PM welcome in Kashmir if he initiates steps to solve state's problems: Umar FarooqSeptember 21st, 2009 SRINAGAR - The chairman of the moderate faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, said on Monday that he would welcome a visit to the state by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the Kashmir Valley if he initiates steps to resolve the long pending Kashmir issue. Addressing a gathering on the occasion of Eid, Farooq said: Today, I would like to welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is coming to Kashmir in some days if he announces some steps to solve the Kashmir problem.
No deadline for paramilitary troops withdrawal from Kashmir: OmarSeptember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that withdrawal of paramilitary forces from the state was an ongoing process and no time limit had been set for it. It is an ongoing process.
Windstorm wreaks havoc in Kashmir, woman killedJuly 26th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A fierce windstorm battered parts of north Kashmir Sunday evening leaving a woman dead and over 40 people injured apart from damaging hundreds of houses, shops and cowsheds, officials said. Shamima, 28, died when a tree fell on her in Handwara town as high velocity wind wreaked havoc in the area, said a police officer.
Two new ministers inducted in Himachal governmentJuly 9th, 2009 SHIMLA - Two new ministers were inducted in the Himachal Pradesh government Thursday, nearly 18 months after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the state. The government had earlier 10 members in its council of ministers.
PDP built bridges between Kashmir and Delhi: MehboobaJune 20th, 2009 JAMMU - Coming down heavily on the critics of her party, who term Peoples Democratic Party as an anti-national outfit, party president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said it was during PDPs rule in Jammu and Kashmir when "bridges were built between Kashmir and New Delhi". "It was during PDP rule that ceasefire was effected on borders and people were relieved of tensions on the borders," she told a meeting of party workers here.
J&K cabinet expansion soonJune 18th, 2009 JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir council of ministers will be expanded as soon as alliance partner Congress prepares its final list of legislators to be inducted in the ministry, which was sworn in January this year. The top leadership of both the ruling alliance parties - National Conference and Congress - told IANS that the ministerial expansion could take place "any time".
Cabinet expansion on the cards, says J and K congress chiefJune 17th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir state Congress president Saifuddin Soz said on Wednesday that cabinet expansion in the state is likely to take place within a few days. "Cabinet expansion is on the cards and it can take place any time within a couple of days," Soz said.
Kashmir cabinet expansion: Congress to get eight more berths?June 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is set to expand his 10-member ministerial council and according to sources, the ruling alliance partners - the Congress and the National Conference - may choose their veteran leaders to be included in the government. Under the rules, the state government can have 25 ministers as per the strength of the 87-member assembly.
From Kashmir Azad gets health, Farooq energyMay 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ghulam Nabi Azad and Farooq Abdullah - the two cabinets members from Jammu and Kashmir in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers - were Thursday named new ministers of health and and renewable energy, respectively. Azad, who forms a part of the Congress' think tank and played a crucial role in ministerial berth sharing talks with the DMK, will be the minister of health and family welfare.
59 ministers, including 14 cabinet ministers, to take oath Thursday (Lead, superseding earlier story)May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expands his council of ministers Thursday, adding 14 cabinet ministers, including three former chief ministers and three DMK leaders, and 45 ministers of state. Of the ministers of state, seven will have independent charge.
14 cabinet ministers to be sworn in ThursdayMay 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thirty-eight ministers, including 14 cabinet ministers, will be sworn in Thursday morning in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers. These include seven ministers with independent charge.
Soz waiting and watching for Delhi callMay 24th, 2009 JAMMU - Saif-ud-Din Soz, the state unit president of the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, is cooling his heels as there is no word yet on whether he would be part of the union cabinet or not. Soz was inducted into the union cabinet in May 2006 after the then urban affairs minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was shifted to Jammu and Kashmir as chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti refused to join the ministry.
Jammu and Kashmir cabinet expansion after June 10May 23rd, 2009 JAMMU - The 10-member council of ministers in Jammu and Kashmir will be expanded in the second week of June, official sources said Saturday. The sources said that the cabinet expansion will take place after the June 3 assembly by-election at Hazratbal constituency in Srinagar.
New Sikkim government sworn inMay 20th, 2009 GANGTOK - The new Sikkim government of Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) was sworn in by Governor B.P. Singh here Wednesday.
Omar sworn in as Jammu and Kashmir chief ministerJanuary 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah Monday took oath as the eighth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir along with 10 ministers at this winter capital of the state. Governor N.N.
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