention that from the last one year major funds lapsed due […]
JAMMU — In a major political development, two former MLAs from Jammu & Kashmir are likely to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi on Friday. Sources said that two former MLAs from Panthers Party-Balwant Singh Mankotia and Yashpal Kundal- are likely to join AAP in presence of its supremo […]