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Attempt to ‘disempower’ people of J&K: PDP, NC | India News – Times of India

SRINAGAR: Political parties in J&K Saturday voiced their strong opposition to Centre's move to vest more powers to the LG for taking decisions on matters related to police and all-India service officers.National Conference and PDP said the decision would "disempower" people of J&K.NC vice-prez Omar Abdullah said the people of J&K deserve better than a "powerless, rubber stamp" CM, who will have to beg the LG to get a peon appointed."This is why a firm commitment laying out the timeline for restoration of full, undiluted statehood for J&K is a prerequisite for these elections...," he said.Former CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said Centre wants to further disempower people of J&K by way of this new order. "Govt wants to convert J-K's assembly, which was once very powe...

Tihar to Parliament, Baramulla MP Rashid engineers a new identity | India News – Times of India

Rap icon Eminem famously sang, "Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?", when his fictional alter ego seemed burdened by the weight of an image defined in the public imagination.The persona of Sheikh Abdul Rashid, aka Engineer Rashid, stands at the cusp of a similar identity conundrum.So, who is this 1967-born Kashmiri incarcerated at Tihar since 2019 in a terrorist-funding case, who went head-to-head with Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone in an election in J&K's Baramulla, and polled more votes than the two of them combined?Rashid's story begins at Mawar village in Langate tehsil of Kupwara at a time when Pakistan-backed terrorism was still to inflict wounds that would fester.As a teenager growing up in the 70s, Rashid was drawn towards the separatist sentiments brewing in his neighb...

Omar Rues ‘Return Of Militancy’ As Kharge, Rahul Gandhi Condemn Terrorist Attack On Pilgrim Bus

Reasi Terrorist Attack: Opposition leaders have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Sunday evening. The attack resulted in the deaths of nine people and injuries to 33 others. The bus, enroute from Shiv Khori temple to Katra, veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge following gunfire near Teryath village in the Poni area. Former chief minister and Jammu Kashmir National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah expressed his grief, saying, "Terrible news from Reasi in J&K where 10 yatris have reportedly lost their lives & many more are injured after a terror attack on a bus. I unequivocally condemn this attack. It is unfortunate to see areas that had previously been c...