Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee News

Mir was speaking to reporters after a protest rally against a fuel price hike in the Kathua district He said that government-run by bureaucrats does not help the public He added by saying, "If you want to help the people, give them a popular government"

Meeting was called to discuss the District Development Council (DDC) elections and to finalise the list of candidates to contest in the rest of the eight-phased polls. "We stand by the alliance," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Monga told reporters outside Mufti's residence.

Police detained Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid when he and his supporters tried to take out a protest march as the civil secretariat reopened here on Monday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to start functioning from the summer capital here Monday after shifting from winter capital as part of the pre-independence bi-annual Darbar Move practice.