SRINAGAR: “Azadi (freedom)” and greater autonomy, stirring slogans of Kashmir Valley in earlier elections, have given way to calls for restoration of special status under Article 370 and statehood ahead of J&K’s Sept 18-Oct 1 assembly polls.In a sign of the change, National Conference (NC) president and ex-CM Farooq Abdullah vowed Monday to fight for…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday sharply reacted to Iran‘s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‘s post on X, in which he wrote, “The enemies of Islam have always tried to make us indifferent with regard to our shared identity as an Islamic Ummah. We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan until complete normalcy is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, during an election rally in J&K’s Ramban, launched a scathing attack on opposition parties National Conference (NC) and Congress, accusing them of fostering terrorism in…
NEW DELHI: The assessment of top BJP politicians that established parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including Congress, will have no role in government formation is based on the possibility of a good performance by seven local parties and 32 Independents in the fray, who are said to be strongly placed.Sources said Independents and local parties…
NEW DELHI: After a gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Sunday morning, another encounter started in remote Bani of Kathua district this afternoon, officials said.According to officials, a gunfight has started between terrorists and security forces at near Nuknali Bani area of Kathua district.“During a…
NEW DELHI: A fresh encounter broke out between the police and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kathua on Sunday afternoon, with the two sides engaged in exchange of fire in the forest region. According to officials, a police search party was attacked by terrorists at the remote Nuknali Nalla in the Bani area.This comes…
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charges on Saturday that three families had ruined Jammu and Kashmir, saying BJP seemed to have no problem allying with these three when it needed them,“If BJP gets less numbers after elections, and if PDP gives it support, BJP will find no fault…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, National Conference and PDP and accused Jammu and Kashmir‘s ‘three political families’ of destroying the state through their dynastic politics.While addressing a rally in J&K’s Doda, PM Modi said, “This time’s assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir is between three…
NEW DELHI: Two Army soldiers dies while two others were injured in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter broke out earlier in the evening in Pingnal Dugadda forest area of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar district. The security forces have cordoned off the area and operations are still going on.Read also:…
NEW DELHI: Engineer Rashid, who recently stepped out of jail after interim bail in a terror-funding case, said on Thursday he would support the opposition INDIA bloc candidates in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections if it promises to restore Article 370, which granted the Valley a special status.“If INDIA alliance assures us that it…
