SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Minister Sakina Itoo on Thursday alleged that anti-women slogans were raised at a BJP rally in the Valley’s Anantnag a day ago, and demanded registration of an FIR against those who made them. BJP leader Altaf Thakur apologised for the slogans raised at the rally taken out to celebrate the […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that the measures taken on August 5, 2019, regarding Jammu and Kashmir’s special status were unconstitutional, and protests for its restoration will continue. “Everyone knows that what happened on August 5, 2019, is unconstitutional. So, the entire country supports the protests right now. Yesterday you […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday called for an investigation into the killing of two migrant labourers in a terror attack in Kulgam, and asked why such incidents happen whenever his party demands the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. “I regret it. We do not even know who killed them and […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference workers on Monday staged a protests at district headquarters across Kashmir in support of the demand for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Carrying party flags and placards in support of statehood restoration, the protesters demanded that the Central government fulfil its commitment made in Parliament and Supreme Court on […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah left for Delhi on Monday to join the National Conference’s protest there demanding restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The demonstration coincides with the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament and will be led by the National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. “Under the leadership of our president, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday expressed solidarity with the people affected by flash floods and heavy rainfall in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu division and called for swift rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures. In a post on X, Ruhullah Mehdi said the reports emerging from Rajouri and […]
JAMMU — Two days ahead of his party’s proposed protest in Delhi next week, senior National Conference (NC) leader Rattan Lal Gupta on Saturday urged the Centre to introduce and pass the Statehood Restoration Bill during the Monsoon session of Parliament. Jammu NC president Gupta emphasised that the demand transcends political affiliations and represents the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has declined an invitation to participate in the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying that limiting the movement to the demand for statehood alone would undermine the larger struggle for restoration of Article 370 and constitutional […]
JAMMU — A Jammu court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Kamal Singh Jamwal, accused in the alleged attempt-to-murder case involving former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in March. Denying the bail to 65-year-old Jamwal, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu R N Watal cited the gravity of the allegations, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Friday said the protest scheduled by the National Conference on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament was a process to bury Article 370 and create confusion by taking Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood issue to pan-India politics. “I cannot be certain of the National Conference’s […]