SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir government’s first reported resolution demanding restoration of statehood and not Article 370, was a “huge setback” and nothing less than the ratification of the Centre’s 2019 decisions. Another political party, the People’s Conference, has also questioned the secrecy over the resolution. The reactions […]
NEW DELHI — Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday said it was a “constitutional misdemeanour” to have reduced Jammu and Kashmir to a Union Territory and asserted that it was time to restore its statehood. His remarks come a day after National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as the chief minister of Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulated National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on his swearing-in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, marking the return of an elected government to the Union Territory. Gandhi used the occasion to renew his call for restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, which was revoked in […]
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 […]