JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Thursday held a protest rally against the BJP-led central government’s alleged failure to check militancy in the union territory. They also protested against Pakistan for “aiding and abetting” militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. Led by Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Waqar Rasool Wani and working president Raman […]
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J&K polls will prove supremacy of security forces over militants: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be held in time to prove the supremacy of security forces over militants, who have carried out a spate of attacks in Jammu region recently. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function here, Abdullah […]
NCP Ajit Pawar faction organizes first workers’ program in Pulwama
PULWAMA [Mudasir Maqbool] (KIMS) — For the first time in Pulwama, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ajit Pawar faction, led by National Youth President Deeraj Sharma, organized a workers’ program at the district town hall. The event saw the presence of key figures, including National Youth President Deeraj Sharma, National Student President Sunny Mankar, District […]
Jammu region becoming centre of militant attacks shows govt’s ‘strategic failure’: Congress
NEW DELHI — The Congress said on Tuesday that the Jammu region “becoming the centre of militant incidents” reflects the “strategic failure” of the Modi government and demanded that the Centre should take the country into confidence on steps it is taking to deal with the situation. The opposition party also called for a befitting […]
Sponsoring militancy won’t lead Pakistan anywhere: Farooq Abdullah
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday told Pakistan that sponsoring militancy will not lead it anywhere and emphasised that hostility and enmity between nations will only hinder progress. Abdullah said both the nations must work together to eradicate militancy and foster a friendly neighbourhood as once stated by former […]
Out on parole, Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid take oath as LS members
NEW DELHI — Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on Friday, amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is […]
Engineer Rashid takes oath as member of 18th Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI — Jailed leader Engineer Rashid took oath as a member of Parliament on Friday after he was released on a two-hour custody parole by the Patiala House court in Delhi. Engineer Rashid was sworn in as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha following his victory from the Baramulla constituency in J&K. He […]
Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, takes responsibility as 14-year Conservative rule ends
LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on Friday, conceded defeat after the exit poll showed his Conservative Party getting trounced and the Labour Party heading to a landslide victory, bringing the curtains down on his party’s 14-year run governing Britain. “Today power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner with goodwill on all […]
Ex-J&K Minister rejoins Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP
SRINAGAR — Former J&K Minister Syed Basharat Bukhari on Thursday rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which he had left in 2019. Bukhari was a minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government headed by Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and later his daughter, Mehbooba Mufti. After leaving the PDP in 2019, he joined the People’s Conference (PC) headed […]
Court allows two-hour custody parole to Engineer Rashid to take oath as MP on July 5
NEW DELHI — A court here on Tuesday granted two-hour custody parole to Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid to take oath as a Lok Sabha MP on July 5, subject to some conditions. Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, was elected from Baramulla seat as an independent candidate defeating National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in […]








