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Supreme Court dismisses PIL challenging JK Governor’s decision to dissolve assembly

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Jammu and Kashmir governor’s decision to dissolve the state Assembly. The top court said there was no merit in the petition filed by former BJP legislator Gagan Bhagat. Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik dissolved the state assembly on November 22 after Mehbooba Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its arch-rival National Conference (NC) teamed up with the Congress for a shot at government formation with the support of 56 legislators in the 87-member assembly. The People’s Conference led by…

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Democratic space being encroaching upon by Governor: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused Governor Satya Pal Malik of “encroaching upon democratic space” and threatened to launch an agitation if the Chenab valley and Pir Panjal area were not accorded divisional status, as apparently proposed for Ladakh. She alleged that the way the Governor’s administration was issuing orders, it appeared that “somebody’s hidden agenda is being implemented through the backdoor.” “So many orders have been issued which are against the interests of J&K. We had expectations from the Governor, who has…

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Setback for PDP as Former Finance Minister Drabu quits party

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In a major setback to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its senior leader and former Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu on Thursday resigned from the party without specifying any particular reason. Drabu announced his resignation in a letter (uploaded on Twitter) to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday evening while saying, “Bidding adieu to PDP! Another phase of life over”. In his letter, Drabu, who was associated with the PDP for the past over four years, said, “This had been coming for a while now. Even though I have not been…

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Four political families in Kashmir target each other for being Dynasts

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Owing their relevance largely to strong and irrefutable familial affiliations, Jammu and Kashmir’s four powerful dynastic families are engaged in serious verbal altercation blaming one another for being the dynasty. Four political families of the Kashmir Valley—the Abdullahs, Muftis, Lones, and Ansaris—are trying hard to prove to each other that they have risen on Kashmir’s political landscape without a godfather. National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest political party. In the 1930s it was formed as J&K Muslim Conference which was rechristened as National Conference by the late 1930s. Since…

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No move to change permanent resident rules: Satya Pal Malik

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Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday evening said the government was not making or even considering any changes to the Permanent Resident Certificate rules. He issued the statement in response to National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah’s concerns over reports of change in the rules. The Governor wrote: “It (The J&K Permanent Resident Certificate Act) is an integral part of the legal structure of Jammu and Kashmir and there is no step whatsoever to tamper with this law.” Earlier in the day, Omar wrote a letter to Governor urging him to…

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Abdul Gani Lone, Sajad’s father initiated militancy in Valley: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday alleged that the father of BJP ally Sajad Lone, Abdul Gani Lone, had been instrumental in initiating militancy in the state. Farooq, who has served as the state’s Chief Minister three times, said Sajad’s father had met him when his government was dismissed in January 1990. “When I was dismissed, his (Sajad’s) father met me and said he was going to Pakistan and bring the gun. I begged him not to bring the gun,” Farooq said. The former Chief Minister said he pleaded…

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Dissident BJP MLA challenges dissolution of Assembly in Supreme Court

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The BJP hailed Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to dissolve the Legislative Assembly recently, but a sulking leader of the party, who is the former MLA from RS Pura, Gagan Bhagat, has challenged the decision in the Supreme Court. “I filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging the decision of the Governor to dissolve the Assembly. My writ has been admitted in the court,” Bhagat told Kashmir Post. “In my writ, I have challenged the illegal action of the Governor,” he said. Bhagat hoped that the…

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There can’t be a military solution on Kashmir: Imran Khan ready for talks with Modi

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Making peace overtures, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said he was ready to hold talks with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, as he conceded that it was not in Islamabad’s interest to allow the use of its territory for “terror activities” outside the country. Khan was apparently referring to India’s stance that terrorism and talks cannot go together and Pakistan must take effective and credible action to stop providing shelter and support to cross-border terrorism from territories under its control. “It is not in our interest to allow the…

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Army can carry out drone strikes in J&K if there is no backlash: General Bipin Rawat

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The Indian Army is capable of using weaponized drones in Jammu and Kashmir and can deploy them if the country accepts the consequences of such actions, General Bipin Rawat has said, The Wire reported on Thursday. The Army chief made the comments during a question and answer session at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses after delivering the ninth YB Chavan Memorial Lecture in Delhi on Wednesday. “In our country, the way things are moving, it is very nice to say we need these drones,” he said when asked…

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Won’t lose job but threat of transfer remains, it’s not in one’s hands: Satya Pal Malik

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Amid a ranging controversy over his remarks on dissolving the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Governor Satya Pal Malik has said the threat of transfer remains as it is not in one’s hands. At a function organised to pay tributes to Congress leader and former minister Girdhari Lal Dogra on his 31st death anniversary here on Tuesday, he mentioned about the threat of transfer. “Girdhari Lal ji dedicated his life to the cause of the poor. As long as I am here, I will definitely come to pay my tributes to…

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