Srinagar, Jun 20 (PTK): Senior Congress leader and former union minister, Prof Saif-ud-din Soz on Tuesday said that forging an alliance with the BJP was the political blunder of former chief minister, late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. “I have a feeling that the most unpopular PDP and BJP alliance has come to an end with much…
SRINAGAR: Additional chief secretary (Home) in Chhattisgarh government, B V R Subramanyam was on Wednesday posted to Jammu and Kashmir following the imposition of governor’s rule in the state. Jammu and Kashmir was placed under the Governor’s Rule on Wednesday following President Ram Nath Kovind’s approval. (PTK)
A gunman opened fire on former Pakistani cricket captain Wasim Akram’s car in the city of Karachi on Wednesday an apparent incident of road-rage in a metropolis beset by violence. Akram, considered one of the greatest one-day international cricketers of all time, told reporters that no one was hurt in the shooting which occurred as…
SRINAGAR/NEW YORK, (PTK): The United States has announced it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley made the announcement in a speech on Tuesday, calling the body “an organisation not worthy of its name” and a “cesspool of political bias”. READ: http://www.presstrustofkashmir.com/2018/06/13/g7-summit-neglects-kashmir/ The US has accused the UN Human Rights…
SHANTANU MUKHARJI Many across the country are possibly surprised over the BJP’s pullout from the coalition with the PDP, leading to an abrupt fall of the Jammu and Kashmir government. Now that chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has resigned, the sensitive border state upcountry is in all likelihood heading for President’s rule. The message was loud…
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday morning approved the imposition of Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect. The move comes within 24 hours of the breakdown of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alliance in the state(BK).
