JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday pitched for the resumption of the cross-LoC trade, which was suspended by the BJP-led Centre in 2019. Karra said this while addressing a district convention in Poonch as part of the Congress’s 15-day campaign, “Hamari Riyasat Hamara Haq” (our state our right), to […]
JAMMU — Ahead of the upcoming budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the BJP held a “crucial strategic” meeting of its legislators and organisational district presidents on Saturday to plan its course of action for raising important public issues, a party spokesman said. The meeting was chaired by J&K UT President Sat Sharma […]
KATRA — A new journey began in Jammu and Kashmir after the “historic” abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 with the sacred region no longer considered a conflict zone and the hopes of its people soaring high, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday. In an apparent reference to BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Dhankhar said […]
JAMMU — Terming the problem of Jammu and Kashmir as an “incurable disease”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the BJP seemed not interested in its resolution like the Pakistani military leadership to polarize the situation for votes in the country. She advocated resolution of the issue in the larger interest of peace and […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Wednesday announced a 15-day long campaign to press for restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. He said the campaign will be launched from Udhampur district on February 13 as the “BJP has so far failed to keep its statehood restoration […]
JAMMU — PDP MLA from Kupwara Fayaz Ahmad Mir has submitted a private member’s bill to be tabled during the upcoming budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, seeking prohibition of liquor in the Union Territory. Mir forwarded the three-page bill to the assembly secretariat on Monday, the last date for submitting of the […]
SRINAGAR — Omar Abdullah should have raised the death of two youths in Sopore and Kathua during his meeting with the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said. “There were two deaths recently. A truck driver Waseem was killed in army firing from close range, the doctors have confirmed it, […]
JAMMU — BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said the people of the country have rejected the INDIA bloc, claiming that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are a liability for the opposition alliance, their party and the nation. He also advised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha MP from North Kashmir, Rashid Engineer will attend Parliament on Tuesday, a day after the Delhi High Court granted him two days of custody parole to attend the Budget Session proceedings. Rashid will attend the Parliament session on February 11 and 13 and will be taken to Parliament amid heavy […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A meeting of the House Committee was held here today under the Chairmanship of Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, to discuss issues raised by different members of the Legislative Assembly. Legislators, Sunil Kumar Sharma, (Leader of Opposition); Ghulam Ahmad Mir; Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi); Surjeet Singh Slathia; Ali […]