SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Monday lashed out at the Govt for not releasing pending payments of Contractors, who have completed their works long before. In a statement JKPCC General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi has expressed surprise over the long delay in releasing payment to Contractors while having completed their […]
RANCHI — A special CBI court in Ranchi on Monday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to five years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 60 lakh on him in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case. The former Bihar chief minister along with other accused was […]
JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lamented the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist in Karnataka, saying it was “tragic”. Bajrang Dal activist Harsha, 23, was stabbed to death by unidentified people in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Sunday night. “It (the killing) should not have happened. It is very tragic,” […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that the party has always strived for gender equality. He also emphasized on political empowerment of women and their larger role in policy and decision making. “Involvement of women in decision making and policy planning is necessary for achieving comprehensive, unbiased and […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday urged people to vote for PAGD allies in the next J&K assembly polls to defeat the BJP and its associates, which, she said, were hampering the case of restoration of the Union Territory’s special status in the apex court. She also reiterated her call for a peaceful […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday reached Jammu to held deliberations on the interim report of Delimitation Commission. Sources said that Azad arrived in Jammu late evening where several leaders including former minister Viqar Rasool Wani, Manohar Lal Sharma, Jugal Kishor Sharma and others […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Saturday denounced downgrading of security cover of JKNC leaders in J&K reeks of vindictive and vendetta politics. Taking strong exception to the measure, the party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that the measure has been taken with a political axe to grind in the shape of giving fringe benefits […]
JAMMU — Calling the Delimitation Commission’s draft report as imitation of Dixon Plan aimed to divide people on communal lines, President, J&K Apni Party Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari has rejected the report as it has deeply disappointed all sections of society in both the regions of J&K. Altaf Bukhari also questioned five MPs of J&K […]
JAMMU — The upcoming meeting of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on February 26 will discuss the draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission and future course of action to be adopted by the political parties to counter the move. This was stated by former minister and General Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Ghulam […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Friday rejected the ‘draft report of Delimitation on Jammu and Kashmir’, which was recently released through associate members (member parliament from Jammu and Kashmir). JKPCC chief G A Mir accompanied with other Congress members said that the recently released report has been prepared by the […]