New Delhi: India on Thursday said it always wanted normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan, but there should be an atmosphere free from terror and violence for such ties. The comments by External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi came when asked at a media briefing about Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer last week to hold […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the solution to the Kashmir problem is within the framework of the Constitution but the starting point for any reconciliation will have to be the restoration of the special status and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. “There is no way other than reconciliation in Jammu and Kashmir […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday recalled a ‘yatra’ he undertook in 2011 to hoist the tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk but was arrested upon entering Jammu and Kashmir, and said it was because people voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Article 370 could be abrogated in 2019. “It was almost like […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir belies the government’s claims on development and progress. According to a party statement, Omar said this while addressing a one day worker’s convention of Gurez Constituency held at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. Addressing […]
New Delhi: Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the Kashmir problem will not die “unless we talk to our neighbour” and find a real solution to the issue that has been festering for decades. He also said India will not be able to progress and be strong “unless we […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a review plea by Amir Magrey’s father seeking the exhumation of his body nearly 14 months after his killing in an “encounter” in Hyderpora area of Srinagar in 2021. “This review petition has been filed against the Judgment dated 12th September, 2022 whereby the Appeal was dismissed,” a […]
Srinagar: The PDP and National Conference on Monday said the Election Commission’s proposal for allowing remote voting as an effort to strengthen democracy in the country was ironic as residents of Jammu and Kashmir were not allowed to exercise their right to franchise. “The intentions of the Election Commission might be good but people make […]
Jammu/Srinagar: Political leaders cutting across party lines on Monday hit out at the recent direction by authorities in Jammu and Kashmir to remove encroachment from government land as parties took out peaceful marches in various parts of the Union territory. Coming down heavily on the administration, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said laws are made to […]
Rajouri/Jammu: A special training camp for Village Defence Guards was organised near the Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. Army, Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu and Kashmir Police held the camp at the Lam ground. It was attended by Village Defence Guards (VDG) from Lam, Laroka, Mohra […]
Threaten To Intensify Stir, Hold Demonstration On Jantar Mantar In February Jammu: Prominent leaders from Ladakh held a protest here on Sunday as part of a campaign to press for their four demands including full statehood for the Union Territory and safeguards under sixth schedule of the Constitution to the region. The protest demonstration was […]