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 […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti said that her party will continue struggle for the restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In response to the Supreme Court’s decision on December 11, upholding the Centre’s move to revoke Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state, Mufti said that […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference Senior General Secretary Imran Reza Ansari today responded sharply to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s recent admission that the rigged 1987 elections were the fundamental cause of violence in the region. Ansari termed Abdullah’s statement as “the dark revelation of the truth by the even darker subconscious […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday strongly rejected the comments by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressing concern over the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.N External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the OIC’s action at the behest […]
SRINAGAR — In a ground-breaking revelation during an exclusive interview with India Today, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah contested the BJP’s assertions linking Article 370 to the ongoing violence in Kashmir. Abdullah emphasized that the tumultuous turn in the region’s history can be unequivocally traced back to 1987, not the constitutional provision. […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said the Supreme Court’s verdict on abrogation of Article 370 was ”sad but not unexpected”. The top court unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and directed restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir ”at the earliest” and set a September 30, 2024 […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami Monday termed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Article 370 case “disturbing”, saying it has sent a wave of despair among the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He also said the verdict would adversely affect the federal structure of the country. The senior CPI(M) leader’s reaction […]