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August 3, 2019 No Responses

Mehbooba Mufti, Sajad Lone, Shah Faesal caution Centre against tinkering with J&K’s special status

Amid the growing grip in Kashmir in the wake of build-up of security forces, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti late on Friday night led a delegation of political leaders from different parties to Governor Satya Pal Malik,...

August 2, 2019 No Responses

What did PM tell you? Sajad, Faisal question NC’s meeting with PM

People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone and Peoples’ Movement president Shah Faesal have questioned NC leaders’ meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday ignoring the demand for an all-party meeting with the PM. NC leaders Farooq Abdullah, Ha...

August 1, 2019 No Responses

NC, PDP of creating hysteria in the valley, any decision on Art 35A will be for JK’s betterment: Ram Madhav

Any decision taken by the Central government or court on Article 35A would be for the betterment of Jammu and Kashmir and “the issue was currently raked up with selfish motives,” BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said in Srinagar...

August 1, 2019 No Responses

Heavy rains hit normal life across Jammu, Srinagar

Heavy rains on Wednesday brought normal life to a grinding halt across the Jammu region where an eight-year-old boy was killed and a teenaged girl injured in separate incidents of house collapse. The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only...

July 31, 2019 No Responses

Everything normal, ‘No Order Valid’, Guv Satya Pal Malik rejects rumours over special status

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik today said people should not pay heed to rumours of any major decision on the special status of the state as “everything is normal”. “A lot of rumours are spread here. Do not...

July 30, 2019 No Responses

GOI might make 35A move by Aug 15, Mainstream leaders call for all-party meet

PDP chief has requested her rival NC to call an all-party meet Mehbooba Mufti appealed the J&K parties to come together and present a united front The development comes in the backdrops of rumours of Centre planning to scrap Article...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

We are Hindustani, but Article 35A and 370 are important to us: Farooq Abdullah

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Monday warned the Centre against any move to abrogate Articles 35A and 370 that accord special status to the state and its people. “Article 35A & Article 370 should not...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

With rumours rife and fear griping the Valley, Omar questions govt’s silence, Mufti warns of bloodbath

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday questioned the state government’s silence as rumours and orders are keeping the Kashmir valley on the edge. He said the official orders were “forecasting of deterioration in the law and order envir...

July 23, 2019 No Responses

‘Spoke in fit of anger’, Satya Pal Malik clarifies his ‘Kill’ statement

Clarifying his Sunday’s statement ‘kill those who robbed your state,’ Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said he should not have made such a comment. “Whatever I said was in a fit of anger and frustration due...

July 22, 2019 No Responses

Until Kashmir issue is resolved, no power on earth can touch Article 370: Farooq Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stressed that revoking Article 370 and Article 35-A will be equivalent to a constitutional coup. He went on to add that Article 370 is essential, unassailable and will remain...