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When one travels from Srinagar to Uri, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor (LG)’s overhaul of the region’s challenging terrain is perceptible. His bureaucrats outline his main accomplishments: first, efficient transportation networks have facilitated better access to services, and tourism; and second, civilian killings and militant recruitment have considerably declined. The locals agree. Industrialists…
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging an exception carved out for Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court on Friday said delimitation exercises for other states cannot be conducted prior to publication of data of first census after 2026 as that would be against the mandate of Article 170(3) of the Constitution.“The delimitation process is, by design, a legislative…
NEW DELHI: An Army jawan was killed and two others injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials confirmed to PTI on Friday.During an area domination patrol in the Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir, a mine blast resulted in the death of an…
SRINAGAR: J&K National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah announced on Monday the formation of a new human rights body, calling it a temporary alternative to the defunct State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).“Until statehood is restored and a formal SHRC is reestablished, this body will operate in its place,” Dr Abdullah told TOI.The newly formed body…
JAMMU: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah declared that Indus waters will be taken to Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar through canals within three years, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such flows with other states.“I will never allow this (divert water from J&K to other states). Let’s use our water for ourselves…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated India’s stance against terrorism and said that the nation would never equate the perpetrators of Pahalgam terror attack with their victims. He also thanked United Kingdom government for condemning the April 22 attack that killed 26.“We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday brought up the issue of the restoration of statehood to the Union territory, at the flagging-off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Vande Bharat Express between Srinagar and the pilgrim town of Katra.“If you see, by the blessings of Mata (Vaishno Devi), lieutenant…
Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) introduced new policies on reservation, languages, domicile and composition of hill councils for the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh. These policies pave way to 85% of reservation for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in…
File photo: J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: With tension still running high between India and Pakistan, even as Operation Sindoor remains on pause, J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti, Saturday said the spectre of war must end so that people can plan their lives and revive…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a fresh political offensive against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, after former external affairs minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid backed the BJP-led government’s handling of Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan, including the abrogation of Article 370 and India’s military response under Operation Sindoor.Reacting to…
