NEW DELHI — Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Kavinder Gupta, on Sunday, reacted to Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks on cancelling her campaign in support of Lebanon and Palestine following the death of Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and said that the former CM of the state never takes a stand for issues in […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) senior leader and Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said on Saturday that he will not hesitate to oppose his own party if it fails to meet the expectations of the people. He said the respect the party receives must be reciprocated through developmental work and public […]
CHANDIGARH — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said he was surprised to hear a ‘Maulvi’ (Muslim cleric) in Jammu greeting him with “Ram Ram”, and termed it an “impact of the abrogation of Article 370”. Addressing an election rally in Haryana’s Faridabad, he said he visited Jammu and Kashmir for two days […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Israel protests broke out in several parts here on Saturday against the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon. A large number of people, including children, carrying black flags, poured out on roads in Hassanabad, Rainawari, Saidakadal, Meer Behri, and Ashaibagh areas of the city, officials said. The protestors chanted anti-Israel and […]
JAMMU — The Congress will restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday while she slammed the BJP for using the Union territory as a pawn to “stir emotions” elsewhere in the country. Gandhi, the Congress’s national general secretary, also criticised Lt Governor Manoj Sinha saying the current administration was […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district goes to polls with battle lines clearly drawn between the Congress and the BJP across all six seats with focus on the Basholi Assembly constituency, where three-time MLA and two-time MP Choudhary Lal Singh faces a herculean task to reclaim his traditional stronghold for the fourth time. Famous […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday claimed that the National Conference-Congress alliance has been able to keep BJP at bay in the first two phases of polling in Jammu and Kashmir. “We (alliance) have foiled the efforts of the BJP at government formation in the first two phases of polling. We now […]
JAMMU — Asserting that Article 370 can only be restored by the Government of India, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad, took a dig at the National Conference (NC) and the Congress over the “restoration of statehood” of Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah […]
JAMMU — People in Jammu and Kashmir are looking forward to a government free of “corruption, terrorism and separatism” for peace and a better future for their children, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates at M A M Stadium here, he said this assembly election […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that for the first time, the BJP will form a government in J&K with full majority after the Assembly elections. Addressing a large BJP campaign rally in M. A. Stadium here, PM Modi said, “I am filled with great feeling of patriotism when I visit Jammu. […]