Amit Shah, Union Home Minister announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has decided to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Amit Shah moved the amendment amid uproar by opposition members. “I am presenting the Continue Reading
The main regional political parties of Jammu and Kashmir – the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party – have opposed the ban imposed by the central government against the Jamaat-e-Islami (the powerful religious organisation which has a strong support base in the state). The central government recently imposed a ban on the organisation on […]Continue Reading
At least eleven people have been killed and several others injured due to the uncompromising rainfall, which has been battering the North States of India for last hours. The North Indian state of Punjab has already announced red alert in the state and asked their disaster management officials to stay vigil. The hilly states of […]Continue Reading
Days after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti submitted her resignation expressing her interest to step down from the position of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the state governor, N N Vohra, has assumed the helm of the administration of the state. The governor has made the move, after he received the accent of the […]Continue Reading
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958, which gives immunity to the security forces in those regions it is implemented, is a complicated subject. The act has been criticised by many due to the fact that it puts liberty offered by the constitution of the country at stake. The country has witnessed a […]Continue Reading
Ghalib Guru, son of the executed parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, secured 95% for his 10th standard board exams. He is one of the 20 students who will be rewarded by the Separatist amalgam. A resident of Sopore, Ghalib’s mother Tabasum Guru used to encourage him and ask him to concentrate in his studies. “Had […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will for the first time have a role in governing the Muslim majority state of Jammu and Kashmir, at the heart of nearly seven decades of hostility with Pakistan, officials said. Modi, who stormed to power in May, 2014, personally addressed election rallies in the northern state […]Continue Reading
Jammu and Kashmir are really three regions: the foothill plains of Jammu; the lakes and blue valleys of Kashmir rising to alpine passes, the high altitude plains and starkly beautiful mountains of Ladakh, which lies beyond those passes. It’s enough to move one to poetry. Srinagar is Kashmir’s summer capital and Jammu, the winter capital. […]Continue Reading