SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said tourism should not be linked to the security situation in Kashmir as tourist arrivals are not the right barometer of normalcy and this makes tourists a target. The situation in the Valley is “not normal”, Abdullah told reporters after visiting polling booths in […]
JAMMU — The migrant Kashmiri Pandits turned out in large numbers to vote in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency despite the heat wave, expressing strong support for the creation of dedicated townships for their return and rehabilitation, as well as the restoration of temples in the valley. Over 21.30 per cent of the 17.37 lakh […]
JAMMU — All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Sunday condemned the killing of a former sarpanch by militants in Shopian and demanded an NIA probe into the incident. Militants struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in Shopian and injuring a tourist couple from Rajasthan in Anantnag, […]
JAMMU — Reaching out to displaced Kashmiri Pandits, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday assured them of her party’s support in their return and rehabilitation in the valley, provided they ‘demonstrate boldness and come back to their homes’. Mehbooba, a former chief minister who is fighting Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, […]
JAMMU — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the twin militant attacks in Kashmir reflects the failure of the government, claiming that it could be “deliberate” to frighten people ahead of the polling for the Lok Sabha polls. Militants struck at two places in south Kashmir on Saturday night, killing Aijaz Sheikh, a former […]
SRINAGAR — Polling began on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency where 22 candidates, including former chief minister Omar Abdullah, are in the fray, officials said. Voting began at 7 am. People were seen lining up outside the polling stations to exercise their franchise in some areas of the constituency, the officials […]
SRINAGAR — More than 500 centenarians are among the 17.37 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, with political observers expecting a high turnout on the back of the huge crowds that thronged election rallies and roadshows. The first major political battle post the abrogation of Article […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Sunday strongly condemned the militant attacks in Shopian and Pahalgam and said security forces have been given a free hand to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice. Militants struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in […]
SRINAGAR — The BJP on Sunday held a protest against the murder of party worker and former sarpanch Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh in Shopian and accused the Jammu and Kashmir civil administration of ignoring its requests for security to some key functionaries facing militant threats. BJP workers gathered outside the ‘mini secretariat’ in Shopian and raised […]
JAMMU — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday urged the Centre to order a probe into the twin militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier and also asked Pakistan to stop supporting militancy in the region. The former chief minister said if a probe is not ordered into the two gruesome incidents, […]