The Centre in 2019 had abrogated Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and divided it into two Union Territories -- J-K and Ladakh.
"The down sliding of democracy has hurt every sector of Jammu and Kashmir without any exception. The litmus test for a democracy is if the policy decisions are made through democratic procedure and have popular support....
The incident took place near a CRPF camp in the old city area around 8 pm, the police official said.
Mehbooba visited the family of the woman in Soibugh in Budgam district of central Kashmir and expressed her condolences.
She also defended her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's decision to join hands with the BJP to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir after the 2014 Assembly polls, saying the PDP patriarch had successfully "caged the beast".
"To divert the attention from the Adani issue and the damage it has done to the economy of the country, they (BJP) don't get anything better than Jammu and Kashmir, like demolition drive," Mehbooba told reporters here.
She expressed hope that an impartial probe would also be ordered into the Lawaypora and Hyderpora encounters that took place in 2021.
Party leader Jairam Ramesh said several Congress leaders and MPs are in Srinagar for the concluding events of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday.
"I'm witness to this. The outer ring of the cordon which was maintained by the Jammu and Kashmir police simply vanished within minutes of Rahul Gandhi starting...
"There is no way other than reconciliation in Jammu and Kashmir but the starting point for it will be the restoration of whatever has been snatched from the...
"India is a unique country and it is that because we all think together...we have to return to Gandhi's India...the division has to end if the nation has to...
The former chief minister said the destruction due to land subsidence in Joshimath has not served as a wake-up call for the government.
People living in those areas are going through immense difficulties. The situation is no different across the upper reaches of south and central Kashmir and...
"On the occasion of #NewYear2023, General Manoj Pande #COAS visited troops deployed at various locations in High Altitude Area along the Line of Control in...
He said the sense of equality in the world today is so much that the past inequalities based on where you were born, have ended.
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah is also expected to take part in the yatra when it enters Jammu and Kashmir.
Venugopal, who was here to review the preparations for the Jammu and Kashmir leg of the yatra, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was attending public meetings...
Speaking at the Hindu Jagarana Vedike's South Region annual convention at Shivamogga in Karnataka on Sunday, the BJP MP from Bhopal told her audience to give a...
Abdul Rashid Dar, a driver by profession, was detained by the Army on December 15, his mother alleged.
"I request Prime Minister Narendra Modi and J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to address the security concerns of the panchayat members and provide necessary...
The IED was lying on the roadside near PDD office in this north Kashmir district, they said.
J-K Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Viqar Rasool Wani also welcomed the secular parties who have shown interest to become a part of the yatra and to fight...
Mufti was served an eviction notice for her 'Fairview' residence at the high security Gupkar area of the city here last month as well.
"I will not be contesting for the post of president any longer. The elections for the post will be held on December 5. It is time for the new generation to...
Lone, who was elected president of the party unopposed earlier this month, hit out at Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest regional party, National Conference, saying...
