CM Omar Abdullah said, "When the First of all, please explain to me what the need was to put up that stone. Sher-e-Kashmir established the Hazratbal shrine. However, he never put his name on it anywhere because it was not necessary."
Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board, Shadab Shams, strongly condemned the vandalism of the Ashoka Emblem on the foundation stone of Hazratbal Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded strict action against the people responsible for it. He slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdu
Mufti held the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board and its members responsible for the escalation of the event and demanded action against them under Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), claiming what they did was an act of "blasphemy."
"We need thousands of crores rupees, given the kind of damage I witnessed while taking stock of the situation. There have been damages to people's homes, farms and other belongings," Mufti said while addressing a press conference, urging the UT government to provide land to displaced pers
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discuss the release of people of Jammu and Kashmir arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
The Jammu and Kashmir government earlier on Friday issued orders to take over the management of 215 schools affiliated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and its educational wing, Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT).
According to the government order, the Managing Committee of the 215 schools will be taken over by the District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner concerned, who will propose a fresh Managing Committee in due course after getting the schools duly verified.
Rescue operations are reportedly underway as authorities continue efforts to locate missing persons and provide relief to those affected. As per the Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar, Pankaj Sharma, the rescue operations are underway.
While BJP leaders and party workers across the country are celebrating the successful completion of six years since the abrogation of Article 370, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress are protesting against it. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti termed August 5 as a black day
Labelling the abrogation of Article 370 "illegal," PDP leader Iltija Mufti took a swipe at the centre, saying that they are not allowed to protest, despite being a "legal party." Citing house arrests of political leaders in 2019, she asserted that nothing has changed even after six years of
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) extended greetings on the abrogation day, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called for a 15-minute blackout to mark a protest against the move taken by the government of India in 2019.