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Gupkar Alliance condemns killing of BJP workers in J&K, says 'political differences don't justify violence'
• 4 years agoThe three BJP workers identified as Fida Hussain, Umer Hajam and Umer Rashid Beigh were shot dead by militants in the UT's Kulgam district on Thursday
Farooq Abdullah named chair of Gupkar declaration alliance; Mehbooba Mufti to be deputy
• 4 years agoThe amalgam leaders, who met at the residence of Mehbooba Mufti for the first time after its formation, adopted the flag of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir as its symbol
Congress welcomes alliance of J&K political parties, says Centre must stop looking at UT's people as 'anti-national'
• 4 years agoThe 'Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration' was formed on Thursday in presence of NC leader Farooq Abdullah, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, Peoples Conference's Sajad Lone, and CPM's Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami
From 'jai ho' to 'long overdue', leaders express relief over ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's release from detention
Fp Staff • 4 years agoFormer chief minister Omar Abdullah, welcoming Mehbooba's release, called her detention "a travesty" and said it was "against the basic tenets of democracy".
Omar Abdullah demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free, says 'shifting her home while keeping her under detention is cop out'
• 5 years agoMehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the Public Safety Act, was shifted from a make-shift jail to her 'Fairview' residence on Gupkar road here on Tuesday
‘Eight million population incarcerated’, says ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal as Parliament gives nod to abolish J&K’s special status
• 6 years agoKashmir is experiencing 'unprecedented' lockdown, eight million population 'incarcerated', said former IAS officer, politician Shah Faesal. Parliament has given its nod to abolish Article 370 and also to bifurcate state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Kashmir University student accuses Engineer Rashid of intimidation after video questioning ex-MLA's separatist politics goes viral
Rayan Naqash • 6 years agoAqib Malik, 26, a student at Kashmir University, claims he received intimidating messages from phone numbers known to be in use by former legislator Engineer Rashid after he student questioned Rashid's politics in a video
Former MLA Engineer Rashid to join Shah Faesal's JKPM; move likely to hurt PDP, NC's fortunes in upcoming J&K Assembly polls
Sameery • 6 years agoFormer independent MLA Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid is set to join former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal's JKPM ahead of Assembly polls in the state of Jammu and Kashmir
Engineer Rashid emerges as Kashmir's biggest winner after Lok Sabha election, makes mockery of 'joker' tag
Sameery • 6 years agoRashid, 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
Jammu and Kashmir's visually impaired bereft of pension, unsupported by government and unloved by families
Nisar Ahmad Dharma • 6 years agoThere are thousands of blind people in Jammu and Kashmir who struggle every day in the absence of any institutional support.