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 […]
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No power in universe can bring back Article 370: Narendra Modi
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 […]
Supreme Court’s decision on Article 370 not ‘God’s verdict’: Mehbooba Mufti
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 […]
Ansari termed Abdullah’s statement as “the dark revelation of truth”
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 […]
India rejects OIC’s comments on SC verdict on J&K
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 […]
1987 rigged elections incited violence in Kashmir: Omar Abdullah
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. […]
Sad but not unexpected: Mirwaiz on SC verdict on Article 370
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 […]
SC’s Article 370 verdict disturbing, sent wave of despair among J&K, Ladakh people: Tarigami
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 […]
SC verdict on Article 370 disappointing, says Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR — The Supreme Court verdict on the pleas challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution is “disappointing” and justice has yet again “eluded” the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Conference (PC) chief Sajad Lone said on Monday. “The Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 is disappointing. Justice yet […]
A death sentence, defeat of the idea of India: Mehbooba Mufti on SC verdict on Article 370
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Article 370 abrogation is “nothing less than a death sentence”, adding that it marked the defeat of the idea of India with which the Muslim-majority state had acceded in 1947. “Today an unconstitutional and illegal act that […]