The Congress hit out at the government over its “failure” on the national security front in Jammu and Kashmir after five Army soldiers lost their lives in an operation in Poonch on Monday. The opposition party said the Union territory is burning and terrorists are killing innocent people due to the government’s “weakness”. “This incident … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting in New Delhi and discussed the overall security situation across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir and anti-drone strategy. In the nearly three-hour meeting, Shah reviewed the internal security matters and discussed the roadmap for the upcoming expected challenges as well as current killings … Read more
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration on Friday said that the recent Home Ministry report on Jammu and Kashmir is concocted and fabricated alleging that hindutva elements want to alter demographic composition of the only muslim majority state in the country like Israel is doing on Palestinian lands. The PAGD said that the claims made … Read more
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest, and said the move has exposed the government’s claims of normalcy. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also posted on Twitter pictures of a security force vehicle blocking the main gate of her Gupkar residence. “Ive (I have) been … Read more
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir as a “self-goal” for the Centre, saying instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea, the government was crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist. “NIA raids on Jamaat is emblematic of GOI (Government of India) waging … Read more
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday pitched for her party’s self-rule formula for the resolution of the Kashmir issue, saying it addresses both internal and external dimensions of the problem. Chairing a meeting of youth PDP leadership from all districts of the Valley, Mehbooba also underlined the need to initiate a threadbare … Read more
Fearing isolation from the democratic process ahead of the next Assembly elections, Kashmir‘s traditional rulers, Farooq Abdullah‘s National Conference (NC) as well as Mehbooba Mufti‘s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will be for the first time meeting with the Delimitation Commission during its first visit to Jammu and Kashmir, beginning Tuesday, July 6. Both the mainstream … Read more
The delimitation commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir between July 6-9 and interact with political parties, public representatives and officials of the Union Territory to gather “first hand” information of the mega exercise to carve out new constituencies, the EC said on Wednesday. A decision in this regard was taken after a meeting of the … Read more
Mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday condemned the killing of a special police officer (SPO), his wife and daughter in Pulwama district, calling it “dastardly and cowardly” and a blot on the security scenario in the valley. “I unreservedly condemn the dastardly & cowardly militant attack on the J&K police SPO Fayaz … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jun 24, 2021) Ahead of the Prime Minister’s meeting with political parties from Jammu & Kashmir, the Delimitation Commission secretariat on Wednesday held virtual discussions with all 20 deputy commissioners of the Union territory on details like physical, demographic and administrative issues concerning their respective districts. The data, furnished … Read more