SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday claimed the Congress supports the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled to take place on Friday. Differences erupted between the alliance partners after the Congress had accused the National Conference (NC) of backtracking on its promise of giving the party […]
JAMMU — The National Conference (NC) has fielded its District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum from the Nagrota assembly constituency, which goes to bypolls next month, after the Congress decided not to contest from there to pursue its ‘larger goal’ of defeating the BJP, despite being offered the seat by its ally. Both coalition […]
JAMMU — The Congress has decided not to contest the Nagrota assembly by-election in Jammu and Kashmir, even though the National Conference (NC) offered it the seat. Both coalition partners had contested last year’s assembly elections together, but ties have been strained since the NC refused to cede a Rajya Sabha seat to the Congress. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said an India-Pakistan war can have long-term consequences but his party stands firmly with the government on any action it chooses to take against the Pahalgam massacre perpetrators. His comments come amid the Centre asking several states to conduct mock drills on May […]
RANCHI — Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cancelled his Kashmir visit after “receiving an intelligence report three days before” the Pahalgam terror attack last month. Noting that during an all-party meeting, the Centre accepted “intelligence failure” in the Pahalgam carnage, Kharge said the union government should be […]
WAYANAD, KERALA — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said her party would fully support any action the central government takes in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed. She noted that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) has already passed a resolution affirming this stand. Speaking during her two-day […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Friday urged the Centre to act with firmness in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack to penalise Pakistan for its continued export of terror, and pressed for time-bound accountability into the “serious lapses” in security and intelligence in one of the most heavily-guarded regions of the country. The […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the government had not come out with any clear strategy to deal with the situation arising out of the Pahalgam terror attack, even as he asserted that the entire opposition was with the Centre on the issue. In his remarks at the Congress Working Committee […]
NEW DELHI — Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urging the government to convene a special session of both Houses of Parliament in wake of the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. In his letter, Gandhi […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack and demonstrate a collective resolve. Several opposition MPs have made a similar demand to the government in the wake of the dastardly attack in which 26 […]