SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said India was founded on the principle of harmony of science and spiritual values. He emphasised that progress requires both scientific advancements and spirituality. Sinha was speaking at the Lal Ded Literature Awards programme here. “Lal Ded: The Mother of Kashmir”, a book penned […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday alleged that a mafia patronised by local lawmakers is building illegal hotels in the ecologically fragile Pahalgam. She said the construction on flood channels and forest land is ill-thought and detrimental to the delicate region. “Haven’t seen Pahalgam in such a mess before. Please respect […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has been placed under house arrest ahead of Martyrs’ Day observance here, her daughter Iltija Mufti claimed on Sunday. “We have been placed under house arrest on the eve of Martyrs’ Day for reasons best known to JK Police,” Iltija posted on X. July 13 is commemorated […]
SRINAGAR — The CPI (Marxist) on Sunday said it will join the National Conference’s protest at Jantar Mantar for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The protest will be held on Monday, the opening day of the Monsoon session of the Parliament. Welcoming the invitation from National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, CPI() state […]
SRINAGAR — The Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday expressed “serious concern” over what it described as “the continuing atmosphere of fear and uncertainty prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir”. At a meeting of the party’s core committee, chaired by president Mehbooba Mufti, a PDP spokesman said, “Members noted that the persistent culture of raids, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday launched a sharp attack against the BJP, accusing it of engineering political defections across the country, practising “back-door politics” and failing to honour its promise to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. The chief minister’s remarks came a day after Jammu and Kashmir BJP slammed […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday announced a fresh phase of protests beginning July 20 against the Centre in Delhi over “unexplained delay” in restoring of statehood to the Union Territory. Addressing a public rally here, Abdullah said his party waited for two years after the Assembly election in the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday defended the National Conference’s decision to invite moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to a proposed protest in Delhi next week, and accused the BJP and sections of the media of deliberately creating a controversy to divert attention from the party’s campaign for […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 9,153 pilgrims, including 2,345 women, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu early Sunday to join the annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, travelling in 359 vehicles, left for the twin base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal district and […]
SRINAGAR — A 27-year-old man was killed after being hit by a dislodged boulder from a mountain in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Sunday. Shabir Ahmad Shah was hit by the boulder when he was asleep in his tent at the Eidgah in Chandanwari during the intervening night […]