SC has ‘in effect’ held Article 370 as a permanent feature of Constitution: Muzaffar Baig
‘Uncertainty over JK’s special status has created environment of hysteria in Kashmir’
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former MP, Muzaffar Hussain Baig Friday said the current uncertainty over Articles 35-A and 370 of the Constitution of India had “created an environment of hysteria, particularly in the Kashmir valley”. “Those conversant with the two well founded judgments of the Supreme Court of India relating to Article […]
Ready to resist any move to revoke Article 35A: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Bats for dialogue among stakeholders
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that the situation developing on ground over the past week with deployment of thousands of additional forces and government orders had “alarmed people and they have become apprehensive of something happening”. Addressing Friday congregation at historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar he said that “speculations are […]
Threat to JK’s special status: Tarigami questions PM Modi’s silence
Srinagar: While reacting to Centre’s decision to rush additional 25000 paramilitary forces into Kashmir and keeping Air Force on high alert, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence in Parliament over the issue. In a statement issued here, Tarigami questioned the “need for putting Air Force on high […]
Yasin Malik’s family demands his release
'Malik’s health deteriorating’
Srinagar: Family members of incarcerated JKLF Chief Muhammad Yasin Malik Friday expressed concern over his worsening health condition and asked authorities to release him on bail “in case they are not able to provide him necessary medical care”. “We only want to ask Indian authorities that if they want to keep Yasin Malik, a peaceful […]
Centre trying to create fear and panic among people of Kashmir: Monga
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga said on Friday that BJP government in Delhi was “constantly trying to create fear and panic among the people of Kashmir which is not going to help to solve the problems”. In a statement issued after the government asked […]
Suspension of two JHCBA members invites sharp criticism by Jammu lawyers
Jammu: The controversial decision of the J&K High Court Bar Association to suspend two Bar members has invited sharp criticism from people across party lines. They condemned the decision of suspending Senior Advocate and Former Bar President A V Gupta and Former Senior AAG S C Gupta over their stance of strengthening and retention of […]
Maintain constitutional guarantees given to JK: Congress PP Group tells GoI
New Delhi: The J&K Policy Planning Group of the Congress Party met today under the Chairmanship of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister, asked the centre to maintain the constitutional guarantees given to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. A statement issued by the JKPCC said the The meet “expressed concern over the atmosphere of […]
Sagar visits Khanqah e Maula, takes stock of Urs arrangements
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference General Secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar on Friday said Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, whose annual Urs is being celebrated in the coming days, was a great reformer, preacher and a Sufi scholar whose contribution to the socio-political transformation of Kashmir is immense. While taking stock of arrangements for the […]
Hasnain Masoodi calls for strengthening Child Protection structures
Calls for holistic approach to child abuse
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference National Conference senior leader and Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi on Friday called for strengthening Child Protection Structures like Child Welfare Committees and District Child While participating in debate in the Lok Sabha on POCSO Amendment Act 2019 he said the Amendment proposes to prescribe minimum sentences for […]
Education major victim of ongoing conflict: Shehla Rashid
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) General Secretary Shehla Rashid on Friday said that education in the state, especially in Srinagar had been the “biggest victim of the ongoing conflict”. In a statement on Friday, she said, “While lives and livelihoods have been destroyed, people have been incarcerated, almost literally drugged and systematically impoverished, […]