Tag: Autonomy

What is Kashmir Special Status and Articles 370, 35A?

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Indian government abolishes decades-old laws that gave a measure of autonomy to the disputed Muslim-majority region. India has scrapped a law that grants special status to Indian-administered Kashmir amid an indefinite lockdown and massive troop deployment in the disputed region.Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, told parliament on Monday that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution, stripping the significant autonomy Kashmir had enjoyed for seven decades.The move is expected to further inflame tensions in the Muslim-majority…

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Kashmir sees rise in militancy as well repression post revocation of its autonomy

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SRINAGAR, India—In July, I joined a group of young men plodding glumly through verdant paddy fields in Bijbehara, a picturesque town tucked inside a network of lofty mountains in the Kashmir Valley. It was the middle of the monsoon season. One of the men was recounting a midnight raid conducted by the Indian Army in a nearby village, Arwani, in August last year. “They were bloodthirsty,” he said, in a wobbling voice. “We live in the shadow of violence,” another man replied. There have been similar raids recently, he said.…

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No Self-Rule, Autonomy, Achievable Nationhood records available with Centre

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The Central Government has not received any document from National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Peoples Conference about Self Rule, Autonomy and Achievable Nationhood respectively. In reply to an RTI filed by social activist Advocate Irfan Hafeez Lone, the Prime Minister’s Office has said that the “information sought is not available in records.” “The Prime Minister’s Office has no records available about the information sought,” reads the RTI reply from the PMO’s office. The activist had wanted to know whether NC, PDP, PC had submitted their documents of Self Rule,…

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