SRINAGAR: Awami Itihad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Wednesday cautioned New Delhi not to use the killing of local Kashmiri army men killed in Sujwan attack in Jammu for “political gains”. Rasheed in a statement said New Delhi must own the moral responsibility of all these killings. Addressing a public gathering […]
Cop critically wounded, gunfight raging on in Karan Nagar SRINAGAR: A CRPF trooper was killed while a policeman was critically injured after militants attempted to storm a CRPF battalion headquarters at Karan Nagar in Srinagar on Monday. The attack on the camp has come just two days after militants staged a fidayeen attack at the […]
Demands blanket ban on booze SRINAGAR: Demanding a blanket ban on the use and sale of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Monday urged Islamic scholars and Ulemas to launch a sustained awareness campaign, highlighting its ill effects on people. He took a dig at state legislature members for […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly’s Budget Session here ended on a bitter note as opposition Congress, NC and CPI(M) members, barring one MLA, walked out from the House, accusing the Speaker Kavinder Gupta of being biased. Opposition members except National Conference (NC) MLA Mohammad Akbar Lone walked out of the House amid Gupta’s concluding […]
JAMMU: Chairman, Legislative Council, Hajji Anyat Ali in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Rule-16 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Jammu and Kashmir Monday adjourned the House sine die. Ali informed that 403 Starred Questions were received from the members, out of which 356 Questions were taken up. […]
Jammu: BJP MLAs today created a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as they demanded registration of an FIR against NC legislator Mohammad Akbar Lone for raising pro-Pakistan slogan in the House. As the House assembled this morning, the agitating BJP MLAs rose on their feet demanding apology, suspension of the member and filing […]
Jammu: The Legislative Council Monday saw uproar and protests by BJP members who demanded slapping of an FIR and suspension of senior NC lawmaker Mohammad Akbar Lone for raising a pro-Pakistan slogan in the state Assembly. BJP members later staged a walkout from the House. As Legislative Council met for the day, BJP members raised […]
JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that civic works and other infrastructure is being developed in the major towns under state capex budget’s twin schemes of Integrated Development of Medium Towns (IDMT) in urban development sector and town drainage schemes in ‘Drainage Sector.’ He said that annual ceiling in action […]
JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly Monday passed 37th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2018 to raise the salaries of the Chief Justice and Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Explaining the statement of objects and reasons of the Bill, the Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq Khan, who moved it in […]
JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly today passed a Bill for establishment of maiden National Law University in Jammu and Kashmir. The Bill was introduced in the House by the Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq. Explaining the statement of objects and reasons of the bill, the Minister said that the proposed […]