Jammu & Kashmir Under Strain: House Arrests of Political Leaders and a Looming Student Stir Over Reservation Policy

Jammu & Kashmir Under Strain: House Arrests of Political Leaders and a Looming Student Stir Over Reservation Policy

Jammu & Kashmir House Arrests: Opposition Leaders Confined Amid Looming Student Reservation Protests By: Javid Amin | 28 December 2025 Jammu & Kashmir is witnessing rising political tension as authorities placed several opposition leaders under house arrest on Sunday, effectively stalling their participation in what was planned to be a major student protest over the reservation policy. The targeted detentions—including that of National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, PDP legislator Waheed ur Rehman Para, and former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu—reflect deepening fault lines between the government and sections…

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Protests Mark Sixth Anniversary of Article 370 Revocation in Kashmir — Statehood Demand Intensifies While BJP Celebrates Integration

Protests Mark Sixth Anniversary of Article 370 Revocation in Kashmir

Statehood Demand Intensifies as PDP, NC, Congress Accuse Centre of Betrayal; BJP Celebrates ‘Integration and Development’ By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 06 Aug 2025 Six years have passed since the Indian Parliament revoked Article 370, stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and bifurcating it into two Union Territories. On this sixth anniversary, the region stands as a divided landscape of celebration and dissent, where competing narratives clash on the ground and in public memory. The anniversary sparked widespread protests across the Valley and Jammu, with opposition parties…

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