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. […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a significant development, the Jammu Kashmir Sikh Coordination Committee convened a press conference today at Amar Singh Club to announce the successful implementation of the Anand Marriage Act in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This achievement, made possible by virtue of SO 597, formalizes a long-pending demand of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered transfers and postings of eight officers in the Union Territory. The Department has ordered transfers and postings of seven Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) Officers and an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer in the interest of administration with immediate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said he is disappointed but not disheartened with the Supreme Court’s verdict on pleas challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution. ”Disappointed but not disheartened. The struggle will continue,” Abdullah said in a post on X. The former Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday termed the Supreme Court’s verdict on pleas challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution ”sad and unfortunate”, but said ”we have to accept it”. ”It (the court verdict) is sad and unfortunate,” Azad told reporters here. The […]
