Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader in the UT Assembly of playing the “politics of revenge”.Talking to reporters here, Abdullah alleged that the Leader of Opposition (LOP) Sunil Sharma is waiting to somehow get the Chief Minister’s chair in J&K.Replying to a question about the statement made by Sharma that there could be defections in the ruling National Conference (NC), he said: “The LOP should remem…
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Srinagar, May 6 (IANS) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that he would deliver a big political message after the Eid festival as he wanted to “burst like a cloudburst”.Addressing a function in the Tangmarg area of Baramulla district, Omar Abdullah said he was exercising restraint for the moment as the occasion today did not permit a political address.He said he would deliver a strong political message after the Eid festival and added that he was “holding himself back, but wo…
Srinagar, May 3 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti, alleged on Sunday that there is an agenda to close educational institutions and delete the Urdu language to erase Muslim culture and identity of the Union Territory. Addressing a largely attended PDP workers convention in north Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, Mufti said, “The educational institutions like Sirajul Uloom, which provided education to poor children and had often…
Jammu, April 4 (IANS) Ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress MLAs on Saturday expressed serious concern over the Ganderbal ‘encounter’ in which one person, allegedly a civilian, was killed as they demanded a judicial probe into the incident.During the Question Hour, NC legislators stood up alleging that an innocent has been killed in a staged gunfight in Ganderbal.”It shouldn’t happen. We admit that the L-G has ordered an inquiry, but the Home Department should send out a message tha…
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) In the first legislative move of its kind, ruling National Conference (NC) on Wednesday supported the introduction of a Private Member’s Bill seeking renewal of leases in favour of existing occupants.The Bill tabled by MLA, Tanvir Sadiq was allowed to be introduced by the Speaker after state Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, who also holds the revenue department portfolio, said he would not oppose the Bill.The Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather then put the Bill’s introduction to…
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Legislators, cutting across party lines on Wednesday, protested the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during the Question Hour as BJP MLAs called for deferring business of departments whose administrative secretaries were absent from the House.During the Question Hour in J&K Assembly on Wednesday, MLAs belonging to different political parties expressed serious concern over the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Ass…
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) An organisation of Islamic scholars and clerics, on Tuesday, criticised a legislator of the ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir for his statement on a proposal to ban the sale of liquor in the Union Territory (UT). Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Spokesperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, lashed out at the reckless statement by the National Conference MLA and Justice (Retired), Hasnain Masoodi to reporters outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, wherein he justif…
Jammu, March 27 (IANS) The budget session of the J&K Assembly was adjourned on Friday after MLAs from both the ruling benches & opposition raised slogans against the Israeli attack on Iran.Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the house for half an hour amid the pandemonium created by the MLAs as the assembly had resumed its session after a five-week recess.Members from both the treasury benches and the opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite …
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A Delhi court sentenced Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), drawing strong and divergent reactions from political leaders across party lines.Additional Sessions Judge, Chander Jit Singh delivered the sentence after concluding arguments on the quantum of punishment. Andrabi, the chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, had earlier been convicted on charges including waging war against the country and criminal…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, reacting to the Jammu University committee recommending the removal of topics on Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the curriculum, on Monday said that history must reflect both heroes and villains to give a complete understanding of the past. Chaturvedi said that if there are heroes in the pages of history, it is equally important to understand whom they fought against.”If there are heroes, then who did they fight? For that…