Jammu: The Congress, National Conference and PDP on Friday strongly opposed the nomination of five MLAs before the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, labelling any such move as an assault on democracy and the fundamental principles of the Constitution. For the first time in J&K, five nominated Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) will have […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to “further disempower” the incoming elected government. “The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J-K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to curtail […]
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Friday said it was not in touch with any political party other than INDIA bloc constituents for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The party’s clarification came amid speculation that it was engaged in backchannel deliberations with the BJP for government formation in the union territory. “The JKNC categorically […]
Questions frequent Jama Masjid closures SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq addressed a gathering at Jama Masjid on Friday after being released from over a month of house arrest. In his speech, he said, “It is ridiculous that I am detained at will by authorities, and worse, that it is publicly denied.” He referred […]
Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till October 12 the interim bail granted to Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid in terror funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh directed Rashid to surrender before jail concerned on October 13. The judge had on September 10 granted interim bail till October 2 to Rashid. Sheikh […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday condemned Israel’s military operations in the region, saying the country has turned both Palestine and Lebanon into gas chambers. In an interview, Mufti also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “biggest terrorist after Adolf Hitler”. “Hitler set up gas chambers to kill people but […]
Srinagar: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Tariq Hameed Karra Monday said that Congress-NC alliance is not about parties rather it is an alliance of people to challenge BJP’s divisive politics. He claimed that the spirit of voters is “very high” who voted to alliance during phase 1 & 2, and hoped with the culmination […]
Srinagar: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the INDI alliance will take the decision on the Waqf bill after it is sent back by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to Parliament. Farooq said this while replying to a question that Home Minister Amit Shah had said in Haryana today that the Waqf bill […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday exuded confidence that his party will form governments in Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir, while claiming that the Assembly elections’ verdict on October 8 would mark the “countdown” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “exit” from the Centre. In an interview, he also accused the BJP of […]
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman and other BJP leaders on Monday slammed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for “unnecessarily dragging PM Narendra Modi into his personal health matters”, with his remarks that he “would die only after removing PM Modi”. The remarks show the hate and fear Congress and its […]