SRINAGAR — Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday hoped that Jammu and Kashmir will get the statehood back and the powers that have been snatched away will be restored to run the new government. Yadav, who had come to attend the oath ceremony of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, revealed this to media persons […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday appealed to the National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir to bring a resolution in the Assembly condemning the abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre. At a press conference after NC leader Omar Abdullah took over as the chief minister of J&K earlier in the […]
SRINAGAR — It is a crown of thorns and may Allah help him fulfil the hopes of people, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday after his son Omar Abdullah took oath as the first chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Taking a cue from his grandfather, Zahir Abdullah, Omar […]
SRINAGAR — It is a “very auspicious day” as people of Jammu and Kashmir have got their government after several years, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday on the swearing-in of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. “Today is a very auspicious day. People of Jammu and Kashmir have got their government after several years. People […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Wednesday that the Congress party is not joining any Ministry in newly formed J&K government “at the moment” as despite repeated promises made by Prime Minister for statehood, it has not been restored. In a statement, the JKPCC Chief said, […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Omar Abdullah on being sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and said the Centre will work closely with him and his team for J&K’s progress. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — President of Awami Ittehad Party and MP, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid on Wednesday alleged that Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah colluded with Prime Minister Modi on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid asserted that PM Modi consulted with the Abdullahs before making the move. He also alleged […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ahead of the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) appointed Ghulam Ahmad Mir as the leader of its Legislature Party in the Union Territory. In an official letter to Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra, the party’s National General […]
SRINAGAR — Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood should be restored now that the assembly elections have been held in the Union territory. The SP chief arrived in Srinagar to attend the oath taking ceremony of the new J&K government which will be headed by National Conference’s Omar Abdullah. […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said the courts should grant bail to ordinary accused persons as they are doing in case of Baramulla Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid. “My hand-folded requests to the court in Delhi. Please can you show the same magnanimity in extending bail or giving bail […]