Category: Jammu & Kashmir

Mumbai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A permanently integrated Kashmir with India. “Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) provided citizenship rights to persecuted refugees, and the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, permanently integrated Kashmir with India,” he said. Shah was addressing the IGF Annual Investment Summit-NXT10 in Mumbai, […]

The political parties are in the final phase of finalizing their candidates in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh parliamentary seats with reports coming in that two former Chief Ministers- Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah will contest from Anantnag and Srinagar constituencies respectively. Top sources informed that it has come during the confabulations that PDP’s influence […]

New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today said assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held by September 2024. “Election preparations are an ongoing process. After the removal of Article 370, the work of delimitation started, now the voter list has been revised, names added and soon Lok Sabha polls will take place. After […]

Srinagar, Feb 27: The central government on Tuesday extended ban on Jamat-e-Islami by five years, Union Home minister Amit Shah said today. Government of India has declared ‘Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir’ as an ‘Unlawful Association’ for a further period of 5 years under Section 3(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967, read an official […]

Srinagar, Feb 22: Apni Party President, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Thursday, said that “Apni Party has emerged as a credible and genuine political alternative for the people of J&K who want to rid themselves of the decades-long exploitative politics of the traditional parties.” He directed the district presidents of the party to establish a […]

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament, Farooq Abdullah Tuesday showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and congratulated him for the inauguration of the first electric train in the Baramulla-Sangaldan section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail-Link (USBRL) project. PM Modi on Tuesday flagged off the first electric train in Kashmir Valley and the train […]

New Delhi, Feb 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stones for a series of development projects valued at over Rs. 30,500 Cr in Jammu tomorrow. These projects span across various sectors such as health, education, transportation (including rail, road, and aviation), petroleum, and civic infrastructure. Highlighting the […]

New Delhi, Feb 09: The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed three legislations relating to Jammu and Kashmir including the bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies to bring consistency in the local bodies’ laws of the Union territory with the provisions of the Constitution. Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir […]