NEW DELHI — Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said India is being recognized as global leader in space technology, biotechnology and preventive healthcare, crediting the remarkable achievements to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister of state for science and technology was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Science and Technology Expo 2025’ at the […]
JAMMU — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday said all secular forces should unite to press for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as he lashed out at the BJP for allegedly misleading the country by false propaganda on Article 370 that granted special status to the region and was revoked in […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said the statement of Union Minister Kiran Rijiju declining a timeline for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory reflects the Centre’s intention to not fulfil its promise to the people in near future. Talking to reporters in Srinagar on Saturday, Rijiju […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to refrain from endorsing the Centre’s abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A in the formulation of business rules for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. The former chief minister warned that such a move would legitimise the “illegal and unconstitutional” actions […]
JAMMU — Senior PDP legislator is going to introduce a private members bill in the Budget Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly next month to seek proprietary rights for the owners of houses constructed on public land in the Union Territory. PDP MLA from Pulwama Waheed ur Rehman Parra submitted the bill titled […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma and Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari separately met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha here on Saturday, a spokesperson of the Raj Bhavan said. Sharma was accompanied by party colleague and Leader of Opposition in the J&K Assembly Sunil Sharma, the spokesperson said, without giving further details. He […]
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 […]