Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials and activists protested in Jammu on Monday, just after the announcement and fast retraction of the initial list of 44 candidates for the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Despite the fact that the party later released two new lists, one with 15 candidates, including eight from Jammu and seven … Read more
A list of 82 candidates for the three-phase election to fill 90 Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir was made public by the BJP today. After the former state lost its special status in 2019 and was divided into two Union Territories, this is Jammu and Kashmir’s first Assembly election. Following the 2014 Assembly election, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public rally in Srinagar’s Bakshi stadium, on Thursday hit out at the Opposition, including the Congress, claiming that some families were misguiding not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir, but the entire nation over the now-abrogated Article 370. On August 5, 2019, the Centre, led by Prime Minister … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore to improve the agri-economy in Jammu and Kashmir. During his first visit to the Valley since his government abolished Article 370. On August 5, 2019, the Centre, led by Prime Minister Modi, repealed Article 370 and divided the previous state into the Union territories … Read more
Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The historic Bill aims at empowering (i) Pahari Ethnic Group (ii) Padari Tribes (iii) Koli and (iv) Gadda Brahmin by providing Scheduled Tribe status. This has been long pending demand of these communities. The inclusion of these communities in the list … Read more
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a series of posts said in Jammu and Kashmir, we have successfully completed the construction of the Ramban Viaduct, a remarkable feat spanning a length of 1.08 kilometer with 4 lanes. He said the project, built at a cost of ₹ 328 crore, is … Read more
On Tuesday, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir said that intense counter-terror operations were ongoing in the Rajouri neighborhood of Kalakote and involved frequent gunfire exchanges between militants and security troops. Lt Col Suneel Bartwal, a defense spokesperson based in Jammu, stated that “Technology is being used to monitor the terrorists. Presently, intense operations are under … Read more
In a prolonged anti-terror operation in the Gadol forest of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, local security forces have successfully neutralized a Lashkar terrorist, with the search ongoing for the body of another militant, the police have confirmed. The alpine forest bore witness to a week-long offensive involving hundreds of mortar shells, rockets, and heavy … Read more
A stapled visa is an unconventional form of visa issued by China to Indian nationals from specific regions, particularly Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Instead of stamping the visa directly onto the passport, a stapled visa is an unstamped piece of paper that is attached to a page of the passport with pins or … Read more
Jammu: The demand for statehood is Jammu and Kashmir’s biggest issue and the Congress will use “our full power” to get it reinstated, party MP Rahul Gandhi said on Monday as his Bharat Jodo Yatra arrived here to a grand welcome. Mr Gandhi, who met a cross-section of people from Jammu and Kashmir during his … Read more
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress spokesperson Deepika Pushkar Nath on Tuesday resigned from the party, citing its decision to “allow” former minister Lal Singh to join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra which will enter the Union territory later this week. Ms Nath said she is leaving the party on ideological grounds as Mr Singh … Read more
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will today meet the families of those killed in the recent twin terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Mr Shah will also review the security situation in the wake of targetted attacks on Hindu families in the region. Seven civilians, including two children, were killed and many … Read more
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s plan to create a ‘unique family ID’ for residents of the Union Territory was emblematic of the widening “trust deficit” after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370. The former chief minister said Kashmiris are viewed with suspicion and dubbed the unique family … Read more