NEW DELHI: Having fulfilled its objective to scrap the special status of J&K by rendering the controversial Article 370 defunct, the Modi government appears to have moved on to project the state as being one of the sources of India’s spiritual and cultural tradition as part of the larger Bharatiya culture.As part of the endeavour,…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Article 370 had “sown the seeds of separatism in the valley”, which ultimately evolved into terrorism. Praising the Modi government’s “strong resolution” that led to the abrogation of the article, Shah described the decision as the catalyst for establishing a “Naya Kashmir“.Speaking at the…
SRINAGAR: J&K govt issued instructions Monday for grand celebrations of “Samvidhan Diwas”, commemorating the adoption of the Constitution on Nov 26, 1950. This will be the first such event since J&K’s accession to India in 1947.Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha will lead the ceremony in Srinagar. Tuesday’s event will feature a reading of the Preamble by…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Maharashtra assembly results a ‘victory of development’ and ‘defeat of lies’, as he addressed party workers at the BJP headquarters after the historic victory for the BJP led Mahayuti alliance. “It is the victory of development, good governance and social justice in Maharashtra, and it…
NEW DELHI: People’s Conference Sajad Lone on Saturday alleged that the resolution passed in the recent Jammu and Kashmir assembly session lacked clarity and failed to explicitly demand the reinstatement of Article 370 and Article 35A.“I am not able to understand that in the digital world, how can they (NC) lie like this. The resolution…
NEW DELHI: Amit Shah on Wednesday left no Gandhi generation untouched as he attacked the Congress party over their stance on Article 370, Muslim reservation and Ram Temple. Strongly reiterating the saffron party’s stance on the restoration of special status to Jammu & Kashmir, the home minister said that even if “Indira Gandhi was to…
Photo credit: Screengrab/ Supreme Court YouTube channel NEW DELHI: Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday. President Droupodi Murmu administered the oath in a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, vice president Jagdeep Dhankar, and former CJI D Y Chandrachud…
This is a representational image SRINAGAR: The J&K assembly resembled a fight club Thursday as BJP MLAs clashed with marshals after speaker Abdul Rahim Rather ordered the eviction of opposition members who were protesting the passage of a resolution on restoring the former state’s special status — revoked in 2019 with the abrogation of Article…
NEW DELHI: Former union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Thursday criticised the Congress-led INDI Alliance’s recent move demanding the restoration of Article 370 and special status for Jammu and Kashmir, terming it “an affront to the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court’s stance.”At a press conference, Irani said, “Today, I stand as an…
Jammu and Kashmir’s Assembly witnessed uproar as MLA Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh displayed a banner on Article 370, prompting objections and a brief adjournment. NEW DELHI: Another ruckus broke out at the J&K Assembly in Srinagar on Thursday after Engineer Rashid’s brother, MLA Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh, displayed a banner on Article 370. Leader of Opposition Sunil…
