Day: October 6, 2026

Gyanesh Kumar SIR Case: Supreme Court Refuses Suspension, Seeks Records From Election Commission

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CEC Gyanesh Kumar Gets Interim Relief as Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response on SIR Row

Supreme Court Refuses to Suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Seeks ECI Response Over Alleged Unilateral SIR Decisions By: News Desk | 05 October 2026 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass an interim order suspending Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations that key decisions connected with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were taken without the concurrence of the other two Election Commissioners. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, instead issued notices…

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Punjabi in Jammu and Kashmir: Sikh Community Revives Language Rights Debate, Seeks Place in Schools and Official Status

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Punjabi in J&K Schools: Why Sikh Community Has Revived Its Language Rights Demand

Jammu’s Punjabi Language Protest: Education, Official Status and the Bigger J&K Language Debate By: News Desk | 05 October 2026 Jammu: A language question that has remained largely outside the centre of Jammu and Kashmir’s political debate has returned to the streets of Jammu. Members of the Sikh community, under the banner of the Jammu Punjabi Morcha, have launched a peaceful agitation demanding the restoration and promotion of Punjabi in the school education system and seeking its recognition as an official language of the Union Territory. The protest has brought…

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EWS Divide in J&K: Sajad Lone Questions Poverty Criteria, Flags 91:9 Certificate Gap

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J&K EWS Row: Sajad Lone Questions Why Jammu Gets 91% of Certificates

92% of EWS Certificates Issued in Jammu, Only 8% in Kashmir: Sajad Lone Questions Poverty Criteria By: Javid Amin | 05 October 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference chairman and Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone has raised fresh questions over the Union Territory’s definition of economic disadvantage, pointing to a striking regional disparity in the issuance of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) certificates and asking whether the existing criteria accurately reflect the distribution of poverty across Jammu and Kashmir. Lone’s intervention comes after government figures placed before the J&K Assembly…

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