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Article 35A: The Debate Continues in the Supreme Court

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Article 35A: The Debate Continues in the Supreme Court

Article 35A empowered Jammu and Kashmir’s legislature to decide who the erstwhile state’s permanent residents were The ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on petitions challenging the centre’s 2019 decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status has brought Article 35A of the Constitution back into the spotlight. What was Article 35A? Article 35A empowered Jammu and Kashmir’s legislature to decide who the erstwhile state’s permanent residents were and to extend special rights and privileges to them. This was added to the Constitution in 1954 by a presidential…

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Heat Wave Tightens Its Grip on Kashmir Valley

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Heat Wave Tightens Its Grip on Kashmir Valley

Severe heat wave conditions have been consistently reported since the beginning of the summer season in Kashmir and the mercury touched 34.6 degrees Celsius in Srinagar on Tuesday. Other areas of J&K also recorded high temperatures even as the Meteorological Department predicted respite in heat wave from August 25 onwards. This year, May and June saw early and unprecedented heat conditions across J&K. May, June, and July months were the warmest. Though heat wave over large parts of north and central India is an annual phenomenon in May, the maximum temperatures in…

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BJP’s decline continues in Kashmir and Jammu: Rattan Lal

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BJP's decline continues in Kashmir and Jammu: Rattan Lal

Rattan Lal Gupta Provincial President Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) has asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scattered is just like playing cards in Kashmir Valley while it has already lost its political space in Jammu Province too. It would be more appropriate to state that as of today BJP has lost its political ground and relevance across the entire Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory due to its anti people policies, he added. The senior NC leader stated this while addressing a meeting of party’s functionaries at…

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SC Rules Out Brexit-Style Referendum on Article 370

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SC Rules Out Brexit-Style Referendum on Article 370

A referendum is out of question in a constitutional democracy like India to carry out the decision to abrogate Article 370 and the special status of Jammu & Kashmir, a Constitution bench in the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday, adding that the will of the people in a democracy can be expressed only through established institutions. On the third day of the arguments in a bundle of matters challenging the August 2019 nullification of Article 370, the bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, remained firm…

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Kashmir under worst siege since August 2019: Mehbooba Mufti

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Mehbooba Mufti accused the government of using Central agencies to hound political leaders, businessmen, and journalists to choke dissent. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that Kashmir has been under the worst form of siege since August 2019. The former chief minister also expressed solidarity with the protesting farmers on Delhi’s borders who are seeking the repeal of three contentious farm laws. “Concertina wires & trenches around farmer protests have shocked everyone but the sight is far too…

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Beijing think-tank links scrapping of Article 370 to LAC tensions

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India’s move changing status of J&K ‘challenged sovereignty of Pakistan and China’ says report A report authored by a senior figure at an influential Chinese think-tank has linked the current tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to India’s move last year to abrogate Article 370 and change the status of Jammu and Kashmir, a decision that China had voiced opposition to. The article, for the first time, described the move as a joint challenge to China and Pakistan, saying the move had “posed a challenge to the sovereignty of Pakistan and…

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