SRINAGAR: The Union government’s approval on Monday of 19 major road and tunnel projects worth Rs 10,637 crore, including a key tunnel on the historical Mughal Road linking Shopian, in the Kashmir Valley, with Poonch in Jammu, has caused widespread excitement across Kashmir.The proposed Peer Ki Gali tunnel, which will turn the 84-km Mughal Road…
JAMMU: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah declared that Indus waters will be taken to Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar through canals within three years, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such flows with other states.“I will never allow this (divert water from J&K to other states). Let’s use our water for ourselves…
Omar Abdullah NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday brought up the issue of the restoration of statehood to the Union territory, at the flagging-off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and the pilgrim town of Katra.“If you see, by the blessings of Mata (Vaishno…
Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti called for a permanent ceasefire along Pakistan border in J&K, urging both central and state govts Saturday to prioritise humanitarian relief for civilians caught in recent artillery fire and drone incursions during Operation Sindoor.“Homes are not battlefields and families are not collateral. Every…
Omar Abdullah (left), and Mehbooba Mufti NEW DELHI: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday criticised Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for his recent comments about the Tulbul Navigation Project and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The party said such remarks could affect the “fragile” peace and ceasefire along the Line of Control…
NEW DELHI: J&K LG Manoj Sinha has returned the file relating to the proposed J&K transaction of business rules (TBR), sent by the Omar Abdullah govt in early March for his approval, asking the latter to clarify if the necessary procedures were followed while framing the rules. Sources in the elected J&K govt told TOI…
Widespread detentions and demolitions of property targeting Muslims in India have provoked concerns that right-wing Hindu nationalists are exploiting last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir to deepen a campaign of oppression against the country’s largest minority group. Public anger has swelled after 26 people — all but one of them Hindu tourists — were killed…
An abandoned ranch in western Mexico that groups searching for missing relatives had claimed was an “extermination camp” — because of discarded personal items and burned remains found there — was a training hub for a major cartel, Mexico’s attorney general announced on Tuesday. But, he said “there is not a single piece of evidence…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday called for action in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, urging authorities to “punish the guilty, but protect the innocent.”“After the Pahalgam terror attack, there must be a decisive fight against terrorism and its origin. Punish the guilty, show them no mercy but don’t…
Militants opened fire on a group of tourists in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least two dozen and injuring many more, according to local media reports. The attack, in a picturesque district of pine-covered hills and valleys that is popular with Indian travelers, was the worst assault against civilians in the…