Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Thursday hoped that government will take the matter of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) revocation and withdrawal of troops from civilian areas in Jammu and Kashmir seriously. She said AFSPA revocation and withdrawal of troops have been an important demand of the people of Jammu and […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court by the Enforcement Directorate, on Thursday alleged that his arrest is a conspiracy to “crush” the Aam Aadmi Party. In the argument submitted before the court during the hearing on ED’s plea seeking extention of his remand custody, Kejriwal said […]
New Delhi: ‘Operation Lotus’ has started in Punjab, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged on Thursday, a day after the party’s lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku joined the BJP. ‘Operation Lotus’ is the term used by opposition parties to describe what they call “poaching” of MLAs by the BJP to topple governments. Addressing […]
Srinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the Centre will consider revoking Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview to JK Media Group, the minister added that the government is planning to pull back troops from the Union territory and leave law and order to the Jammu […]
Jammu: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) can be revoked when militancy is completely over in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday, as he highlighted a positive change in the overall security situation in the Union Territory. He was reacting to the statement of Home Minister Amit Shah that the […]
Srinagar: Two former chief ministers Wednesday welcomed the proposed revocation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, but expressed fears that it might be just a poll promise of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said the promise of revoking the […]
New Delhi: India on Wednesday took strong objection to the remarks by a US spokesperson on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, saying “in diplomacy, states are expected to be respectful of the sovereignty and internal affairs of others”. “We take strong objection to the remarks of the Spokesperson of the US State Department about certain […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the J & K government was “harassing” families of separatists and even not sparing their daughters to “peddle propaganda” by making them “disown” their families. She was reacting to “public notices” by jailed separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah’s daughter Sama Shabir and Hurriyat patriarch […]
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday will hear Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest and remand by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy case. The matter will be heard by a bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. Kejriwal is in ED custody till March 28 after being arrested by […]
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc is intact despite Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “somersault” and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee deciding to be Mamata Banerjee, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said, rejecting as “hollow” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch against the opposition on corruption. In an interaction with PTI editors, Ramesh also said the opposition […]