Sinha in Kashmir again,will meet people across valley
Srinagar Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha Wednesday arrived in Kashmir on a three-day tour during which he said he will be meeting a “cross-section of people”. Sinha will stay in Kashmir till August 19. “I will be going out of Srinagar and meeting people,” he said. Asked whether he will be […]
Plea against Art 35A may be heard by constitution bench: SC
New Delhi If Article 35 A relating to special rights and privileges of the citizens of the Jammu and Kashmir is ultra vires of the Constitution or if there is any procedural lapse, the issue may be dealt with by a five-judge constitution bench, the Supreme Court indicated today. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra […]
Four separatists send to judicial custody by Delhi court
A court here on Monday sent four Kashmiri separatists, arrested on charges of receiving funds to fuel unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, to 14-day judicial custody. During the in-camera proceedings, Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma send Nayeem Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer Saifullah to judicial custody till August […]
protecting article 35A duty of pro Indian political parties: Mirwaiz
Srinagar The government on Friday barred Hurriyat Conference (m) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from delivering Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid at Old City in Srinagar. Mirwaiz ,who continues to be under house detention at his Nigeen residence, in a statement said that after doing away with the fiscal autonomy of J&K, efforts are […]
No compromise with J&K’s special status, says Mehbooba after meeting PM.
Srinagar Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday who she said assured her of no fidgeting with Article 370, which grants special status to J&K. The meeting comes in the backdrop of a debate on Article 35A of the Constitution, which was added to Article 370 in 1954 by a […]
Al Qaeda a thought, but inimical to Kashmiri culture: Police chief
Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid on Thursday said Al Qaeda was “inimical to Kashmiri culture”. He said Al Qaeda is a thought and it seems this thought has influenced former Hizb commander Zakir Musa. “But I believe this thought is inimical to Kashmir’s culture,” he told reporters during a function at District […]
Bomb, threat letter recovered from Akal Takht Express in UP
A low-intensity explosive device and a letter vowing revenge for LeT millitant Abu Dujana’s death was found on board the Akal Takht Express in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi town early on Thursday, police said. The bomb with wires wrapped around it, was discovered by a passenger of the B-3 AC coach inside a toilet of the […]
Mehbooba Mufti likely to meet PM Modi today in Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today “to seek his help” in defending the special status of the state, a media report said. “Mehbooba Mufti is expected to reach Delhi on Thursday to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support in defending a constitutional provision […]
PSA slapped on Anantnag youth shifted to Jammu jail.
A 26-year-old youth from Anantnag district of south Kashmir has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to a jail in Jammu. Irfan Amad Khan, 26, son of Bashir Ahmad Khan of Lazibal locality of Islamabad (Anantnag) town was arrested on July 1 for participating in protests. He was kept under detention in […]
Governor interacts with faculty, scholars of Institute of Kashmir Studies
Governor N.N. Vohra visited the Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS) University of Kashmir, and had extensive interactions with the faculty and post–graduate scholars at the Institute. Governor, who is the Chancellor of the University and the Chairman of Governing Body of IKS, in his interactions with the research scholars and the faculty, emphasized the need […]
