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Srinagar, July 1 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police today foiled a protest march by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Srinagar, detaining several party leaders. The PDP said the protest that began from party headquarters was aimed at highlighting key civic issues, including rising electricity tariffs, acute shortage of drinking and irrigation water, and the demand for shifting Kashmiri detainees back to local jails. A PDP spokesperson said the party had planned a demonstration but was prevente ...Read More >
Srinagar: Three Kashmir-based political parties -- Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC), People's Democratic Front (PDF) and the recently formed Justice and Development Front (JDF) -- on Monday announced the formation of People's Alliance for Change (PAC). Describing the PAC as an alternative platform representing the oppressed people of the region, they said it will strive for restoration of statehood, Article 370 and 35 (A) with justice and dignity. JKPC president Sajad Gani Lone ann ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Sajad Gani Lone, former minister and chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) on Monday announced the formation of a new political alliance called the People's Alliance for Change (PAC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The alliance includes the People's Democratic Front (PDF), led by Hakeem Yaseen, and the Justice and Development Front (JDF), a political party backed by a faction of proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir. While speaking to reporters here, the alliance lead ...Read More >
Srinagar: Three political parties including the banned Jamaat-e-Islami-led front have cobbled together a political alliance for a change, saying they will "strive for the pre-August 2019 status", a demand of restoration of Article 370 and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Led by Peoples Conference chairman and former separatist, Sajad Lone, the alliance named 'Peoples Alliance for Change' includes proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami supported Justice Development Front and former MLA Hakeem Yaseen led Peop ...Read More >
Kolkata: The political slugfest following the alleged gang rape of a law student inside a south Kolkata college continued on Saturday as Trinamool took pains to distance itself from the "misogynistic remarks" of its own netas, emphasising the "quick action taken against the accused". The opposition, however, questioned security for women at workplaces and educational institutes and "promised to stay on the roads"."The remarks by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime ...Read More >
Chief Justice of India B R Gavai inaugurated the Constitution Preamble Park in Nagpur. He highlighted Dr Ambedkar's vision of a united India with one Constitution. Gavai recalled Ambedkar's words during the Article 370 challenge. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also spoke at the event. Gadkari emphasized the Constitution's gift of freedom, equality, and brotherhood.Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Saturday said Dr B R Ambedkar envisioned one Constitution for ...Read More >
Nagpur: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai on Saturday said the Supreme Court's unanimous verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370 to revoke special status for Jammu and Kashmir was consistent with Dr BR Ambedkar's vision of a single Constitution for a unified India. He added that two constitutions for one country was never the vision of the chief architect of the statute."We judges upheld the govt's decision to abrogate Article 370 to ensure that India is governed under one Constitutio ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Mysuru Dasara is set to run for 11 days this year -- a rare extension driven by celestial alignment and cultural planning -- with the inaugural ceremony on Sept 22 and the grand Jamboo Savari taking place on Oct 2, coinciding with Vijayadashami and Gandhi Jayanti.Chairing a high-level meeting at Vidhana Soudha Friday, chief minister Siddaramaiah said, "Mysuru Dasara in 2025 will be celebrated for 11 days, due to a unique astronomical occurrence -- the Panchami tithi (fifth lunar day) ...Read More >
Nagpur: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai on Saturday said one of the most defining moments of his judicial career was Supreme Court's recognition of the need to apply the "creamy layer" principle within Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), describing it essential to refine the concept of social justice.In an exclusive interaction with The Times of India at Raj Bhavan during his Nagpur visit, the CJI said, "Treating children of high-ranking SC/ST officers at par with those from tr ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being si ...Read More >
Dooru (Anantnag), Jun 28: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Pulwama, Waheed ur Rehman Para, on Saturday accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of diluting Jammu and Kashmir people's "collective struggle" for dignity and dialogue by limiting it to the demand for statehood. Speaking to reporters at a party programme in Dooru, Para said, "Omar Abdullah, after securing 50 seats, has downgraded the entire narrative of our people's struggle to just statehoo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday supported the abrogation of Article 370 and said that in order to keep the country united, "we need only one Constitution". He recalled when the case was brought before the Supreme Court, the five-judge bench unanimously upheld the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 citing it against BR Ambedkar's ideology."When Article 370 was challenged, it came before us, and when the hearing was underway, I recalled Dr Babasaheb's words that o ...Read More >
Nagpur: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Saturday said Dr B R Ambedkar envisioned one Constitution for the country to keep it united and never favoured the idea of a separate constitution for a state. Speaking at the inauguration of the Constitution Preamble Park here, the CJI said the Supreme Court drew inspiration from Dr Ambedkar's vision of a united India under a single constitution while upholding the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kash ...Read More >
Jammu, Jun 27 (PTI) In an indirect support to the RSS' call to review the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the Constitution, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said any right-thinking citizen will endorse it because everybody knows that these words were not part of the original Constitution written by Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the preamble of the Constitution, saying they were included during the ...Read More >
