SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has passed the resolution for the restoration of statehood. Official sources said that during its first meeting on Thursday, the J&K Cabinet passed a resolution urging the Central government to restore statehood. “The draft of the resolution has been prepared and the […]
NEW DELHI — Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday said it was a “constitutional misdemeanour” to have reduced Jammu and Kashmir to a Union Territory and asserted that it was time to restore its statehood. His remarks come a day after National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as the chief minister of Jammu […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider listing a plea seeking time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for applicants, urged a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the plea needed […]
SRINAGAR — Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday hoped that Jammu and Kashmir will get the statehood back and the powers that have been snatched away will be restored to run the new government. Yadav, who had come to attend the oath ceremony of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, revealed this to media persons […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday appealed to the National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir to bring a resolution in the Assembly condemning the abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre. At a press conference after NC leader Omar Abdullah took over as the chief minister of J&K earlier in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Wednesday that the Congress party is not joining any Ministry in newly formed J&K government “at the moment” as despite repeated promises made by Prime Minister for statehood, it has not been restored. In a statement, the JKPCC Chief said, […]
NEW DELHI — The restoration of statehood from the status of union territory (UT) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the Centre in future will not affect the status of new legislative assembly, legal experts said on Wednesday. In response to a query over the impact on the newly-elected J&K legislative assembly if the Centre […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the NC-Congress government will pass a resolution demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood in its first cabinet meeting. “After the formation of the government, I hope in the first cabinet meeting, the cabinet will pass a resolution impressing upon the Centre to […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha member and president of Awami Itihad Party (AIP) Engineer Rashid on Monday appealed to all regional mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir not to stake claim to government formation unless statehood is restored. Addressing a media conference in Srinagar, Engineer Rashid said, “Irrespective of which political party or a group […]
NEW DELHI — An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the restoration of Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood within a time-bound period of two months, Bar and Bench reported. The plea has been filed by college teacher Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshaid Ahmad Malik. The plea argues that the failure to restore […]