SRINAGAR — Police here on Friday prevented a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) march against the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, barricading the party office and restricting the protestors within the premises. Led by party general secretary Khurshid Alam, scores of PDP workers had assembled at the party headquarters near the Sher-e-Kashmir Park here […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said he was put under house arrest and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid here. The Hurriyat chief was scheduled to visit the Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta locality of the city to offer the congregational Friday prayers. But, he claimed, he […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday defended the protests by ruling National Conference MLAs in the legislative assembly over the Waqf Amendment Act, saying the recently enacted law has hurt the sentiments of the majority of the people in the Union Territory. He also hit back at the opposition People’s […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday formed an 11-member house committee to probe into alleged irregularities in implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The committee will be headed by National Conference legislator and former High Court judge Hasnain Masoodi with CPI(M), BJP, Congress, PDP leaders, and an Independent, […]
SRINAGAR — Ruling National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the government would work to take Jammu and Kashmir out of its difficulties even as its “enemies” will keep on criticising. “Enemies will always be there, the enemies will continue to say that, but we will do the work we have to do and […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir did not allow the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of several religious bodies — to hold a meeting over the issue of Waqf Act, the office of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed on Wednesday. The MMU was scheduled to meet at the mirwaiz’s residence in the Nigeen locality of the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has granted over 9.23 lakh kanals of state and evacuee land, besides 2,421 urban plots and quarters, to the Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) displaced persons living in the Jammu region. These involved 26,319 families of displaced person, who fled parts of PoK during the holocaust of […]
PATNITOP — India’s first climate change station was inaugurated by Union Minister Jitendra Singh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday. The Central University of Jammu’s Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric and Climate Research Center aims to study atmospheric and climate phenomena in the Himalayan region. “This initiative will enhance our understanding of climate change […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister chaired two meetings here on Tuesday to review ongoing development projects and the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, who concluded his three-day visit to the Union Territory, chaired the development review meeting at Raj Bhawan here, officials said. They said Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar […]
JAMMU — PDP MLA from Pulwama Waheed Ur Rehman Para was marshalled out of the J&K Assembly after he pressed for a fresh resolution against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Tuesday. The Assembly witnessed pandemonium for the second straight day on the issue, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to initially adjourn the House for 30 […]