JAMMU — National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Friday reiterated his call for the immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, calling it a crucial step to resolve the myriad of issues facing the region. After paying obeisance at the Gurudwara Sahib in Chand Nagar on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev’s 555th birth […]
JAMMU — The CPI(M) on Monday held a protest demonstration in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, demanding the restoration of the Darbar Move and statehood. The Darbar Move is the biannual shift of the state secretariat and other government offices from the summer capital Srinagar to the winter capital Jammu. A tradition […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Monday said that the newly elected government of the Union Territory “will make all efforts for the restoration of full statehood” and it would be a “befitting reciprocation” of the faith reposed by people in democratic institutions. In his maiden address to the first-ever […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI — The newly elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and discussed issues related to the Union Territory including early restoration of statehood. On his first visit to the national capital after assuming office last week, Abdullah spent nearly 30 minutes with the […]
SRINAGAR — The resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet, urging the Union Government to restore statehood to J&K, has been cleared by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. The Cabinet had met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday and passed a unanimous resolution for restoration of statehood “in its original form”, […]
SRINAGAR — Contrary to reports that the J&K Cabinet has not passed a resolution for restoration of statehood but has only discussed its draft, the government on Saturday confirmed the IANS report that a resolution for the same has been passed. IANS report quoting sources said on Friday that the J&K Cabinet had passed a […]
SRINAGAR — Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Friday said reports of a resolution passed by the J&K government seeking restoration of statehood only and not Article 370 was “very painful” and a “departure” from the principle stand of the ruling NC. The remarks of the Baramulla MP, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, came after […]
JAMMU — Hours after Omar Abdullah’s cabinet passed a resolution for the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh dubbed the move as eyewash and said that the National Conference (NC) was mere playing to the gallery by resorting to such tactics. Tarun Chugh, speaking to IANS said that […]
