‘I know my limits, will never cross them’: LG Manoj Sinha
Defends transfer of officials Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday defended his recent order transferring 48 Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officials, saying he knows his limits and would never cross them. Sinha made the remarks at a media event in Delhi on a day Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a legislature party […]
Govt sets up tribunals for adjudicating ban imposed on two Kashmir groups
New Delhi: The Centre has constituted two separate tribunals, both consisting of Delhi High Court judge Sachin Datta, for adjudicating whether there is sufficient ground in declaring two Jammu and Kashmir-based organisations as banned groups. Awami Action Committee, headed by Kashmir’s influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari-led Jammu and Kashmir […]
CM Omar Abdullah inaugurates ‘Almond Bloom Festival’ at Badamwari
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday inaugurated the Almond Bloom Festival-2025 at Badamwari (Almond Alcove) in Srinagar’s historic old city, heralding the arrival of spring in Kashmir. “With blossoms in full glory, their fragrance fills every corner, marking the arrival of spring in Kashmir. This festival is not just a celebration of nature’s beauty […]
Parliament’s nod to Waqf bill highlight as Budget session ends
New Delhi: Parliament’s nod to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill rendering it the government’s most consequential piece of legislation in its third term, and the political heat it generated inside and outside the legislature defined the second half of the Budget session which ended on Friday. Punches and counterpunches between the ruling BJP-led NDA and opposition […]
JK transfer row: Ruling MLAs call for respecting people’s mandate; say ‘our silence not weakness’
Srinagar: Amid differences with the Raj Bhavan over transfer of state officials, MLAs from the ruling NC-led alliance in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday stressed the need for all to respect people’s mandate, asserting “our silence” should not be construed as weakness. “We are repeatedly saying this and this is our final request that do […]
CM Omar deliberately creating situation of confrontation with LG: Tarun Chugh
Says CM intends to divert attention from his failures Chandigarh: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, who is also the party’s in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday accused J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of “deliberately creating a situation of confrontation with the office of the lieutenant governor to divert public attention from his failure […]
BJP defends LG’s move to transfer 48 officers, calls it routine
Jammu: Defending the transfer of 48 middle-rung officers in the bureaucracy by Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha in Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Friday criticised the National Conference (NC) government for questioning the move and said that these transfers were conducted within his jurisdiction. The […]
SC refuses review of decision against confiscating funds received via electoral bonds
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking the review of its decision against the petitions for confiscating Rs 16,518 crore received by political parties under the 2018 electoral bond scheme. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra dismissed the review plea filed by one […]
With Waqf Bill passage, RSS-BJP regime reaffirmed anti-Muslim intent: Aga Ruhullah
Srinagar: National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said the BJP has no moral or political right to speak for Muslims, and by passing the Waqf Bill, the RSS-BJP regime has reaffirmed its “anti-Muslim, anti-minority intent”. “Today, India has moved into a dark era of brute majoritarianism, where minority interests have […]
Over 10 kanals of land attached under UAPA in Ramban
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday attached agricultural land measuring 10.18 kanals in Ramban district under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, an official said. The attached properties, registered in the name of Mohd Sharief of Dalwah-Gool and Mohammad Younis of Hara-Gool, are linked to an FIR filed last year, he said. Earlier in February, […]
