SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti, who was on Friday questioned in connection with alleged assault of a police officer during a recent protest, asserted that she was willing to cooperate with the police inquiry but it was her right to protest peacefully for restoration of Article 370. Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and her daughter Iltija Mufti have been booked for allegedly assaulting a police officer during PDP’s protest against abrogation of Article 370 two days ago, officials said here on Thursday. A case under sections 132, 121 and 191(2) BNS has been registered against Mehbooba and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday described August 5 as a “painful reminder” of the Centre’s 2019 decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it was imposed unilaterally and altered the region’s constitutional position. In a post on X, Mirwaiz said the decision reneged on constitutional commitments made […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that seven years after the constitutional changes of August 5, 2019, his party remains committed to reversing the measures that took away the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and threatened their identity. In a […]
SRINAGAR — Tight security arrangements were put in place in Srinagar city—the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir—on Wednesday to thwart protests by political parties on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, officials said. The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have called for protests to mark the day […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday directed all party office bearers to ensure participation in district-level protests to be held by it across Jammu and Kashmir to mark the seventh anniversary of abrogation of Article 370. The protests will be held on August 5, demanding the restoration of Article 370 and release of […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday announced that her party would hold peaceful protests at district headquarters across Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 to press for the restoration of Article 370 and “resolution of the Kashmir issue”. The former chief minister stated this at a press conference at the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said statehood was the foundation for restoring the special status of the Union Territory. Addressing a press conference here, Abdullah said the National Conference (NC) will keep reminding the Centre of its promise to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and expressed hope that the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has declined an invitation to participate in the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying that limiting the movement to the demand for statehood alone would undermine the larger struggle for restoration of Article 370 and constitutional […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Friday said the protest scheduled by the National Conference on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament was a process to bury Article 370 and create confusion by taking Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood issue to pan-India politics. “I cannot be certain of the National Conference’s […]