SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Assembly has done its job after it passed a resolution seeking a dialogue between the Centre and elected representatives for the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state. The resolution, which also expressed “concern” over the “unilateral removal” of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ahmad Ayaz, with a heavy heart, extends his deepest condolences on the tragic and untimely passing of Irshad Masoodi’s young nephew, Moomin Masoodi, a school-going child from Umar Abad HMT, who lost his life in a devastating road accident yesterday evening. “The heartbreaking loss of such a young life is a profound […]
SRINAGAR — Tourism players in Kashmir on Tuesday condemned the terror incidents in the valley, calling them unacceptable, and said the industry is committed to supporting the government in restoring peace. Addressing a joint press conference of several business leaders associated with the sector here, tourism players said they want peace in the Kashmir valley. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha warned on Tuesday that the houses of those providing shelter to militants would be razed to the ground as he asked people to stand up against the perpetrators of militancy. He also said if security forces, the Union Territory administration and people come together, then militancy […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police have arrested 03 drug peddlers in Baramulla & Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party of Police Station Baramulla headed by SHO Police Station Baramulla at a checkpoint established at Eco Park Baramulla, intercepted […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Tuesday asked all the MLAs to keep their mobile phones switched off during House proceedings to uphold the sanctity of the legislature. The speaker’s direction came after some MLAs were seen filming the House proceedings with their mobile phones on the second day of […]
SRINAGAR — The name of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani figured in the obituary references in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday but only two MLAs mentioned him in their speeches. More than a dozen MLAs spoke during the obituary references in the assembly. PDP MLA from Tral Rafiq Ahmad Naik […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the erstwhile state would not have been downgraded to a Union Territory had the road map of former Prime Minister, late Atal Bihari Vajpayee been followed. Speaking during the obituary references in the legislative Assembly, Omar Abdullah said that J&K would not […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s two sons Zahir and Zamir watched the legislative assembly proceedings for the first time on Tuesday. In their 20s, both Zahir and Zamir Abdullah — Omar’s sons with his estranged wife Payal Nath — are lawyers by profession. They arrived at the legislative assembly complex here […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani is in the list of former legislators and parliamentarians who will be remembered by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday. The speaker of the assembly will make obituary references over the demise of former legislators who have died since the last session of the legislature which took […]