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Ashok Koul Completes 12-Year Tenure as J&K BJP Organisational General Secretary

September 27, 2026 Editor

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.…

Hari Singh vs Sheikh Abdullah Holiday Row Rocks J&K Assembly

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 Editor

NC-BJP Clash in J&K Assembly Over Hari Singh, Sheikh Abdullah Holidays By: News Desk | 22 September 2026 Srinagar: History returned to the floor of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, and it did not arrive quietly. A debate over government holidays marking the anniversaries of two of the most consequential figures in Jammu and Kashmir’s modern history, Maharaja Hari Singh and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, triggered noisy scenes, competing slogans and eventually a walkout by BJP legislators. The immediate dispute began when National Conference MLA Abdul Majeed Larmi…

J&K Assembly Session 2026: Omar Govt Faces Heat Over Statehood, Jobs, Reservation

September 21, 2026 Editor

J&K Assembly Session Begins: Omar Abdullah Government Faces Heat Over Statehood, Jobs, Reservation and Power Tariffs By: News Desk | 20 September 2026 Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly enters its latest session with the Omar Abdullah government facing a familiar but increasingly complicated political test: how to defend its record on governance while managing disagreements with its own alliance partner and a fragmented opposition. The autumn session begins on Monday, September 21, and is scheduled to continue until September 30. The official Assembly portal lists it as the…

‘This Government Won’t Last’: Sunil Sharma’s Attack on Omar Abdullah Puts J&K Politics on Edge

September 14, 2026 Editor

Sunil Sharma vs Omar Abdullah: Governance, Statehood and the Battle for J&K

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…

Mian Altaf Ahmad Flags J&K Political Uncertainty, Unemployment and Statehood Demand

September 13, 2026 Editor

Mian Altaf Ahmad Flags J&K’s Political Uncertainty, Puts Unemployment, Healthcare and Statehood Back in Focus By: News Desk | 12 September 2026 Srinagar: A senior National Conference (NC) voice has once again highlighted the growing gap between political expectations and day-to-day governance in Jammu & Kashmir, with party MP Mian Altaf Ahmad saying he is not satisfied with the prevailing political situation and describing it as uncertain. His remarks are significant not simply because they come from an opposition leader, but because Ahmad is himself a senior NC parliamentarian representing…

‘Do You Want Kashmiris in Jail?’: Omar Abdullah’s Vande Mataram Rebuke Exposes Fresh NC-Congress Rift

September 11, 2026 Editor

Omar Abdullah vs Congress Over Vande Mataram: ‘Do You Want Kashmiris in Jail?’ By: News Desk | 11 September 2026 A national song, an old political fault line and a new fight between allies A dispute over how much of Vande Mataram should be sung at official functions has quickly turned into something much larger in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit back at his Congress allies after the party objected to the rendition of the complete version of the national song, asking a pointed question: “Does…

Kashmir’s Political Space Under Debate: Mirwaiz Questions Bans, Property Attachments and Exclusion

September 9, 2026 Editor

Mirwaiz Calls for Review of J&K Bans, Raises Due-Process Questions Over JeI Properties By: News Desk | 08 September 2026 As Jamaat-e-Islami faces renewed property action in Sopore and its former chief signals a legal challenge to the ban, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says lasting peace cannot be built by excluding organisations with real social influence. SRINAGAR, September 9, 2026 — A familiar question has returned to the centre of Kashmir’s political debate: can lasting peace be built while entire political and socio-religious constituencies remain outside the formal political space? Mirwaiz…

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,…