Government appoints Mandeep Kaur as inquiry officer; NCW seeks action-taken report as controversy raises questions over workplace dignity, bureaucratic accountability and the powers of Jammu and Kashmir’s elected government By: News Desk | 16 October 2025 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s controversy over the alleged verbal abuse of a junior woman officer by senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan has moved from political condemnation to a formal government inquiry, bringing renewed attention to administrative accountability, workplace dignity and the distribution of powers under the Union Territory framework. The Jammu and Kashmir…
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National Conference’s Limited Presence at Anti-CEC Protests Raises Questions Over INDIA Bloc Coordination
NC’s Limited Presence at Delhi Protests Raises Questions Over INDIA Bloc Coordination By: News Desk | Srinagar | October 8, 2026 Ruhullah, PDP, People’s Conference and AIP leaders also absent from Delhi mobilisation as regional parties navigate electoral-roll concerns, internal differences and competing political priorities The National Conference’s limited participation in the Congress-led protests in New Delhi against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has triggered fresh questions about coordination within the opposition INDIA bloc, particularly over how far Kashmir-based parties are prepared to participate in a sustained, nationally coordinated campaign.…
Read MoreJ&K Statehood Row: Bureaucrats vs Assembly as Omar Abdullah Resolution Triggers Institutional Clash
Statehood Resolution Exposes Unusual Institutional Fault Line By: Javid Amin | 28 September 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood debate took an extraordinary institutional turn this week when the Union Territory’s top bureaucracy reportedly approached the Legislative Assembly Secretariat seeking to prevent the House from taking up a resolution demanding restoration of full statehood. Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and Law Secretary Achal Sethi reportedly sent separate communications to the Assembly Secretariat, arguing that the statehood question was sub judice and should therefore not be debated by the House. The letters…
Read MoreJ&K Assembly Passes Statehood Resolution Amid BJP Protests; Omar Pushes Centre for Immediate Restoration
Omar Abdullah’s resolution seeks immediate restoration of full statehood; BJP walks out after opposing autonomy references By: News Desk | 28 September 2026 Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution calling for the immediate and urgent restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, bringing the elected House’s latest demand directly before the Government of India. The resolution, moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, was adopted by voice vote after several hours of heated debate, protests and disruptions. BJP legislators, who had opposed the resolution…
Read MoreAshok Koul Completes 12-Year Tenure as J&K BJP Organisational General Secretary
Veteran BJP Organiser Relinquishes Charge After Nearly 12 Years; Leadership Transition Comes Amid Wider Party Restructuring By: News Desk | 26 September 2026 Srinagar: Senior BJP leader Ashok Koul has relinquished charge as the party’s General Secretary (Organisation) for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh after nearly 12 years in the influential organisational post, bringing an end to one of the longest tenures in the BJP’s J&K organisational structure. The BJP has clarified that Koul’s departure should be understood as the completion of his tenure, rather than a resignation or removal.…
Read MoreJ&K Statehood Debate Deepens as Sunil Sharma Targets NC Government Over Governance
J&K Statehood Debate Deepens as Sunil Sharma Targets NC Government Over Governance By: Javid Amin | 16 September 2026 Baramulla: Jammu and Kashmir’s political debate over restoration of statehood has entered another sharper phase, with Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma arguing that the demand for statehood cannot become a substitute for answering questions about governance. Speaking to reporters in Baramulla on Wednesday, Sharma, a senior BJP leader and the Leader of Opposition in the J&K Legislative Assembly, accused the National Conference-led government of failing to make effective use of the…
Read More‘This Government Won’t Last’: Sunil Sharma’s Attack on Omar Abdullah Puts J&K Politics on Edge
Sunil Sharma Says Omar Government Won’t Last, Calls NC a ‘Broken Party’ as J&K Politics Heats Up By: News Desk | 13 September 2026 Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s political temperature has risen again after Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma predicted that the Omar Abdullah-led government would not complete its five-year term, accusing the ruling National Conference of being a “broken party” and alleging growing dissatisfaction within its ranks. Speaking during a visit to Reasi, the BJP leader pointed to three vacant ministerial positions and claimed that only five ministers were…
Read MoreFarooq Abdullah Challenges Aga Ruhullah to Resign: Inside the Escalating NC Rift Over Article 370
Farooq Abdullah vs Aga Ruhullah: NC Rift Deepens Over Article 370, Resignation Challenge By: News Desk | 24 Aug 2026 Farooq Abdullah’s Challenge Changes the Nature of the NC Dispute The argument inside the National Conference has entered a more consequential phase. For weeks, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has been publicly questioning his party’s political direction, particularly its decision to emphasise restoration of statehood rather than making the restoration of Article 370 and wider constitutional guarantees the central demand. Now, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has answered him directly—and unusually…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti Says “Dimagi Naxal” Over Article 370: What Her Remark Means for Kashmir
Mehbooba Mufti Says She Is a “Dimagi Naxal” Over Article 370 Stand, Escalating Kashmir Political Row By: News Desk | 17 Aug 2026 Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has embraced the controversial “dimagi Naxal” label after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the term in his Independence Day address, saying she will continue to support Article 370 despite criticism and political attacks. Her remark has added a fresh layer to the already intense debate over Article 370, dissent, Kashmir’s political identity and the limits of…
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