SC upholds revocation of Article 370
Orders polls in JK by Sep 2024, restoration of statehood New Delhi/Srinagar: In a significant victory for the Modi government, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir even as it ordered Assembly elections […]
Full statehood to JK would be restored at appropriate time: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday assured the country that the beginning of building a “new and developed Kashmir” that will be free from terrorism has been made under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that full statehood would be restored to Jammu and Kashmir at an appropriate time. Speaking in Rajya Sabha, […]
JK does not have ‘internal sovereignty’: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the former state of Jammu and Kashmir did not have any ‘internal sovereignty’ that was distinguishable from the powers and privileges enjoyed by other states in the country. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said while there was a clear absence in the Constitution […]
SC verdict on Article 370 ‘historic’, resounding declaration of hope, say PM Modi, Shah
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution as “historic” and said this gives a stamp of approval to the move as being “completely constitutional”. Taking to ‘X’, the two top leaders instrumental in […]
Art 370 verdict: Life as usual in Kashmir, several organisations celebrate ruling in Jammu
Srinagar/Jammu: There were celebrations across Jammu on Monday but life went on as usual in Srinagar and other district headquarters in the Kashmir Valley as the Supreme Court upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and reorganise Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories. Shops and business establishments opened in Srinagar and elsewhere as […]
Youth has potential to provide influential ideas to nation: Lt Guv
Jammu: Asserting the youth has absolute power to create a new vision for society, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said they have the potential to provide influential ideas to the nation that will self-replicate and set the development agenda. The lieutenant governor called for cost-effective technology and viability of new initiatives […]
Kashmir continues to reel under sub-zero temperatures
Srinagar experienced coldest night Srinagar: Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as Kashmir continued to reel under cold wave-like conditions even as the mercury stayed several degrees below the freezing point across the valley last night, officials said on Monday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low […]
SC verdict on Article 370- Reports of house arrest or arrest of anyone totally baseless: Lt Guv
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said any report of the house arrest or arrest of anyone ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution is “totally baseless”. Sinha said this after the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) claimed that its president Mehbooba Mufti was […]
Parliament passes two JK bills on reservation, representation in Assembly
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday passed two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir as Rajya Sabha cleared them with a voice vote, with Home Minister Amit Shah assuring the country that the beginning of a “new and developed Kashmir” that will be free from terrorism has been made under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two […]
SC’s Article 370 verdict: Cong says debate over, demands restoration of statehood, polls
New Delhi: With the Supreme Court unanimously upholding the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370, the Congress Monday said the debate over the issue has ended but demanded immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and holding of assembly elections there. The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to […]
