SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was on Thursday unanimously re-elected as the party’s president for the fifth consecutive term. The organisational elections were held at the party headquarters in Srinagar, where party leaders, elected representatives and members of the Electoral College assembled to elect the party president. According to a post […]
SRINAGAR — In a major move to check unauthorised constructions, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has directed an immediate suspension of all ongoing construction activities across 35 wards of the city until building permissions and approved plans are verified. The directions have been issued through separate circulars by Enforcement Officers of the North/East, West and […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag arrested four alleged drug peddlers in four separate operations across the district and recovered around 11.86 kilograms of contraband substances, officials said on Thursday. In the first operation, Police Station Mattan conducted a search at the residential premises of Zakir Hussain Khan, a resident of Satrimaidan, Gopalpora, Mattan, following specific […]
SRINAGAR — Dissident National Conference (NC) MLAs are likely to meet party president Farooq Abdullah here on Friday to air their grievances following the recent cabinet reshuffle, party sources said. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is also expected to attend the crucial meeting, as the party leadership seeks to pacify the legislators unhappy at being omitted […]
SRINAGAR — Six-time National Conference (NC) MLA Mubarak Gul on Wednesday declined to make any statement on his differences with the party leadership over his exclusion from the council of ministers. Gul, a former Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, had on October 27 set a November 4 deadline for the party to consider […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Wednesday said that the BJP has succeeded in executing its “Operation Lotus” in Kashmir by “pushing out” Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the NC. Mehdi on Tuesday resigned from the NC as well as the Lok Sabha. “With a heavy heart, not with joy, because […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday expressed grief over the loss of two lives in a massive fire at Durbal locality of Bemina in Srinagar and announced an ex-gratia relief of ₹2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased. In a post on X, the Chief Minister extended his heartfelt […]
SRINAGAR — Senior National Conference leader and former member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, Sheikh Ghulam Qadir Pardesi, died here after prolonged illness, family sources said on Wednesday. The 88-year-old NC leader passed away on Tuesday night. He is survived by his wife and son Ahsan Pardesi, who is the current NC MLA […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a Pulwama resident in an alleged Rs 35 lakh cheque fraud case before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pulwama. The chargesheet has been filed against Mushtaq Ahmad Yatoo, son of Ali Mohammad Yatoo, a resident of Chanpora, […]
BUDGAM — Ending months of differences with the National Conference leadership, Srinagar Lok Sabha member Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday announced his resignation from the party, accusing its leadership of abandoning key election promises including the restoration of Article 370, at a rally here marking the 26th death anniversary of his father, Aga Syed […]