NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Friday sought a response from the NIA on a plea filed by jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid seeking to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament in custody. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma issued the notice to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and posted the matter for […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday called upon the people of Iran to stand united to defeat the “ploys” of the US and Israel, and also appealed to the leadership in the Islamic Republic to address the grievances of the protesters there. Speaking to reporters here, Mufti, a former chief minister of the […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said India has witnessed a transformational rise in entrepreneurship, with the number of startups growing to over two lakh, making the country the third-largest in the startup ecosystem. “Today, the results speak for themselves. In just a few years, we have grown from 350–400 startups to more […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday alleged that Jammu harboured an “obsessive opposition” to developmental initiatives in Kashmir, and said that perhaps the time has come for an “amicable divorce” between the two regions of the Union Territory. Lone was referring to the demands from a section for shifting the recently announced […]
JAMMU — The Congress held a sit-in dharna in Jammu under the banners of ‘MGNREGA Bachao’ and ‘Humari Riyasat, Humara Haq’, asserting that it will not allow any dilution of the rural employment scheme or compromise the rights of Jammu and Kashmir. The protest, organised as per the directions of the All India Congress Committee […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed Para on Saturday said the hate crimes against minorities whether in Bangladesh, Pakistan or India were unacceptable and the biggest blot on humanity. The PDP leader said Hindu-Muslim brotherhood and co-existence has been India’s strength, and it should survive in the sub-continent, especially in our country “and […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “tigress”, saying the TMC chief is “very brave” and will not surrender. Mufti was reacting to the Thursday’s ED searches at the office of the political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director Pratik Jain in […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the central agencies’ action in West Bengal ahead of the election reeked of the BJP’s “desperation.” She was referring to Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches on the political consultancy firm I-PAC’s office and its director Pratik Jain’s residence in West Bengal. “Outrageous abuse […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress launched its ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram here on Thursday as part of the party’s 45-day nationwide agitation against the Narendra Modi government’s VB-G RAM G Act that replaced the UPA-era rural employment scheme. Congress general secretary in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Sayeed Naseer Hussain, accused the […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR — The NMC’s decision to withdraw permission granted for setting up an MBBS course in a Jammu college over its non-compliance of “minimum standards” has evoked mixed reactions, with the BJP and protest groups welcoming the move, while the NC, Congress and PDP have termed it a setback. The Sangharsh Samiti, a recently formed […]