Omar defends comment on return of Prez, PM posts for JK
Says NC will strive hard for restoring the terms of accession
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Tuesday defended his statement that his party would strive hard for restoring the terms of accession of Jammu and Kashmir, including the provisions for having a ‘sadr-e-riyasat’ and wazir-e-azam in the state. “I have not said anything wrong. I have only reiterated what is a reality. Is it not […]
Doing away with article 370, 35A will end JK’s accession to India: Farooq
Srinagar: NC chief Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said those saying articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution were supposed to be temporary are “wittingly or unwittingly affirming” that J-K’s accession to India too was “temporary”. The former Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) chief minister asserted that people were unfazed by the threats of the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)-RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh […]
Shabir Shah propelled Kashmir unrest, generated funds with Pak help: ED
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday told a Delhi court that jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah generated funds from Pakistan and other countries to carry out unrest in the Valley. The agency made the submission before Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora while opposing Shah’s bail application in a decade-old money laundering case for […]
FATF plans Pak’s blacklisting: FM Qureshi
Lahore: Pakistan could be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to “lobbying by India”, Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi said as he estimated that the country could suffer USD 10 billion loss annually if it remains in the watchdog’s grey list. In June last year, the Paris-based FATF had placed Pakistan on the […]
Govt withdrawing Cong leaders’ security cover to hamper their poll campaign: Mir
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Tuesday accused the state administration of withdrawing the security cover of several party leaders to hamper their poll campaign, specially in militancy-hit south Kashmir. “The governor’s administration has deliberately withdrawn the security cover of Congress leaders in J&K,” said J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president Gulam Ahmed Mir. Mir is […]
Fully prepared to meet challenge of ceasefire violations by Pak: BSF DG
Jammu: BSF DG Rajni Kant Mishra said Tuesday that his force is fully prepared to meet any challenge posed by Pakistan which is continuously violating the ceasefire by targeting forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the Indian forces are giving a befitting response to the unprovoked mortar shelling and firing […]
Cross-LoC trade along Poonch-Rawalakot route suspended
Jammu: The cross-LoC trade along the Poonch-Rawalakot route was suspended on Tuesday in view of the heavy shelling by Pakistan on forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Three people — a BSF officer, a woman and a five-year-old girl — were killed and 24 others, including five security personnel, were […]
Cong looted nation through scams, BJP gave people schemes: Khanna
Jammu: Seeking a second term for Prime Minister NarendraModi, senior BJP leader AvinashRaiKhanna on Monday said the country had witnessed scams under the Congress rule, while the BJP had flooded it with welfare schemes. Campaigning for Union minister Jitendra Singh, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) candidate from the Udhampur-Doda seat in the upcoming LokSabha polls, Khanna […]
