SRINAGAR — Veteran National Conference leader and seven-time MLA from Charar-e-Sharief Abdul Rahim Rather is likely to become the first speaker of the legislative assembly of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is scheduled to meet for a five-day session on Monday. According to the provisional calendar for the session issued by the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary Saturday said the ruling National Conference suffered the most due to terrorism and wants the menace to be rooted out to usher in peace in the region. Asked about the increased terror attacks after the formation of the NC-led government in Jammu and Kashmir on […]
JAMMU — The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit will hold a meeting in Srinagar on Sunday to elect its legislature party leader ahead of the first assembly session in the Union Territory to be held on November 4 after a six-year gap. The BJP bagged its all-time high of 29 seats in the recently held […]
KANPUR (UP) — Terming the recent militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir as “unfortunate”, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday there is no security lapse, adding that security forces are giving befitting reply to the militants. Singh claimed that the number of attacks taking place in the valley have been reduced compared to the […]
JAMMU — Asserting that the majority community in Kashmir will one day regret the “exodus” of Kashmiri Pandits, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Kashmir is incomplete without their presence. Singh said that significant positive changes have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, and that deep down, common […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said the Union Territory Foundation Day was a “black day” for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra also termed the UT foundation day as a “black day” and said that expecting the people to celebrate it is “asking for […]
JAMMU — As the newly-elected Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government in Jammu and Kashmir promised to boycott the Union Territory (UT) Foundation Day on Thursday, senior party leader Sheikh Bashir Ahmad called it a day of “humiliation” for people of J&K. At the same time, Bashir Ahmad also extended Diwali greetings to fellow countrymen […]
NARMADA, GUJARAT — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected separatism and terrorism, making the Constitution and democracy of India victorious. Addressing the National Unity Day parade in Gujarat’s Kevadia, Prime Minister Modi said, “The people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected the age-old agenda of […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Wednesday said it would stay away from the Union Territory’s foundation day celebrations on October 31 as it does not accept the status and wants restoration of statehood at the earliest. “No one from the party will attend the UT foundation day function as we don’t accept the status,” […]
JAMMU — Encounters will keep taking place as long as militants keep infiltrating the country, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah asserted here on Wednesday. “Encounters will keep taking place. Militants will keep coming, and we will keep eliminating them,” Abdullah told reporters here. The politician was responding to a question about the killing of three […]