SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she will not contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out that she would not be able to fulfil her party’s agenda in the union territory set up even if she were to become the chief minister. “I have been chief minister of a […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Rashid Engineer, who is in jail in a militant funding case, and is likely to pronounce its order on September 4. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has filed an application in court seeking […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court is likely to hear on August 28 an application filed by Lok Sabha MP Rashid Engineer, who is in jail since 2019, seeking regular bail in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir militant funding case. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former chief minister and National Conference […]
SRINAGAR — Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday said regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir which did not join the INDIA bloc might be “sailing in two boats”, suggesting that they could join hands with the BJP for the assembly polls in the union territory. Mir, who is contesting the assembly elections from […]
SRINAGAR — Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed religious preacher Sarjan Barkati, also filed nomination papers on behalf of her father. While Jamaat cannot take part in the elections […]
PULWAMA — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Tuesday that the Congress-National Conference alliance will get success in the upcoming assembly polls. When asked if his party, if elected, would push the Centre to resume talks with Pakistan, Farooq responded, “Sab manifesto mein hai…” (everything is in the manifesto). “This time, […]
ANANTNAG — Congress candidate from Dooru Assembly constituency, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, on Tuesday, filed his nomination for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and said that the people are suffocated by the torture of the BJP and that’s why the INDIA bloc has always demanded democracy in the region. Speaking to ANI after the nomination […]
SRINAGAR — PDP youth president Waheed Para on Tuesday said the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were an opportunity for the people to reclaim the space from where they were “unconstitutionally” evicted after abrogation of Article 370. Para, who filed his nomination papers for Pulwama assembly segment as a PDP candidate, said he would […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah, who had vowed not to participate in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections till restoration of statehood, Monday dropped major hints on his likely participation in the polls for the Union Territory assembly, saying he cannot expect people to vote for his party if he himself […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday called for a relook at travel advisories for Jammu and Kashmir to ease restrictions over visiting the union territory. Abdullah raised the issue at a meeting with US diplomats at his residence here. “US diplomats called on National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah at […]