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…
JAMMU: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah questioned Thursday the BJP-led Centre’s “silence” on swathes of the region under Chinese control. The National Conference (NC) mascot did so while referring to external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s recent statement about reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).“The foreign minister has said they will bring back the portion of Kashmir controlled…
SRINAGAR: A 109-year-old Shiva temple tied to Kashmir’s erstwhile royal family was gutted in a dawn blaze Wednesday in the tourist town of Gulmarg, 55km from Srinagar.Built in 1915 by Mohini Bai Sisodia, queen of Kashmir’s last king Maharaja Hari Singh, the temple – Mohinishwar Shivalaya Shiv Mandir, also known as Maharani temple – stood…
