Article 370
Jammu & Kashmir awaits historic Lok Sabha elections after Article 370 abrogation
March 17, 2024
As Jammu & Kashmir prepares to embark on a significant electoral journey, the looming Lok Sabha elections stand as a beacon of hope and opportunity for the erstwhile state since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019. After years of political turbulence and...
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Disappointed by SC ruling on Article 370, Kashmiris remain sceptical of Delhi’s motives
January 3, 2024
People in the truncated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir feel they have been let down by the Supreme Court, which delivered its verdict on the critical issue of abrogation of the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution after a delay of almost five years. In a ruling last fortn...
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Tourists, Indian and foreigners, rediscover paradise on earth
December 6, 2021
After a break of over two years, Jammu and Kashmir sees a strong revival of tourism, says the tourism department of the union territory. As per the official data of the Department of Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir; 513,000 tourists, including 1,317 foreigners, visited the territory...
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International Democracy Day 2020: Lockdown on Indian democracy
September 15, 2020
“I was supposed to receive an award from the state government for one the best professors but suddenly after a Facebook post, my name was withdrawn from the list of nominees,” says an assistant professor at Lucknow University. “All I did was to put up a Facebook post about ...
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August 5: Shifting the discourse from Kashmir to Ram Mandir
August 6, 2020
The decision to organise the bhoomi-pujan for the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is a well-thought out and strategic move by the BJP to shape the political agenda of the country over years to come.
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Global leaders complicit in murder of democracy in J&K
August 5, 2020
A year of flagrant violation of human rights in Jammu & Kashmir has gone pretty much unnoticed globally as political leaders, self-proclaimed human rights champions, continue to look the other way.
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Exodus of Kashmiri pandits
January 24, 2020
In the year 1990, Kashmiri pandits had witnessed a hysterical, macabre night in the form of blaring threats and slogans, asking them to either convert to Islam or face death. Most of them fled their home for centuries to find shelter as refugees in other parts of India.
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Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar’s hand, the great anarch
November 19, 2019
Government formation in Maharashtra has been in a stalemate nearly a month after the election results were announced. NCP leader Sharad Pawar is choreographing it as an improbable coalition is attempted between his party, Shiv Sena and the Congress.
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Kashmir: Indian MPs barred, red carpet for European lawmakers
October 29, 2019
Even as the three former chief ministers continue to be incarcerated and thousand others jailed for more than 80 days, Modi government has rolled out a red carpet welcome to the European lawmakers to mobilise global opinion on Kashmir.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Caged and cut-off
August 21, 2019
A fortnight after special status of Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped, the state- a flashpoint between arch rivals India and Pakistan that hit the global headlines, is conspicuously silent as well as caged and cut-off.
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Article 370 no more?
August 13, 2017
A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice JS Khehar has sought the response of the Centre on the fate of Article 370 of the Constitution that grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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