Author: Emaad Makhdoomi

SRINAGAR: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill granting 33 percent reservation to women in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The bill was introduced in the house by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on behalf of Union Home Minister Amit Shah followed by a debate and reply by the MoS Home. […]

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, on Tuesday said that the efforts of the government to achieve a “new and developed Jammu and Kashmir” would be further augmented, following the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370. “The Supreme Court gave its verdict (on Article 370) yesterday and made it […]

The Supreme Court of India’s monumental verdict has overthrown the divisive stronghold of Article 370, which was being used as a vehicle of oppression, separatism, and inequality in Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 not only functioned as an incubator for influential people and the elites, but it also nurtured fraudulent conduct, manipulation, and propaganda. It […]

Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday termed the Supreme Court’s verdict on pleas challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution “sad and unfortunate”, but said, “We the people of Jammu and Kashmir and we the political parties are no one to sit on the […]

SRINAGAR: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Union Government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said that every decision taken by the Centre on behalf of a State can’t be subject to a legal challenge. A five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice of […]

Srinagar: In response to recent social media posts causing undue concern, the local police issued a statement today, clarifying that there are no orders in place for any arrests, particularly related to court proceedings, including those connected with Article 370 by the apex court. The police emphasized that there are no restrictions on the movement […]

SRINAGAR: As the Supreme Court upheld the Union Government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and President of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP), Mehbooba Mufti, said that the people of J&K are not going to lose hope […]

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta highlighted the judgement as “historical” and “rare” in the history of Indian jurisprudence.

SRINAGAR: “My child became an orphan even before being born,” said the grief-stricken widow of Inspector Masroor Ahmed Wani, who died in Delhi on Thursday, 39 days after he suffered critical wounds in a terrorist attack while he was playing cricket in Eidgah Srinagar. Masroor, 34, was shot by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist on October 29 […]

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached three residential houses at Awantipora and Khudwani under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). A senior NIA official informed The New Indian that a double-storeyed residential house and one single-storey residential house under survey Nos 722, 723 & 724 at the village Chursoo, Awantipora, District Pulwama […]