JAMMU — The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit will hold a meeting in Srinagar on Sunday to elect its legislature party leader ahead of the first assembly session in the Union Territory to be held on November 4 after a six-year gap. The BJP bagged its all-time high of 29 seats in the recently held […]
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Legislative Assembly issues provisional calendar for session sittings
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday issued a provisional calendar for sittings of its first session which is scheduled to begin with election of the Speaker followed by Lieutenant Governor’s address on November 4. According to the calendar issued by Pro-tem Speaker Mubarak Gul, the session of November 5 will have obituary […]
Expect J&K Assembly to pass resolution for restoration of Article 370 in first session: Ruhullah Mehdi
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has said that he expects the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to pass a resolution for the restoration of Article 370 in its very first session. “I expect that it (resolution on the restoration of Article 370) would be the first business. If not the first business, […]
HC to hear next week plea against LG’s power to nominate 5 MLAs in J&K assembly
JAMMU — A special division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court will hear next week a plea challenging the power vested in the J&K lieutenant governor to nominate five members to the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory. Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan agreed to constitute a special division bench on Monday […]
Omar condemns shooting of TV show inside J&K assembly complex
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday came down heavily on the Jammu and Kashmir administration for allowing shooting of a TV serial inside the legislative assembly complex, calling it an “absolute shame”. Maharani, a Hindi-language TV series starring Huma Qureshi, was shot inside the assembly complex in Jammu in June last year. […]
‘Mehbooba had majority but BJP wanted Sajad Lone to form the Govt’: Malik on dissolving J&K Assembly
NEW DELHI — For the dissolution of state Assembly, Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satyapal Malik shifted the blame on Peoples’ Conference leader, Sajad Lone, and his ambition to ‘indulge in horse-trading’. In an interview with senior Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha member, Kapil Sibal’s YouTube channel “Dil Se”, Malik said that the decision […]