SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s two-day visit to Kashmir is ‘strange’ as he is coming to a place where the BJP is not contesting the polls leaving campaigning in other parts of the country, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Thursday. “Does this not feel strange to you that the Home […]
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Budgam resident booked for posting ‘fake video’ of Amit Shah on social media
SRINAGAR — Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have booked a social media user for allegedly posting a video containing doctored/fake footage of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on social media. A top official told Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com that it has been reliably learned that a post containing the ‘fake/doctored’ […]
PM Modi to address rally at Udhampur on April 12, Shah at Jammu on April 9
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a massive rally at Udhampur in Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency on April 12 to boost the BJP campaign for the upcoming Parliamentary elections, reports said. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a rally in Raipur-Domana on April 9, focussing on Jammu-Reasi Lok Sabha seat. Uttar […]
AFSPA can be revoked when militancy is completely over in J&K: Anurag Thakur
JAMMU — The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) can be revoked when militancy is completely over in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday, as he highlighted a positive change in the overall security situation in the Union Territory. He was reacting to the statement of Home Minister Amit Shah that […]
N N Vohra welcomes Shah’s statement on troops withdrawal, AFSPA
NEW DELHI — Former governor of Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra on Wednesday hailed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that the Centre plans to pull back troops from the Union Territory and leave law and order to the police there. Vohra also welcomed Shah’s intention to revoke the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act […]
Promise of revoking AFSPA in J&K made in view of LS polls: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that the promise of revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir has been made in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as he feared that the people here would be cheated just like those in Ladakh were on […]
Shah’s Strategy: Revisiting AFSPA and troop reduction in J&K
NEW DELHI — In an interview with the JK Media Group, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced plans to reconsider the revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir, indicating a shift towards entrusting law and order responsibilities solely to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, as reported by PTI. Shah highlighted […]
Amit Shah’s visit to J&K deferred due to inclement weather
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday has been deferred in view of the prevailing inclement weather conditions and forecast, officials said on Monday. Shah was scheduled to visit the Union Territory to attend the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalpa Yatra’, a Central government programme, in Jammu and inaugurate […]
Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 ‘historic’: Modi, Shah
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution as “historic” and said this gives a stamp of approval to the move as being “completely constitutional”. Taking to ‘X’, the two top leaders instrumental […]
Amit Shah reviews J&K security, preparations of G20 meeting in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the functioning of the security grid and all security-related aspects in Jammu and Kashmir and conveyed the Narendra Modi government’s unflinching resolve to the policy of zero tolerance against militancy. Shah also reviewed the preparations for a G20 meeting to be held in Srinagar next […]