J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday resigned from the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal seat, which is the National Conference’s (NC) bastion.Abdullah won both the Ganderbal and Budgam seats in the recently concluded assembly polls, which took place after a decade.Omar Abdullah, who is…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the hosts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting for their “hospitality and courtesies” as he wrapped up his two-day visit to Pakistan.Taking to X, previously known as Twitter, the minister said: “Departing from Islamabad.Thank PM @CMShehbaz,…
Farooq Abdullah (PTI/File) National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appealed to the Kashmiri Pandits to “come back home”. The Kashmiri Hindu community faced a mass exodus in the early 1990s when armed insurgency and terrorism peaked in the Valley, forcing them to flee Kashmir.In an assurance to the Kashmiri Pandits, Abdullah, who is…
SRINAGAR: The resounding mandate for the INDIA bloc in J&K failed to hide the tame failure of Congress to live up to its pre-poll expectation of taking on BJP in its Hindu stronghold of Jammu. Congress won a lone seat in Jammu region, and that too via a minority candidate in the reserved Rajouri constituency….
NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, was attacked on Sunday when a man stomped on the bonnet of his vehicle’s cabinet and shattered the front windshield. The incident occurred in the Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, on the final day of electioneering. Rashid, who was inside the…
Kharge falls ill on stage. NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday became unwell while addressing a public gathering in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. He later took a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said, “I will stay alive till PM Modi is removed from power.”Kharge was addressing the rally ahead of the…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday hit back at Pakistan Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif over his United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) address where he accused New Delhi of “escalating tensions” in Kashmir.Bhavika Mangalanandan, first secretary at India’s permanent mission to the UN, accused Pakistan of using cross-border terrorism as a key strategy against India, citing numerous…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused India of “massive expansion of its military capabilities” and issuing threats to cross the LoC for taking over Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, as he raised the Kashmir issue again in his UNGA address. He demanded that New Delhi reverse the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.Pakistan routinely raises the…
Omar Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, who is contesting the J&K election from Ganderbal and Budgam assembly seats, gave a stern message to ally Congress over campaigning as he said the party “hasn’t done as much in Jammu“.Omar Abdullah, who is also Farooq Abdullah’s son, said on Wednesday he…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to raise long-standing issues on United Nations Security Council’s agenda which includes Jammu and Kashmir along with the war-torn Palestine. The PM will also address the rising tide of Islamophobia across nations, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement.“Will present Pakistan’s perspective to the world, advocate our…
