Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the BJP does not want assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as it will lose the polls. The former chief minister said he does not see the assembly polls being held in the Union Territory in the near future. “The BJP is not ready for assembly […]
Criticises Settlement Of Non-Locals Jammu: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Monday attacked the government, saying it is unfortunate that G20 meetings were scheduled in Ladakh and Kashmir but not in Jammu, and slammed BJP leaders for not raising the issue. He also opposed the settlement of non-locals in Jammu and claimed that the […]
Santo Domingo: India wants to ensure that its relations with all countries advance without seeking exclusivity, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he underlined that China falls into a somewhat different category because of the currently “abnormal” nature of ties which is an outcome of a violation of border management agreements by Beijing. […]
Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Saturday asked people to defeat the forces trying to weaken Jammu and Kashmir and cautioned party functionaries against forces working against the interests of the people of the Union Territory. Such people do not want the real representative voices of Jammu and Kashmir to take centre stage and be […]
Srinagar: Claiming that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was “worse” than Guantanamo Bay, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said since preparations for holding the G20 event began in the Union territory, hundreds of local youth have been taken into custody. Speaking at the party headquarters here, she alleged, “Since the process of holding […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member nations to collectively work towards eliminating terrorism in all its forms and fix accountability on its supporters, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. Chairing a conclave of defence ministers from SCO countries, Singh said India envisioned a robust framework of […]
Beijing: After India firmly told China that its violation of the border pacts has “eroded” the entire basis of bilateral ties, China’s defence ministry on Friday said the situation at the border is “generally stable” and both sides should put the boundary issue in an “appropriate position” and promote its transition to “normalised management”. China’s […]
Srinagar: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has termed the continuous house arrest of its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq for nearly four years as “illegal, arbitrary, inhumane and undemocratic”. Terming the incarceration as extremely sad, the Anjuman in a statement said that today Mirwaiz has been barred from offering the 192nd consecutive Friday […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers Meeting on April 28 in New Delhi. Defence Ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan will participate in the meeting. India has invited Belarus and Iran, currently observers in SCO, to participate in the SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting. […]
New Delhi: Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu arrived in New Delhi today to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting scheduled to be held on Friday in the National Capital. Li Shangfu will also take part in the bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh. This is the first visit […]