Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of Sajad Ahmad Khanday, Sarpanch of Vessu-Qazigund in south Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Bukhari observed that violence in any of its manifestations is not going to yield anything for the people except for death and destruction. “Today’s cowardly attack on a grassroot level representative has added […]
The three-time Member of Parliament from Ghazipur and a former Union Minister Manoj Sinha, who has been now appointed as the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, has also been a front runner for the post of Uttar Pradesh chief minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the state assembly elections in 2017. The IIT-BHU […]
New Delhi : India saw a single-day increase of 56,282 cases taking the country’s COVID-19 tally to 19,64,536 on Thursday, while the recoveries have surged to 13,28,336 and comprise 67.62 per cent of the total caseload, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new […]
New Delhi: When the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August last year, one of its marquee promises was 50,000 government jobs for Kashmiri youth within three months of the decision. A year on, however, only 4,300 of those jobs have been given out, ThePrint has learnt. Soon after the […]
New Delhi: Girish Chandra Murmu’s inability to fill in the “political vacuum” created after the formation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, his stand on restoration of 4G internet, and the “dysfunction” in the civic administration led to his resignation as the Lieutenant Governor (L-G), ThePrint has learnt. On Thursday, the government appointed former […]
Pakistan’s attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again “come to naught”, after a UN Security Council meeting, convened by China to discuss the matter, ended without any outcome, a top Indian diplomat said on Thursday. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said that many other members […]
The UN Security Council on Wednesday rebuffed another attempt by Pakistan to raise Kashmir at the body, and made it abundantly clear this is an issue for India and Pakistan to resolve bilaterally, as has been India’s position . Four of the five permanent members — the US, UK, France and Russia — sided firmly […]
Former union minister and senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh, Manoj Sinha, was on Thursday appointed as Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the Rashtrapati Bhawan spokesman said. A communique issued by the President’s secretariat said that the resignation of Girish Chandra Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir has been accepted. The communique […]
Suspected militants on Thursday shot dead a BJP Sarpanch at Vessu village in Qazigund block of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told GNS the militants fired upon the Sarpanch identified as Sajad Ahmad Khanday near his residence at Vessu, leaving him critically injured before fleeing. He was shifted to GMC Anantnag, they said. Medical […]
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Wednesday sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind, said sources. The sources added that Murmu is set to be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) taking over from Rajiv Mehrishi, who will retire this week. While reports said Murmu has sent his […]