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NC Held Back, BJP Marched On? The Uncomfortable Questions From Srinagar’s Protest Day

September 2, 2026 Editor

NC-BJP Face-Off in Srinagar: Where Did the Power Tilt as Police Held Back One Protest and Cleared the Way for Another? By: News Desk | 02 September 2026 Srinagar: By Wednesday morning, Srinagar had begun to look less like a city preparing for a political demonstration and more like a city preparing for a controlled confrontation. Barricades appeared at strategic points. Police and security personnel were deployed around sensitive locations. Movement towards the BJP office in Jawahar Nagar was restricted as the National Conference prepared its counter-protest, while BJP workers…

Farooq Abdullah Challenges Aga Ruhullah to Resign: Inside the Escalating NC Rift Over Article 370

August 25, 2026 Editor

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…

Sajad Lone Challenges Rahul Gandhi Over Kashmir Pellet Victims: Is India’s Outrage Selective?

August 24, 2026 Editor

Sajad Lone vs Rahul Gandhi: Kashmir Pellet Victims and the Politics of Selective Outrage By: Javid Amin | 23 Aug 2026 Sajad Lone’s Question to Rahul Gandhi Is Uncomfortable — Precisely Because the Numbers Are Real There is a peculiar irony in Indian politics this week. A 19-year-old student in Delhi suffered pellet injuries during a protest. His complaint initially struggled to get an FIR registered. Rahul Gandhi went personally to the Parliament Street police station, sat through a prolonged dharna and demanded that the police register a case. Eventually,…

Aga Ruhullah’s ‘Political Character’ Message Puts Fresh Spotlight on the Growing Rift Inside National Conference

August 23, 2026 Editor

Aga Ruhullah on Political Character: Why His Message Deepens the NC Rift in J&K By: News Desk | 22 Aug 2026 ‘Political Character’ Is Ruhullah’s Newest Weapon in an Old Fight In Jammu and Kashmir politics, words often carry a second meaning. A statement about “principles” can be an attack on compromise. A reference to “dignity” can be a criticism of political surrender. And when a leader talks about “political character,” the question naturally follows: Whose character is being questioned? That is what makes Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi’s latest messaging…

Mehbooba Mufti Rejects US Role in Kashmir: What Her “No Need to Take the US Seriously” Remark Really Means

August 21, 2026 Editor

Mehbooba Mufti vs Sergio Gor: Why a US Ambassador’s Kashmir Visit Has Triggered a Fresh Political Debate By: Javid Amin | 20 Aug 2026 Srinagar: A diplomatic visit that Washington could plausibly describe as an economic and tourism engagement has quickly turned into another argument over one of South Asia’s most sensitive political questions: who gets to speak about Kashmir, and on whose terms? US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited Jammu & Kashmir on August 19, meeting Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar before travelling onward to Ladakh. During…

Mehbooba Mufti Says “Dimagi Naxal” Over Article 370: What Her Remark Means for Kashmir

August 18, 2026 Editor

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…

Omar Abdullah on 1947 and 2019: Independence Day Remark Reopens Kashmir Debate

August 16, 2026 Editor

Omar Abdullah on 1947 and 2019: Independence Day Remark Reopens Kashmir’s Constitutional Debate By: News Desk | 15 Aug 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah used Independence Day to revisit one of the most politically contested chapters in the region’s history, arguing that developments across the Line of Control (LoC) have vindicated the decision taken in 1947 by his grandfather, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, to resist tribal raiders and support Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India. The remark, delivered on August 15, 2026, carried a clear political message:…

Mirwaiz House Arrest Ahead of Rabi-ul-Awwal: Kashmir’s Old Debate Over Faith, Freedom & Security Returns

August 15, 2026 Editor

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq House Arrest: Why the Latest Restriction Ahead of Rabi-ul-Awwal Matters in Kashmir By: News Desk | 14 Aug 2026 Srinagar: The reported restriction on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, has once again brought the sensitive intersection of religion, civil liberties and security policy into focus. According to the claim attributed to Mirwaiz and his supporters, authorities have restricted his movement at his Nigeen residence, preventing him from attending Friday prayers and carrying out his customary religious responsibilities at Srinagar’s historic…

BJP Suspends Pulwama Chief After Extortion FIR: ₹5 Lakh Demand, PSA Threat Alleged

August 12, 2026 Editor

BJP Suspends Pulwama District President After Extortion FIR: What the Complaint Alleges By: News Desk | 11 Aug 2026 Srinagar, August 12, 2026: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has suspended its Pulwama district president, Er. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi, after Jammu and Kashmir Police registered an FIR against him in connection with allegations of extortion, criminal intimidation and obstruction of work. The BJP’s action came shortly after the police case was registered, placing Andrabi under suspension from all organisational posts and responsibilities, including his position…

‘Political Orphans’: Kashmiri Pandits Demand Representation, Return Roadmap and an End to Electoral Neglect

August 11, 2026 Editor

‘Used by Everyone, Represented by None’: Why Kashmiri Pandits Say They Have Become Political Orphans By: News Desk | 10 Aug 2026 Jammu: For a community that has spent more than three decades away from its ancestral homes, the question is no longer simply whether Kashmiri Pandits will return to the Valley. Increasingly, community leaders are asking a second, equally consequential question: Who speaks for them politically? At Jagti township and other migrant settlements, Kashmiri Pandit representatives have revived a familiar but increasingly pointed description of their political condition:…