SRINAGAR: Road connectivity across Ladakh has accelerated at an unprecedented pace for civilian and military needs as part of a “tsunami of development” in the region since it became a separate Union Territory following the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, junior Union highways minister Harsh Malhotra said Sunday.“The region has seen major central projects across…
SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah fretted Tuesday about “discrimination” in distribution of assets after the 2019 bifurcation of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state into Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.Lawmakers of Omar’s National Conference (NC) members argue that J&K UT has been given far less assets in Delhi, Chandigarh and other regions. But Omar,…
JAMMU: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday alleged that PDP was responsible for the abrogation of Article 370.“Against our advice, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed partnered with BJP to form a govt in the state,” he said, retorting to PDP’s allegation that NC has abandoned its promise to fight for the restoration of Art 370.Saying that…
NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti pointed out the difference between a “shortsighted politician & a true statesman” by comparing the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s visit to Jammu and Kashmir in 2003 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Monday.The comparison came in the context of PDP’s discontentment with the Modi government’s…
NEW DELHI: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was placed under house arrest on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti said that the party office had been locked amid heightened security measures. “I have been placed under house arrest while the PDP…
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday increased security measures in anticipation of the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.According to officials, patrolling has been intensified in the Akhnoor LoC area with the establishment of checkposts at various locations. Vehicles and documents are also being thoroughly checked.A police…