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], June 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 27 development projects of Nainital district worth about 126 crore 69 lakhs in a program organised at Lalkuan, Nainital on Saturday. These projects include schemes related to education, road, medical, irrigation, sewerage, urban development, beautification and destitute cow protection. During this, 9 schemes were inaugurated at a cost of 25.93 crores and foun ...Read More >
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], June 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 27 development projects of Nainital district worth about 126 crore 69 lakhs in a program organised at Lalkuan, Nainital on Saturday. These projects include schemes related to education, road, medical, irrigation, sewerage, urban development, beautification and destitute cow protection. During this, 9 schemes were inaugurated at a cost of 25.93 crores and foun ...Read More >
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], June 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 27 development projects of Nainital district worth about 126 crore 69 lakhs in a program organised at Lalkuan, Nainital on Saturday. These projects include schemes related to education, road, medical, irrigation, sewerage, urban development, beautification and destitute cow protection. During this, 9 schemes were inaugurated at a cost of 25.93 crores and foun ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): Reiterating his attack on the Centre over Census and Delimitation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, on Friday, said that the Census delay is 'no accident' and the delimitation plan is 'no coincidence'. Despite the assurance from Home Minister Amit Shah, CM Stalin asserted that a clear parliamentary commitment and a suitable constitutional amendment are what are needed to address the concerns of southern states on delimitation. 'The #Census delay ...Read More >
Chennai, Jun 6 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday alleged that there is a "sinister design" in the BJP-led union government's implementation of the Census and delimitation exercises. Alleging that the Census delay was no accident and that the delimitation plan was no coincidence, the Chief Minister said, "the danger I warned of is at our doorstep." In a social media post, he said: "There is a sinister design in how the BJP-led Union Government is implementing the national Cens ...Read More >
Chennai: The delay in announcing the census and the subsequent redrawing of constituencies are not accidental. "The danger I have been warning about since the beginning has arrived at our doorstep", said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. In a post on X, he said, "There is a sinister design in how the BJP-led Union Government is implementing the national Census and the subsequent developed states, especially in the non-Hindi speaking South, which followed population control norms, will now be ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Come Saturday and people can whistle into Srinagar on a train as Northern Railway has notifed regular Vande Bharat Express services between Katra and the city. PM Narendra Modi will flag off the first passenger train to the Kashmir Valley on Friday from Katra.The service will be operational for six days a week with no train on Wednesday, railways said. More trains would be deployed depending on demand at a later stage, officials added. From Saturday, a pair of Vande Bharat trains will ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Thursday denied a communication gap between him and the party leadership, and maintained that his statements during the global outreach programmes aligned with the party's stand. Speaking to this newspaper upon his return as member of one of the seven all-party delegations, Khurshid sought to clear the air on the controversies, pointing out that domestic and global politics were clearly demarcated. Khurshid's remark ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Centre on Tuesday announced new reservation and domicile policies for Ladakh, reserving 85% jobs for locals and one-third of the total number of seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils for women. Both Kargil Democratic Alliance (KBL) and Apex Body Leh (ABL), which are fighting for implementation of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in the Union Territory (UT), statehood, a separate public service commission and two Lok Sabha seats for Ladakh, welcomed the not ...Read More >
New Delhi: After Shashi Tharoor, who recently hit back at those who politically criticised his conduct as a delegate of the Indian outreach mission, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday asked "is it difficult to be patriotic?" in a passionate disapproval of the partisan criticism from the domestic political gallery of his spirited support of India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and his defence of the state of affairs in J&K after the abrogation of Article 37 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced new rules for government jobs, language use, and local governance in Ladakh, aiming to protect the rights of Ladakh's indigenous communities while offering a clear policy on who qualifies as a resident. Issuing the Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025, the Centre introduced new reservation and domicile rules for the Union Territory of Ladakh, reserving up to 85 per cent jobs for locals and one-third of the total numbe ...Read More >
Dehradun, December 18: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in Uttarakhand from January 2025. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday, all preparations have been completed, and Uttarakhand will become the first state to implement the UCC after independence. During a meeting of the Uttarakhand Investment and Infrastructure Development Board (UIIDB) held at the Secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Dhami stated that the st ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government's policies and decisions were aimed at boosting India's strength and unity in line with the Constitution, while the opposition Congress had "tasted blood" by repeatedly wounding it.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government's policies and decisions were aimed at boosting India's strength and unity in line with the Constitution, while the opposition Congress had "tasted blood" by repeatedly wounding it. Replying to a ...Read More >
JAMMU, Nov 17: National Conference president, Dr Farooq Abdullah today slammed the BJP for its "lack of concern" for Jammu and said the Omar Abdullah-led Government will ensure comprehensive development of the region. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The former Chief Minister also emphasized the importance of the 'Darbar Move', an age-old practice stopped by the Lieutenant Governor-led administration in J&K under which the Government used to function six months each in Srinagar a ...Read More >
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