SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday termed the rejection of the adjournment motion on the Waqf Amendment Act “profoundly disappointing” and accused the National Conference government of yielding to the BJP’s “anti-Muslim” agenda. “It’s profoundly disappointing that the speaker J&K Assembly has rejected the motion on the Waqf Bill. Despite […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker for rejecting the adjournment motion on the Waqf issue. “It is ridiculous and condemnable that Tamil Nadu which only has 6% Muslim population, passes a strong anti-Wakf resolution in its assembly, while the Muslim majority J&K assembly speaker […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday met Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Asia’s largest Tulip Garden here, a meeting which drew flak from opposition parties which dubbed it as “Waqf law bonhomie”. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was also present during the meeting. The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
SRINAGAR — Security was beefed up across Kashmir on Monday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s arrival later in the day, officials said here. Shah, who is currently in Jammu, is on a two-day visit to the Union Territory to review security measures. He is scheduled to visit the house of deceased police officer […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for 15 minutes by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Monday following a ruckus over his refusal to adjourn the question hour to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Act. This is the first time the house has been adjourned during the Budget session. As the house assembled for […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who reached Jammu on Sunday to commence his three-day Jammu and Kashmir tour, held a closed-door meeting with BJP MLAs and office-bearers. This is Shah’s first visit to the Union Territory after the formation of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government in October. The visit also […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Sunday sought a timeline from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The party also asked Shah, who will reach Jammu and Kashmir this evening on a three-day visit, to explain the alleged “utter failure” of his ministry […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached here Sunday evening to commence his three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir, his first after the formation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government in the Union Territory in October last year. Shah was received at the technical airport by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and some […]
JAMMU — PDP’s leader of the House in the J&K Assembly Waheed Ur Rehman Para has written a letter to Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, questioning allowing three private members’ resolutions on restoration of statehood in the concluding phase of the budget session that is scheduled to commence on Monday after a 12-day recess. He also […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Kashmir Zone V K Birdi reviewed the security measures in the Valley on Saturday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit. Shah will be on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Sunday, during which he will tour a forward post along the India-Pakistan border […]