Politics

With Jammu and Kashmir Polls in mind, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) these days is too busy attracting the attention of the people. Arvind Kejriwal has dispatched a special ‘observer’ team that is camping in Valley and Jammu. AAP is confident of ‘victory’, if not in Kashmir, but in Jammu, it can challenge the BJP in its strong bastions. AAP’s Co-Observer for Jammu Kashmir, Salahuddin Khan who hails from New Delhi told news agency Kashmir News Trust that they are keenly observing the ground situation both in Kashmir and Jammu. “We have been meeting a cross-section of society. Their valuable inputs have really been helping us. Its very important to know who is who in the political arena and who is commanding more respect,” he said. “We won Punjab showcasing our Delhi Model. AAP is hopeful...

High Court of JK and Ladakh Monday granted the last and final opportunity to District Magistrate Srinagar for filing an affidavit with regard to alleged seditious remarks by former Chief Minister and NC president Farooq Abdullah. A complaint was filed by a lesser known “activist” Sukesh C. Khajuria to District Magistrate, Jammu seeking action against Farooq Abdullah for his alleged ‘pro-freedom speech’ on December 5, 2016 on the occasion of 111th birth anniversary of late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah at Naseem Bagh Hazratbal here and on February 24, 2017 at Nawa-e-Subh Headquarters of National Conference during the second death anniversary of former general secretary of National Conference Sheikh Nazir Ahmed. District Magistrate, Jammu sent the complaint to the District Magistrate Srinagar for...

Jammu Kashmir unit of Congress on Monday staged a protest against delimitation commission here, urging the visiting team to provide sufficient time to the party so that it can highlight the “irregularities” in its draft report in a proper way. The protest led by J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir coincided with the start of the public sitting of the delimitation commission on its report which was made public last month after nearly a two-year-long exercise. The commission headed by Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai reached here on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The delegation started interaction with delegations from across Jammu region on Monday morning and they are scheduled to visit Srinagar later in the day for a similar exercise on Tues...

The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate has summoned Sandeep Mawa after National Conference leader and former Minister Nasir Aslam Wani filed a defamation case through his Counsel. The complainant in his petition has contended that the accused Sandeep Mawa is a self-styled social worker claiming to be the Chairman of an organization working under the name and style of the Jammu and Kashmir Reconciliation Front. The accused according to the complainant in an interview with the media made derogatory remarks about him. The interview as per the petition has widely been viewed by people, thus tarnishing the image and reputation of the complainant. The complainant has submitted that the remarks made by the accused are not only vile, reckless, unsubstantiated but are also absolutely uncouth ...

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday reiterated her call to the BJP government for dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that peace would be elusive as long as Kashmir remained unresolved. She called upon people to vote for the constituents of the People’s Alliance for Gukpar Declaration (PAGD) – an alliance of several parties, including the National Conference, PDP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) – in the next assembly elections to defeat the BJP’s attempt to gain power and seal its “wrong decision” to abrogate Article 370. “Kashmir has been awaiting a solution for the last 70 years…there will be no peace in the region until the Kashmir issue is resolved, and for that, dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir is imperative,” the ...