Politics

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday expressed serious concern over an unprecedented spike in fire incidents in Jammu and Kashmir over the last few months, demanding a thorough and transparent inquiry into such a trend, asking the administration to make the finding of the probe public. PDP Chief Spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has said that a dreadful spike in mysterious fire incidents is being witnessed across the state leaving masses petrified and anxious to the core. He said that no town is spared and properties worth millions of rupees are destroyed in these unfortunate episodes almost every day. “In view of the overall situation prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir, the large-scale fire incidents have given rise in apprehensions...

Senior vice president J&K Peoples Conference and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Government to take necessary CBM's before holding assembly elections in J&K. The government of India should implement Confidence Building Measures (CBM's), if they want larger participation including restoration of statehood to J&K, Vakil was addressing workers convention at Krishi Bal in Eid Gah constituency. Convention was presided over Sr. PC leader Irfan Matoo. While addressing the gathering Vakil said if central government wants good participation in elections, they should grant statehood without making it conditional, releasing political prisoners and there should be special employment package for unemployed youth of the region at the same ...

The Article 370 of the constitution has become a history, senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Surendra Jain said on Sunday as he raised a pitch for reclaiming parts of Jammu Kashmir under the “illegal occupation of Pakistan and China”, saying it will become a reality soon. Jain, Union Joint General Secretary of VHP, was speaking at a rally ‘’Punya Bhumi Samaran Sabha’ organized by RSS-backed Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Forum here to pay collective tributes to those who were killed in Pakistani onslaught on October 22, 1947 and reiterate a pledge to reclaim the lost areas. Senior BJP leaders led ‘Tiranga yatra’ from different parts of the city to join the rally which was attended by Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) displaced persons from within and outside Jammu and Kash...

Extending greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today paid glowing tributes to the fortitude and patience displayed by the Muslim community in Kashmir and the rest of the country in the best traditions of Islam. In her message, she said Muslims truly lived Ramzan this year in the spirit of the holy month by facing an unprecedented onslaught on the community by the BJP governments and its militant political arms across the country with exemplary patience that’s generally associated with early days of Islam. Mehbooba said while the bulldozer became the symbol of state terror against the community the Demons of hate unleashed by the government seemed to be on a rampage in every form of their choice, depending on the occasion and BJP’s Hindu Rashtra roadmap. She said i...

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of destroying the secular fabric of the country, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that there is no future for the youth of J&K. Indian Prime Minister Modi was in Pali village of Samba in Jammu on Sunday where he participated in the celebration of the National Panchayati Raj Day and addressed ‘Gram Sabhas’ across the country. In his address, the Prime Minister said that the youth will not see the miseries that their parents and grandparents have seen in the past. “What is this that the Prime Minister is saying that youth will not see miseries that their parents and grandparents in Jammu and Kashmir. What miseries we have seen. We used to have our own Prime Ministers. There was a special status for us. Our g...