BJP used coercion, intimidation, threat to put behind bars, NIA to break PDP: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday dropped a bombshell accusing BJP of using coercion, threatening MLA with jail and using NIA to intimidate her party members to break away and join BJP. In an interview with the Indian Express she said that BJP has used every possible means to coerce and intimidate legislators […]
Have conveyed our decision to India to open Kartarpur Corridor for Sikhs: FM Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan has conveyed to India its decision to open Kartarpura Corridor for Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday, even as the Foreign Office here said it cannot do much unless New Delhi responds.Qureshi’s statement came hours after India urged Pakistan to build a corridor to Katarpur Sahib to facilitate […]
Take my words back, NC-PDP should fight elections together: Ram Madhave
Srinagar: Bhartiya Janta Party’s national general secretary Thursday sarcastically took a dig at Omar Abdullah over the NC-PDP alliance and said he takes his comments back where in he had alleged that their alliance to stake claims on government formation in J&K was done at Pakistan’s behest Madhav tweeted: “Now tht u deny any external […]
Decision to dissolve JK assembly ‘unconstitutional,unethical’; murder of democracy: Manish Tewari
New Delhi (PTI): Terming the decision to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as “unconstitutional, immoral and unethical”, Congress leader Manish Tewari Thursday said it was a “murder of democracy”. Congress leader P Chidambaram also took a swipe at Governor Satyapal Malik’s decision to dissolve the assembly, saying that parliamentary democracy was standing on its head. […]
BJP dissolved J&K assembly failing to create majority to form government: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Srinagar: Leader of the opposition Gulam Nabi Azad Thursday said that the Jammu and Kashmir assembly was dissolved at the behest of BJP as they had failed to form government despite efforts for almost five months. “For these 4-5 months, BJP tried to form their own government but they didn’t have majority. So they tried […]
Srinagar-Leh road closed for vehicular movement
Srinagar: The divisional commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan has ordered closure of Srinagar-Leh highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley, from November 22, 2018 Thursday till further orders. An order issued by the divisional commissioner reads: “In view of the report received from deputy commissioner Ganderbal on 21 November 2018 regarding bad weather […]
Saudi warns crown prince a ‘red line’ in Khashoggi probe
London, Nov 22 (AFP) Saudi Arabia has warned criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a “red line”, after Donald Trump heaped praise on the kingdom in defiance of warnings he was giving Riyadh a pass on a journalist’s grisly murder. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that calls for the crown prince […]
India to build corridor from Gurdaspur to IB to facilitate Sikh pilgrims
New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) India will build and develop a corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to the International Border to facilitate Sikh pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur on the banks of the Ravi river in Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting of […]
Rain and snow forecast across Jammu and Kashmir till Friday
The Kashmir meteorological department on Thursday forecast rain and snow till Friday in Jammu and Kashmir as an overcast sky improved night temperatures. An official of the department said that the rains in the plains and snow in the higher reaches is likely to occur during the next 24 hours. The minimum temperature was 1.8 in Srinagar […]
Were ready to provide outside support to new alliance: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that his party would have given outside support to the new coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the people democratic party had asked his party for a letter of support but: “I told them I can’t give the […]
