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Kashmir Golf Club Elections After 14 Years Trigger Political Row Over ₹2 Crore Plan and Public Access

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Kashmir Golf Club Row: Who Should Benefit From ₹2 Crore in Public Support?

Kashmir Golf Club Elections After 14 Years Put Public Spending and Access Under Scrutiny By: Javid Amin | 20 October 2026 The return of elections to Srinagar’s historic Kashmir Golf Club after a 14-year gap was supposed to mark a fresh chapter in the management of one of the Valley’s oldest sporting institutions. Instead, it has opened a wider political debate about government priorities, the use of public money and who gets to enjoy facilities that carry a public interest. The immediate trigger is a ₹2 crore plan announced by…

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Chinar Trees vs Road Widening: Why Kashmir’s Ganderbal Project Has Sparked a Political Row

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Kashmir’s Living Heritage at Risk? The Debate Over Chinar Trees and Road Development

Kashmir’s Chinar Trees at the Crossroads: Mehbooba Mufti Challenges Omar Abdullah Over Ganderbal Road-Widening Plan By: Javid Amin | 19 October 2026 Srinagar: A road may be widened in months. A tree that has stood through generations of Kashmir’s history cannot be replaced in the same time. That is the question at the heart of a growing controversy in Jammu and Kashmir, where Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remarks about removing mature Chinar trees along road corridors in Ganderbal have drawn sharp criticism from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti.…

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Attack on Kashmir-Bound Bus Raises Safety Concerns for Kashmiri Travellers and Drivers

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Kashmiri Passenger Injured as Stones, Bricks Hit Delhi–Srinagar Bus in Haryana

Delhi–Srinagar Bus Attacked With Stones in Haryana; Elderly Kashmiri Man Injured By: News Desk | 18 October 2026 Jammu and Kashmir Government takes up incident with Haryana; authorities assure action as the attack raises fresh concerns over the safety of Kashmiri passengers and transport workers travelling outside the Union Territory. An elderly Kashmiri passenger was injured after a Jammu and Kashmir-registered sleeper bus travelling from Delhi to Srinagar was allegedly attacked with stones and bricks in Haryana late Saturday night, leaving its windows damaged and passengers shaken. The bus, operated…

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Omar Abdullah Steps In as J&K Orders 15-Day Probe Into IAS Officer’s Alleged Misconduct With Woman JKAS Officer

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Omar Abdullah Steps In as J&K Orders 15-Day Probe Into IAS Officer’s Alleged Misconduct With Woman JKAS Officer

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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Omar Abdullah Government Completes Two Years: Welfare Gains, Unfulfilled Promises Put NC Under Pressure

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Omar Abdullah Government Completes 2 Years: NC Manifesto Promises Reviewed

Omar Abdullah Government Completes 2 Years: NC Manifesto Promises Reviewed By: News Desk | 15 October 2026 Srinagar: Two years after the National Conference (NC) returned to power in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s government is entering its third year with a mixed record—some welfare measures have moved forward, while several major political and economic commitments remain incomplete, narrowed in scope or awaiting tangible results. The government, which took office on October 16, 2024, came to power on a manifesto promising constitutional restoration, employment, affordable electricity, social welfare…

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Congress High Command Faces a Test of Opposition Unity: What Is Brewing Behind the Scenes After the Delhi CJP Protest?

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Congress High Command, INDIA Bloc Rift and the CJP Protest: What Is Brewing?

Congress High Command, INDIA Bloc Rift and the CJP Protest: What Is Brewing? By: Javid Amin | Delhi / Srinagar| 10 October 2026 The Delhi confrontation over the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has exposed a question that could prove more consequential for the opposition than the demonstration itself: how united is the INDIA bloc when it comes to translating shared political concerns into coordinated action? As police restrictions and mass detentions turned the October 10 mobilisation into a national controversy, opposition parties responded…

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J&K Regional Parties Join Anti-CEC Protests in Kashmir; Omar, Mehbooba Draw Parallels With Delhi Restrictions

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Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti Compare Delhi Protest Curbs With Kashmir’s Experience

The National Conference, PDP and other opposition groups joined protests over electoral-roll revisions, while Farooq Abdullah called for a more independent Election Commission. Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti separately compared security curbs in Delhi with Kashmir’s experience of restrictions. Javid Amin | Srinagar | October 10, 2026 Jammu and Kashmir’s political debate over democratic representation has intersected with a growing national controversy over electoral-roll revisions, as regional parties joined protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and opposition leaders questioned the handling of demonstrations in New Delhi. The National Conference…

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National Conference Joins INDIA Bloc Protest Over SIR, Demands Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation

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NC Joins INDIA Bloc Protest Over SIR, Demands Gyanesh Kumar's Resignation

National Conference backs opposition campaign over SIR as Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders face detention during march to Election Commission By: Javid Amin | 06 October 2026 New Delhi/Srinagar: The political confrontation over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls intensified on Tuesday as National Conference (NC) joined the INDIA bloc’s protest in New Delhi, backing the opposition’s demand for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The protest brought together leaders from several opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, National…

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EWS Divide in J&K: Sajad Lone Questions Poverty Criteria, Flags 91:9 Certificate Gap

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J&K EWS Row: Sajad Lone Questions Why Jammu Gets 91% of Certificates

92% of EWS Certificates Issued in Jammu, Only 8% in Kashmir: Sajad Lone Questions Poverty Criteria By: Javid Amin | 05 October 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference chairman and Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone has raised fresh questions over the Union Territory’s definition of economic disadvantage, pointing to a striking regional disparity in the issuance of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) certificates and asking whether the existing criteria accurately reflect the distribution of poverty across Jammu and Kashmir. Lone’s intervention comes after government figures placed before the J&K Assembly…

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Farooq Abdullah Revives Article 370 Debate, Says Those Who Facilitated Abrogation Must Answer

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Who Helped Abrogate Article 370? Farooq Abdullah Puts J&K Politicians on Notice

Those Who Facilitated Article 370 Abrogation Must Answer to People By: Javid Amin | 04 October 2026 NC chief revives debate over who enabled the 2019 constitutional changes as Article 370, statehood and J&K’s political future remain central issues Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has renewed his criticism of the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, saying the move was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s political agenda and arguing that those who allegedly helped or facilitated it from within Jammu and Kashmir must also answer to the people. Abdullah’s…

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