Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that the former CM and president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, should have apologised for her remarks about the use of force in Jantar Mantar rather than blaming it on an AI-generated video.Speaking to reporters here, Omar Abdullah accused Mehbooba Mufti of attempting to appease certain sections outside Jammu and Kashmir and refusing to acknowledge what she had said despite widespread …
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Srinagar, July 23 (IANS) Reacting to the demolition of the houses of two active Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district in the aftermath of the terror attack, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that in order to improve things, people should be taken along as, according to him, razing houses won’t improve things. Speaking to reporters here, Omar Abdullah reacted to the demolition of the houses of two LeT terrorists in Anantnag, saying that retributive …
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) J&K ruling National Conference (NC) leadership reached New Delhi on Saturday ahead of the statehood restoration protest on July 20. NC president Farooq Abdullah and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reached New Delhi to oversee preparations for the party’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, aimed at pressing the Centre for the restoration of statehood to J&K.Several NC legislators, senior leaders and party workers also travelled to the national capital to c…
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday declined the invitation by National Conference President, Dr Farooq Abdullah to join the statehood restoration protest in New Delhi on July 20.PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti declined the National Conference’s invitation to participate in the proposed Jantar Mantar protest seeking the restoration of J&K’s statehood, asserting that any movement confi…
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) Authorities on Monday imposed partial restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city to maintain law and order in view of proposed processions and functions announced by various regional political parties, including the ruling National Conference, in connection with ‘Martyrs Day’.Police said restrictions have been imposed in five police station areas in the old city of Srinagar, including Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R. Gung, Safa Kadal and Zadibal. Police said the restrict…
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) A day ahead of July 13, authorities on Sunday sealed all routes leading to the martyrs’ graveyard in the old city area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. July 13 was observed as a state holiday in Jammu and Kashmir until 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated and the erstwhile state was bifurcated into two Union Territories.On July 13, 1931, protesters stormed the Srinagar Central Jail, where a Pathan butler, Abdul Qadeer, was being tried for allegedly making a provocative …
Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that nobody should have an objection to India-Pakistan dialogue since it is aimed at improving relations between the two neighbours. The Chief Minister said the conflict between the two countries was not new and has persisted for the last three to four decades.”This conflict is 30 to 40 years old, and last year, it intensified after the Pahalgam attack. Now, the Prime Minister is being requested, through a le…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Reacting to a joint appeal by 117 eminent personalities from India and Pakistan urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to revive bilateral dialogue and restore diplomatic engagement, the BJP on Thursday reiterated that India’s stand remains unchanged that peace and terrorism cannot coexist. Responding to the appeal, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma said that while such initiatives are welcome, the same message should also be convey…
Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday that she will travel to Tehran to attend the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on the invitation extended to her by the Iranian government.Mehbooba Mufti intends to travel to Iran to pay final tributes to the country’s slain supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, after receiving an official invitation to a…
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the writing of a joint letter by more than 100 prominent citizens from India and Pakistan to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif, urging an end to continued hostility between the two countries, terming it as “hypocrisy”.The BJP leaders also added that the those urging to resume dialogue between the two nations should instead write to the United Nations on the alleged human right vi…