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J&K situation worse than government claims: Omar Abdullah

September 20, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the situation in the Union Territory was worse than the government was claiming. Addressing the media in Srinagar, Abdullah said that the government was trying to hide the real situation in J&K with lies. He pointed to the recent spate of killings of civilians and security personnel, as well as the ongoing CASO (cordon and search operations) in different parts of the UT, as evidence of the deteriorating security situation. Abdullah also said that the government’s move to…

Will Supreme Court verdict have bearing on Article 35A, AFSPA, CASO?

August 25, 2017 Editor

The verdict of the nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Right to Privacy is being taken well across India but it has created apprehensions among the people in Jammu Kashmir with Article 35-A already pitting both the Hurriyat as well as mainstream parties against New Delhi. Soon after the apex court’s judgement that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India, legal and political circles in Kashmir were keenly reading the verdict to see if it would impact the controversial Article 35-A, draconian Armed Forces Special…