SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti asked the voters of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to register their unhappiness over the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution through their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Addressing a roadside meeting in the Larkipora area of Anantnag district, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister […]
SRINAGAR — Challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court might have been a mistake but not doing so would have made things worse politically for the mainstream parties of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone has said. The separatist-turned-mainstream politician, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from the Baramulla […]
NEW DELHI — The time has come to enlighten and educate the police machinery about the concept of freedom of speech and expression, the Supreme Court has said and set aside an order of the Bombay High Court against an academic accused of criticising the abrogation of Article 370 that bestowed special status on Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is touching new heights of development and breathing freely after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday. Addressing a public rally, Modi also accused the Congress of misguiding not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir, but the entire […]
SRINAGAR — Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgment, which upheld the validity of the Union government’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, which conferred the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Doctor Hussain, president of the J&K People’s Movement, and Muzaffar Shah, president of […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, making a strong defence of the scrapping of Article 370, said no power in the universe could restore the revoked provisions of the Constitution. He said, “The scrapping of Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir was necessary for the development of the […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and directed restoration of statehood “at the earliest” as well as elections to the assembly by September 30 next year. Ending a decades long debate, […]
MUMBAI — The Bombay High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a young Kashmiri professor booked for his WhatsApp status terming the abrogation of Article 370 a “black day” for Jammu and Kashmir, Live Law reported. According to the report, a division bench comprising Justices Sunil Shukre and MM Sathaye observed that the […]