SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir was not linked to the anti-militancy operation in Kathua. The programme was finalised before the operation, he added. “Do not link the Union minister’s visit to the Kathua (operation). His programme was finalised before the Kathua […]
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Statehood in J&K to be restored as promised: Home Minister Amit Shah
NEW DELHI — Statehood in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored as promised before, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said, without giving any timeline. Shah said at the “Times Now Summit 2025” Friday night that assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir peacefully last year. “We have given the assurance that statehood will […]
LoP Sunil Sharma meets Amit Shah; discusses region’s security, development
JAMMU — The Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed with him key issues concerning the Union Territory including security and development. During the meeting, Sharma, a senior BJP leader, also discussed with Shah recent terror incidents and urged […]
Modi govt’s aim is to make J&K where no life is lost due to terrorism: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI — There is peace in Jammu and Kashmir and this peace has to be permanent, and the Narendra Modi government’s aim is to make a Jammu and Kashmir where no life is lost due to terrorism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Monday. Interacting with youngsters from Jammu and Kashmir who […]
Amit Shah asks J&K administration to ensure full implementation of new laws by April
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should ensure full implementation of the three new criminal laws in the Union Territory by April. Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of […]
Amit Shah reviews status of implementation of new criminal laws in J&K
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the status of the implementation of the new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Abdullah attended the meeting though law and order is directly handled by the Central government since the […]
Airstrikes after Pulwama terror attack befitting reply to terrorists: Amit Shah
HALDWANI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday paid homage to the martyrs of the Pulwama terror attack and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving a befitting reply through airstrikes in Pakistan. Forty jawans were killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a CRPF convoy at Lethpora-Pulwama on the Jammu-Srinagar […]
Amit Shah pays tribute to 40 CRPF personnel killed in 2019 Pulwama attack
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in 2019. The Narendra Modi government is determined to completely destroy terrorists by carrying out a campaign with a “zero-tolerance” policy against them, Shah also said. “On behalf […]
Modi govt committed to terror-free Jammu and Kashmir: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI — The central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to a terror-free Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Chairing a high-level meeting here to review the security scenario in J&K, Shah directed the Border Security Force (BSF) to ensure zero infiltration from the […]
AJKPC urges PM Modi, HM Shah to conduct panchayat elections in J&K
SRINAGAR — The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold panchayat elections in the Union Territory immediately. “The prolonged delay in panchayat elections is not just a constitutional failure but also a betrayal of the democratic aspirations of the […]