SRINAGAR — Incarcerated Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid on Sunday announced that he will resign from the Lok Sabha as he is not able to attend to the affairs of his constituency, but his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) said it would consult the people before taking the final call on the issue. The AIP has decided […]
SRINAGAR — Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday accused the BJP of engineering defections and splits in opposition parties to increase its strength in the Parliament for the passage of the delimitation and women’s reservation bill. The party general secretary also accused the ruling party at the Centre of giving the corrupt a clean […]
SRINAGAR — Opposition PDP on Saturday lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government after an alleged ‘pacemaker scam’ came to the fore at the GMC Anantnag, saying the fraud is a result of the “institutionalised corruption.” Training guns on the government, PDP leader Iltija Mufti said that instead of getting J-Ks “collapsing” healthcare on […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said National Conference Parliament members will not support the NDA government at the Centre. Responding to a question about factions of Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena backing the government at the Centre, Abdullah said he could not comment on their reasons for doing so. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he hoped the agreement to end the US-Iran war holds until the formal signing of the accord. Official signing of the accord to permanently end the more than three months old confrontation in the Gulf region will be held in Switzerland on Friday. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s advisor Nasir Aslam Wani on Saturday said that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) should be withdrawn from the Union territory first if the Centre decides to repeal it in any part of the country. Speaking to reporters at an event here, Wani said the Narendra Modi-led […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday, strongly pressing for the “early return” of full statehood to the Union Territory and seeking central support to accelerate the region’s economic and infrastructural growth. According to a statement from the J&K government, Abdullah conveyed the deep […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that he would fulfil his promise of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday. He said they are waiting for the Centre to fulfil its promise. “Prime Minister has recently told Omar that he […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said he will join the party protest for restoration of statehood on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. “I will definitely go there. They (NC leadership) will go to talk about restoration of statehood and I will talk about restoration of Article […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday sought the support of opposition parties for the National Conference’s proposed protest in Delhi demanding restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The National Conference (NC) said that Abdullah invited INDIA bloc constituents to join the agitation during a meeting of the opposition […]