SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Monday said conspiracies are being hatched to destabilise the region again. “This business of guns and grenades should stop right now as it will not benefit anybody,” he told reporters after visiting the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar in Budgam district. Dar was among seven […]
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Engineer Rashid seeks clarity on Omar Abdullah’s meetings with PM Modi, Amit Shah
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah if restoration of Article 370 and the release of political prisoners were discussed during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Awami Ittehad Party chief Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, […]
Take new J&K govt along to defeat militancy: Congress urges centre
JAMMU — Expressing concern over the recent militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 12 persons, including two soldiers, over the past one week, J&K Congress on Saturday urged the Centre to take along the newly-elected National Conference government to defeat militancy in the Union Territory. The Congress also slammed the BJP for the […]
Restoration of statehood policy matter, not political issue: Ravinder Raina
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Saturday said restoration of statehood to the Union Territory is not a political issue but a policy matter, and any haste on the subject should be avoided since J&K has already suffered immensely due to Pakistan-sponsored militancy in the past 35 years. Raina was speaking […]
Policies of NDA govt completely failed to establish security, peace in J&K: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Friday slammed the NDA government at the Centre over the militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg, saying its policies had completely failed to establish security and demanded that it should immediately take accountability as well as ensure the safety of Army personnel and civilians. Two soldiers and two […]
Farooq Abdullah urges Pakistan to stop violence, find way to form friendship with India
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said attacks like the one in Gulmarg would continue to occur until India and Pakistan found a way to be friends and that would end Jammu and Kashmir’s troubles. Two soldiers and two Army porters were killed on Thursday after militants ambushed a force vehicle near […]
Delay in granting statehood ‘sin’ against people of J&K, says Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Friday said the delay in granting statehood to Jammu and Kashmir was a “sin” against the people of the Union Territory. Lone, an MLA from Handwara in north Kashmir, also called for the inclusion of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in all security-related meetings. “Irrespective of the political […]
CM Omar Abdullah meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This is Omar Abdullah’s first meeting with PM Modi after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of J&K. It was also Omar’s first visit to Delhi after becoming the Chief Minister. On Wednesday, Omar Abdullah […]
PDP reviews its dismal performance in J&K Assembly elections
SRINAGAR — The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday reviewed its dismal performance in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in which it secured only three seats. The review was undertaken at a meeting of the senior leaders and the contesting candidates of the party, which was chaired by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, a PDP […]
Chidambaram slams LG Manoj Sinha for holding review meeting without CM
NEW DELHI — Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram criticized Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Thursday for holding a review meeting on the region’s security without Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. In a post on X, Chidambaram wrote, “The photograph of the LG of Jammu & Kashmir presiding over a […]