Any tampering with Article 370, Art 35-A will render Treaty of Accession null & void: Mehbooba
Srinagar, Feb 24 (UNI/IBNS): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said any tampering with Article 35 A and Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will render treaty of Accession null and void.
UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Kashmir violations, India slams report
New York, June 15 (IBNS): Decades of rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control in Kashmir have “claimed or ruined numerous lives” and should be the subject of a high-level international probe, the UN’s human rights chief said on Thursday even as India rejected the report as motivated based on unverified inputs.
Kashmir will erupt if Article 35 A is repealed, says Farooq Abdullah
Sringar, Aug 7 (IBNS): Member Parliament and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday chaired a meeting of opposition parties in Srinagar in which he warned the Centre of an uprising “far stronger†than 2008 Amarnath land row if it repealed Article 35 A which confers special rights and privileges on permanent residents of the state.
Cop lynching: Rahul Gandhi condemns
New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday condemned the lynching of police officer Mohammad Ayub Pandith and said he was 'pained beyond words' by coming to know about the incident.
Police constable escapes with 4 rifles in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 20 (IBNS): Jamnu and Kashmir police personnel fled with four INSAS rifles from Food Corporation of India gowdown in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday evening.
Farooq Abdullah attacks Chandra Prakash Ganga over remarks on 'stone-pelters'
Srinagar, Apr 21 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah on Friday attacked BJP minister Chander Prakash Ganga over his remark on stone pelters.
Armed groups’ targeting of civilians in Kashmir is human rights abuse: Amnesty International India
Mumbai, Apr 17 (IBNS): Reports from Jammu and Kashmir of civilians being targeted by suspected members of armed groups are condemnable, said Amnesty International India on Monday.
Kashmir: Two more civilians killed in clashes
Srinagar, Feb 12 (IBNS): At least two civilians were killed during clashes near an encounter site in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Sunday, taking the overall death toll to eight, officials said.
Srinagar, Dec 2 (IBNS): Police detained Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik after he, along with his supporters, tried to march towards Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Friday.
All-party delegation headed by Rajnath Singh arrives in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sept 4 (IBNS): A 30-member-delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Srinagar on Sunday for a two-day visit to the state where it is expected to meet different sections of people, various representatives and political parties at SKICC,