CPM MLA M Y Tarigami (Image Credit: X/@tarigami) SRINAGAR: BJP and central government were not allowing the Omar Abdullah government to function freely, CPM MLA M Y Tarigami said on Monday, while demanding the restoration of people’s rights and full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.“After the abrogation of Article 370, executive orders domicile laws, restriction…
Voters in Gabon are set to pick their next president on Saturday, and on paper they have plenty of options: anti-French firebrands, a general who staged a coup, a tax inspector and a female candidate in this oil-rich Central African country. But most candidates and experts agree that the election might be a done deal….
Jammu: Ruckus in J&K assembly over National Conference’s insistence on discussion on Waqf Amendment Act and BJP’s demand for debate on unemployment continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to adjourn the house sine die on the last day of the budget session.As soon as the house assembled, Rather…
Omar Abdullah and Kiren Rijiju (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday responded sharply to criticism over his recent interaction with Union ministers, particularly his stroll with minister Kiren Rijiju at Srinagar’s Tulip Garden by the Dal Lake.The backlash from Valley leaders comes after the passage of contentious Waqf…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah went for morning walk Monday in Srinagar’s famed Tulip Garden with Union minister Kiran Rijiju, leading a prickly opposition in the assembly hours later to slam him over rejection of a motion to discuss the Waqf law while indulging in a stroll with the man who piloted it in…
SRINAGAR: Omar Abdullah govt has landed in a political hotspot after asking HC to dismiss a petition that calls J&K’s policy of high reservations anti-merit and seeks its rationalisation. The govt’s move is at odds with its long-standing position that the quotas need to be re-examined and its decision to set up a cabinet committee…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah has convened a meeting Friday to discuss growing tensions over lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha’s recent transfers of officers, the first time he will examine and debate an administrative decision taken by the Centre-appointed authority.The bone of contention emerged Tuesday when Sinha ordered transfers of 48 Jammu Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS)…
SRINAGAR: Union home minister Amit Shah will visit J&K next week, chief minister Omar Abdullah announced Monday. This will be Shah’s first trip to the Union Territory since last year’s assembly elections in which Omar’s National Conference (NC) won a landslide.The CM insisted however, that Shah’s trip shouldn’t be linked with ongoing operations in Kathua…
File photo: Omar Abdullah (ANI) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday linked the recent surge in terrorist activities in the Jammu region to the redeployment of army personnel to Ladakh amid Chinese incursions. He suggested that this strategic shift had created an opening for terrorist groups to exploit the security…
SRINAGAR: A picture of an Iftar party has set social media on fire in Kashmir Valley. The Iftar was hosted by People’s Democratic Party (DPD) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday, and the picture showed her daughter Iltija Mufti breaking bread with Zahir Abdullah and Zamir Abdullah, sons of J&K chief minister and National Conference vice-president…