Politics

Court reserves order on Engineer Rashid’s plea for interim bail or custody parole to attend Parliament session

NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea by jailed Jammu and Kashmir parliamentarian Engineer Rashid seeking custody parole or interim bail to attend the upcoming Parliament session. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma was hearing the plea filed through advocate Vikhyat Oberoi on behalf of Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly […]

Politics

Had NC not ‘rigged’ 1987 polls, Syed Salahuddin would have been J&K CM: AIP

SRINAGAR — The Awami Ittehad Party on Friday blamed the National Conference for the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, stating that Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin would have been the chief minister if the current ruling party had not “rigged” the 1987 assembly polls. “The rigging changed the political landscape forever and pushed […]