Sajjad Kichloo

• Sajjad Kichloo promises all help to Kishtwar victims

  After being re-inducted as Deputy Home Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sajjad Kichloo last night said he would stand by the victims of Kishtwar clashes and ensure that all possible help is extended to them.

• Kishtwar violence: Probe panel exonerates Kichloo

  The RC Gandhi commission probing the August 9, 2013 communal violence in Kishtwar town of Jammu region has given a clean chit to the then minister of state for home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo.

• Former minister Kichloo scaled wall to escape Kishtwar mob: sources

  When Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo resigned as the junior Home Minister of Kashmir this morning, his announcement made it clear that he was retiring injured. "My conscience is clear, haven't done anything wrong," he said in Jammu this morning.

• Kishtwar violence: 11 arrested amid political war in Jammu and Kashmir

  The Jammu and Kashmir government today made the first arrests for the communal violence in Kishtwar which began on Friday, amid a raging political blame-game between the state's ruling National Conference, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Centre. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, criticized for not controlling the violence, accused the BJP of ...

• Kishtwar violence: J&K government should be dismissed if there is no proper probe, says Mayawati

  The communal violence in Kishtwar last week has now snowballed into a major controversy with the BJP attacking the Omar Abdullah-led Jammu and Kashmir government over delayed action. Mr Abdullah's party has invoked the riots in Gujarat in 2002 to fend off allegations regarding the conduct of one of its leaders, Sajjad Kichloo, who has resigned as t...

• Kishtwar clashes: BSP chief Mayawati demands President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir

  Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today demanded President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the state government had failed to handle the situation in Kishtwar after clashes in Kishtwar district last Friday.

• Kishtwar clashes: Kashmir is not private property of one family, says BJP; junior Home Minister Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo quits

  Amid a huge political controversy over the communal violence and riots in Kishtwar, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo says he is resigning as the junior Home Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

• Kishtwar clashes: Jaitley targets Centre, Jammu and Kashmir government

  The communal violence in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, led to several disruptions in Parliament on Monday morning, with an angry BJP protesting over senior leader Arun Jaitley being stopped from visiting the violence-hit town yesterday and accusing the J&K government of "hiding the truth." The Centre has asked the state government for a report ami...

• Kashmir minister allegedly slaps senior officer for being late

  Enraged over a senior government official coming late, a Jammu and Kashmir minister today allegedly slapped him ahead of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's rally in Kishtwar district.

• Indian prisoner Chamel Singh's death: J&K government to take up issue with Centre

  Days after it was revealed that an Indian prisoner was tortured to death in a Pakistani jail, J and K government today said it will take up the matter with the Centre even as BJP demanded a strong message be sent to Pakistan that such inhuman act will not be tolerated.