NEW DELHI: Categorically denying any involvement in the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan pointed fingers at what it called “state oppression, abrogation of statehood, and political and demographic gerrymandering” in J&K as well as alleged “systematic persecution of Muslims in India” through measures like the “forced passage of waqf bill”.Persisting with its script of disowning terror attacks…
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah and former RAW secretary and ‘friend’ A S Dulat NEW DELHI: As former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah cries ‘betrayal’ over former RAW secretary and ‘friend’ A S Dulat‘s claim in his latest book that the senior Abdullah had privately supported the abrogation of Article 370 in…
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…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a sharp jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while speaking in the Rajya Sabha on counter-terrorism operations and development in Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.With a ‘Kala Chashma’ (black glasses) remark, Amit Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of refusing to acknowledge the…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday dismissed speculation about his closeness to the BJP, saying, “he is not the one who starts one game and ends up playing another.” Speaking in the J-K Assembly, Abdullah said, “We are not those who start somewhere else and then end up playing another…
Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke on Wednesday about Kashmir and actions taken by the Union government, including the removal of Article 370, economic measures, and elections with high voter turnout. He also discussed Brics countries’ views on the use of the dollar in the international economy. He made these remarks during…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee has appointed Gyanesh Kumar as India’s next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), replacing Rajiv Kumar, who retires on Tuesday upon reaching the age of 65.Rajiv Kumar, who took charge as CEC in May 2022, oversaw several key elections, including the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 and various state…
AHMEDABAD: The Narendra Modi govt has accomplished almost all the “ideological tasks” on its to-do list for the first decade in office, including removing the “hesitation” many Hindus had in wearing their civilisational identity with pride, home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday at an event in Ahmedabad.He listed the nullification of Article 370 that…
NEW DELHI: Having fulfilled its objective to scrap the special status of J&K by rendering the controversial Article 370 defunct, the Modi government appears to have moved on to project the state as being one of the sources of India’s spiritual and cultural tradition as part of the larger Bharatiya culture.As part of the endeavour,…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Article 370 had “sown the seeds of separatism in the valley”, which ultimately evolved into terrorism. Praising the Modi government’s “strong resolution” that led to the abrogation of the article, Shah described the decision as the catalyst for establishing a “Naya Kashmir“.Speaking at the…
