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 […]
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but reverse all the laws extended to Jammu and Kashmir after the special status of the erstwhile state was repealed.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 […]