SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday alleged that Jammu harboured an “obsessive opposition” to developmental initiatives in Kashmir, and said that perhaps the time has come for an “amicable divorce” between the two regions of the Union Territory. Lone was referring to the demands from a section for shifting the recently announced […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday said the tenure of the National Conference-led Jammu and Kashmir government has been a “saga of betrayal” and claimed that 2025 was a “year of lies”. The Handwara MLA accused the government of perpetrating the “most cruel and useless” rule in the history of the […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday said “harassment” of Kashmiris in some parts of the country should be treated as a matter of national security, and urged the lieutenant governor and chief minister to intervene in the matter. “This behaviour against Kashmiris in the rest of the country should not to be […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of playing helpless over Public Service Commission conducting the Combined Competitive Examination, ignoring requests to relax the upper age limit to appear for it. He accused the chief minister of shifting the blame to Lieutenant Governor’s Office. […]
SRINAGAR — The opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday accused the government of “engaging in theatrics” and “passing the buck” on the issue of rationalisation of reservation. The criticism came in the wake of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s statement earlier on Wednesday that his government has rationalised the reservation policy […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for linking statehood to law and order in Jammu and Kashmir, and asserted that statehood was the right of the people of the Union territory. “Who is he (Omar Abdullah) to say ‘take it back’? Statehood is our right, […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone hit out at the attempt to “communalise the medical sciences” after a BJP MLA demanded reservations for Hindus in MBBS admissions of a university. Lone, a former ally of the BJP, asserted that positions in medical colleges should be secured through a merit-based national-level test. Several Hindu […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Lone on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safety of Kashmiris outside the union territory. “Please ensure that any citizen of India, including Kashmiris, is not harassed in their own country,” Lone said and expressed concern over reports of harassment they face across the country. […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) MLA from Kulgam M Y Tarigami on Wednesday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to facilitate the shifting back of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails outside the Union Territory. Speaking during the Zero Hour proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Tarigami said the detainees from J-K, including Democratic Freedom Party chief […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday accused the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir of “gifting” seven votes to the BJP to ensure the saffron party’s victory on one seat in the Rajya Sabha polls held on Friday, calling the elections a “fixed match” between the two parties. The National Conference […]