SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan that has been put in abeyance by the Centre in the wake of the Pahalgam attack was the “most unfair document” to the people of the Union territory and they have never been in favour of it. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned a one-day special session of the assembly on April 28 to discuss the Pahalgam attack, officials said on Friday. “I, Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me under section 18(1) of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the National Conference (NC) may approach the Supreme Court if the Centre implements the “One Nation, One Election” (ONOE) proposal in the country. “Let them (implement it). If there are any shortcomings and if you cannot rectify those through Parliament, then like we […]
SRINAGAR — Ruling National Conference on Monday disbanded the Kashmir chapter of its youth wing, with an aim to bring fresh faces to the fore. “As approved by Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah, province committee, zonal committees, district committees and block committees of Youth National Conference in Kashmir are disbanded with […]
JAMMU — PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti on Monday demanded the NC and its president Farooq Abdullah clarify ex-RAW chief A S Dulat’s claim in his latest book that the senior Abdullah would have “helped” pass the proposal to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status had he been taken into confidence. Describing the revelation made in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the Supreme Court has the power to review the decisions taken by the Centre or state governments and stressed that a challenge to any legislation before the apex court should not be given a political hue. “Everyone (institution) has a role. The Supreme […]
JAMMU — The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit is planning a one-and-a-half-month-long campaign from April 22 over statehood restoration demand, a party leader said on Sunday. Its state unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra chaired a meeting here to finalise the strategy of intensifying the statehood movement and “save the constitution” campaign in the Union Territory […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the National Conference, claiming that the ruling party is afraid of talking about Article 370 and is running the BJP agenda in Jammu and Kashmir. She asked the people to strengthen her party as “it not only wants to become the voice […]
JAMMU — A high-level Congress team led by national general secretary Syed Naseer Hussain on Friday called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here and discussed the current political landscape in the Union Territory. Flanked by AICC general secretary G A Mir and Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra, the Rajya […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit out at People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti for her remarks on former RAW chief A S Dulat’s latest book about National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah. “If Mehbooba Mufti believes everything that Dulat writes is true, then should we also consider […]