JAMMU — A BJP delegation on Friday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and discussed various issues related to Jammu and Kashmir, a party spokesperson said. The delegation included BJP national general secretary and UT in-charge Tarun Chugh, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma, LoP Sunil Sharma, besides several party MLAs and […]
JAMMU — Encounters are taking place even in 2026, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday in a veiled jibe at the BJP over its claim that terrorism would end following the abrogation of Article 370 that happened in 2019. Three Pakistani terrorists were killed in encounters with security forces in the […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Sunil Sharma on Wednesday objected to referring Rajouri and Poonch districts as part of the Pir Panjal region, asserting that no such region exists in Jammu and Kashmir, which he described as a single, undivided unit. Sharma is in the eye of a storm in the Assembly, […]
JAMMU — Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly resumed discussion on the Motion of Thanks on Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s address on Wednesday after a brief adjournment following an uproar over the LoP’s reported remarks on Pir Panjal. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House for 15 minutes after several members from the ruling […]
JAMMU — BJP legislators on Wednesday staged a dharna outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly after staging a walkout from the House, alleging that Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather was “muzzling the voice of the opposition” and showing bias while allotting speaking time to members of the ruling party. All BJP members walked out of the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday adjourned the House for 15 minutes following an uproar over reported remarks of Leader of Opposition (LoP) that Pir Panjal does not exist. The ruckus started shortly at the end of the Question Hour with Congress legislator Iftikhar Ahmad demanding an apology from […]
JAMMU — Two opposition BJP MLAs on Tuesday walked out of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over the issue of allocation of funds for flood relief works, alleging discrimination against the Jammu region. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary denied the charges levelled by BJP MLAs Rajiv Jasrotia and Pawan Gupta, and also exchanged heated words with […]
JAMMU — Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday as opposition BJP members raised the demand for a National Law University for Jammu, while National Conference and PDP drew attention to incidents of alleged harassment of Kashmiris outside the Union Territory. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather continued with the Question Hour […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday said the alleged attack on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand was a result of the BJP “mainstreaming” the fringe elements who “enjoy institutional impunity”. “This 18 year old Kashmiri shawl vendor was assaulted in Uttarakhand with irons rods till his bones crumbled. It’s one of many […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday lashed out the BJP saying that its leaders rolled out red carpets for Sheikhs from the Middle East but watched with glee when the shrine of Sufi poet Baba Bulleh Shah was vandalised. “BJP leaders pose in mosques abroad and roll out red carpets for […]