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Doda Erupts: AAP MLA Mehraj Malik Arrested Under PSA Sparks Protests Across Jammu & Kashmir

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Doda Erupts: AAP MLA Mehraj Malik Arrested Under PSA Sparks Protests Across Jammu & Kashmir

Doda Protests Erupt After AAP MLA Mehraj Malik Arrested Under PSA By: Javid Amin | 09 September 2025 The Arrest That Shook Doda On September 7, 2025, Jammu & Kashmir witnessed an unprecedented political move: Mehraj Malik, the lone Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Doda, was arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The PSA allows detention without trial for up to two years. By invoking it against an elected MLA, authorities have triggered a storm of protests, raising questions about democracy, dissent, and state power in Kashmir. Malik…

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Parliament in Turmoil: 142 MPs Out, Opposition Seeks Answers amid Chaos

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Parliament in Turmoil: 142 MPs Out, Opposition Seeks Answers amid Chaos

The Parliament has been witnessing several instances of ruckus following one of the major security breaches on December 13 – the day when the country marked 22 years since the 2001 terror attack in Parliament. In view of this, a total of 92 MPs from both the Houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – were suspended, with the opposition parties describing it as a “mockery of democracy”. Slamming the BJP-led Centre for allegedly violating democratic norms and trying to “bulldoze” important legislation through the House without any debate, Congress…

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Omar Abdullah’s boycott of UT assembly shows his commitment to statehood

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Omar Abdullah's boycott of UT assembly shows his commitment to statehood

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah said there are other platforms outside the assembly to fight for the rights of the people National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah has said that he is fighting for the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, and it is not necessary that “I have to go to the assembly” to wage this struggle. Speaking to reporters in the Tangdhar area of Kupwara, he said there are other platforms outside the assembly to fight for the rights of the people. “I have said this…

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Harsh Dev Accuses BJP-EC Collusion to Deprive Jammu and Kashmir of Democratic Rights

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Harsh Dev Accuses BJP-EC Collusion to Deprive Jammu and Kashmir of Democratic Rights

Harsh Dev said that during the recent hearing on Article 370 and allied matters in the Supreme Court, the constitution bench had questioned the government over the denial of electoral democracy to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Accusing the Election Commission (EC) of scuttling the election process initiated for local bodies polls in J&K at the behest of the BJP, Panthers Party activists led by president and former minister Harsh Dev Singh on Monday staged a protest outside Nirvachan Bhawan here. The protesters raised slogans demanding immediate conduct of…

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