Engineer Rashid

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Modi's Varanasi speech, polls in Jammu Kashmir, Afghanistan's cricket team; today's must-read stories

Editor's Picks: Narendra Modi's Varanasi speech, Engineer Rashid and Kashmir politics, Jawaharlal Nehru's death anniversary; today's must-read stories.

Engineer Rashid emerges as Kashmir's biggest winner after Lok Sabha election, makes mockery of 'joker' tag

Rashid, 51, a former MLA from Langate constituency in north Kashmir, stunned everyone by polling 1,01500 votes as an Independent candidate from Baramulla parliamentary constituency

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Despite terror threats, Uri shines in Baramulla with 57% poll turnout; Jammu votes with vigour

Baramulla’s Uri district witnessed a substantial 57 percent turnout, a categorical rejection of calls for the election boycott.

Awami Ittehad Party will show black flags to Narendra Modi during J&K visit in Feb, says ex-MLA Sheikh Abdul Rasheed

Former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rasheed said his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) will show black flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 3 February visit to Srinagar to protest the Centre's "colonial mindset" and "looting" of Jammu and Kashmir's resources

J&K governor's Republic Day diktat: Parties cry 'forced nationalism' after Satya Pal Malik makes attending 26 Jan functions must for govt staff

Jammu and Kashmir authorities have issued a diktat to state government employees to be present during Republic Day celebrations in Jammu and Srinagar, adding that failure to attend the events would count as "dereliction of duty".

Mehbooba Mufti's inability to get BJP on board with 'unilateral ceasefire' plan speaks volumes of her lack of power

Every statement or call for action by Mehbooba Mufti on the issues confronting the state are countered forcefully by her own alliance partner and rejected disdainfully

Kavinder Gupta's comments downplaying Kathua rape case draw widespread censure from PDP, Opposition

Kavinder Gupta's statement that the Kathua rape case was a minor incident drew a furious reaction from the BJP's alliance partner PDP and Opposition parties.

NIA questions MLA Engineer Rashid in Kashmir terror funding case

Jammu and Kashmir independent legislator Engineer Rashid on Tuesday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here in connection with its ongoing probe into a terror funding case.

Engineer Rashid not the only Jammu and Kashmir MLA to toe pro-militant line; PDP, NC lawmakers also on list

Earlier this year in the Budget session of Legislative Assembly, NC MLC, Showkat Hussain Ganie, had described former militant commander, Burhan Wani, as a "martyr".

Article 35A: Engineer Rashid's offer to join Hurriyat will make little difference to the Kashmiri separatists

Engineer Rashid has offered to quit the post of MLA and join the separatist leadership to "fight for the right of people of the Valley."