SRINAGAR — Aditya Gupta, a renowned advocate on Saturday joined People’s Democratic Party at its Srinagar Headquarters. Aditya was welcomed into PDP by the party President, Mehbooba Mufti. Aditya after formally joining PDP said, “Joining PDP is my first step towards the fight for restoring the dignity and rights of the people of erstwhile state […]
BENGALURU — The Congress was striding forward with leads in 136 seats, while the BJP was ahead in 64 in Karnataka, according to Election Commission of India trends, as votes were counted on Saturday for an election widely seen as a litmus test for both parties ahead of the 2024 parliamentary polls. The Congress was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Ex-MLA has been expelled from Ghulam Nabi Azad led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP). Ghulam Nabi Azad Chairman DPAP has expelled Haji Abdul Rashid Ex-MLA, from the primary membership of the party, for anti party activities, reads a communique issued by R S Chib, General Secretary, DPAP. Dar […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference leader Syed Basharat Bukhari on Wednesday said that authorities should announce non-holding of Assembly Polls in J&K so that people would know democracy would not be restored in J&K. Addressing media persons here at Church lane, Bukhari who, as per news agency Kashmir Dot Com was flanked with PC leader Khurshid […]
SURAT — A court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. The court of additional sessions judge R P Mogera rejected Gandhi’s application filed for a relief pending his appeal against a lower court’s […]
SRINAGAR — The International Leadership Center at Yale University announced Waheed Ur Rehman Para as the inaugural Yale Peace Fellow for the year 2023. The Peace Fellowship is an intensive program that brings emerging leaders in peace to Yale for research, mentoring, and training. Waheed Para will participate in high-level strategy events on peace and […]
NEW DELHI — Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik there was “no question of apologising”, after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) national executive member Ram Madhav sent him a legal notice, accusing him of making “defamatory statements” and seeking an apology. On Thursday, Madhav sent a legal notice to Malik, stating that in an […]
NEW DELHI — On the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday took a swipe at the government, saying the “culture of forcing silence” and branding people “anti-nationals” is a dangerous trend that will finish our democracy and destroy the Constitution. In his message on Ambedkar Jayanti, Kharge also alleged […]
NEW DELHI — Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Ram Madhav on Thursday sent a legal notice to former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik, who alleged that he (Ram Madhav) was involved in corruption. Madhav through legal notice stated, “Malik made untrue and defamatory statements to stay relevant in a political circle” Ram Madhav, Rashtriya Karyakarini […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to blacklist acontractors for their alleged links to militants was “arbitrary” and appealed to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to reconsider it. In a letter to Sinha, she said the previous governments in J and K had created a rehabilitation policy […]
