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 […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said an atmosphere of hate has been created in the country that is driving a wedge between various communities and called for efforts to arrest this trend. Abdullah said if the gap between the communities is to be bridged, the […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that situation is worse in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Patron and President of five party alliance Dr Farooq Abdullah said that tourism is not reflection of normalcy. Talking to reporters, Abdullah said that the everyday policeman or any civilian is being killed which reflects situation is not good in Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — The Gupkar alliance of major J&K parties on Sunday urged Kashmiri pandit employees not to leave the valley as it was their home and it would be “painful for all”, after the community demanded their relocation following the killing of a member by militants. The appeal by the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration […]
SRINAGAR — Member’s of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) are scheduled to meet Lieutenant Governor, J&K, Manoj Sinha on Sunday at Raj-Bhawan in Srinagar. Official Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that all the constituent members of PAGD would meet LG Sinha on Sunday at 11:30 am to discuss the recent killings in […]
JAMMU — Reiterating his stand that the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 was “unconstitutional and unlawful”, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his party is not ready to accept defeat and will continue its peaceful struggle for the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference Party President and Member of Parliament Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that spike in killings give a lie to the normalcy claims of the government vis-a-vis Kashmir. Dr. Farooq said this while interacting with a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits led by the party Minority Wing Vice President Amit Koul. […]