SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the Centre should impress upon state governments to stop incidents of communal violence when they take place in their respective territories. “It is the duty of the Centre to tell the states that such incidents should be stopped,” Abdullah told reporters at the party headquarters […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday defended the house arrest of its party MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and other leaders, saying they want to create “turmoil”, which will not be allowed. Talking to reporters at Pahalgam in south Kashmir, Abdullah said the leaders were probably not happy that Jammu and Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said incidents of violence against minorities are going on unabated in the country and claimed that the best example of communal harmony was Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters after a public interaction, “Kath Baat”, in Anantnag, Mehbooba said, “Incidents of violence against minorities are going on […]
SRINAGAR — PDP MLA Waheed Para has accused the Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir of showing “zero intent” to resolve the reservation issue, saying the existing quota policy has become an existential matter. “The reservation policy has become an existential issue that strikes at the very foundation of the future of our younger […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday heard a habeas corpus petition of detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik and listed the matter for further hearing on January 29 next year. Malik, who is president of J&K unit of AAP, was detained under stringent Public Safety Act […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday said that lynchings, irrespective of the faith or nationality of the victims, amounts to terrorism, and alleged that such incidents have become a “norm” under the BJP rule. Law-enforcement agencies were “facilitating” it rather than stopping it, the the Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, lamenting that […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress held a protest here on Wednesday against alleged violence on minorities in Bangladesh. Party leaders urged the Indian government to take immediate and decisive steps to stop the violence. Led by the Jammu and Kashmir Congress working president Raman Bhalla, party workers took out a rally in Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday held a protest here against the bill which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, which replaces the existing […]
JAMMU — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said her father, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was misunderstood by the people for his forming an alliance government with the BJP in 2015. She said Mufti’s decision to join hands with the saffron party was taken in the larger interest of Jammu […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Saturday condemned former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti for opposing the allotment of land to paramilitary forces in Pulwama and called it treasonous. BJP spokesperson Girdhari Lal Raina termed Mehbooba’s stance “irresponsible, politically reckless, treasonous and driven solely by narrow political compulsions to remain relevant” after repeated rejection […]