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Opinion: Three stark realities of J&K
There is a three-fold stark reality in Jammu and Kashmir after the most successful and highly acclaimed Assembly polls, each revealing different shades in which the governance is operating First, the Central…
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J-K resolution on special status centrepiece of BJP campaign in Maharashtra
The November 6 resolution of the J&K UT Assembly calling for restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state has become a political boon for BJP in its election campaign in…
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Opinion: Kashmir struggling with bad news syndrome yet again
Jammu and Kashmir needs to come out of bad news syndrome. There have been plenty of bad news headlines in the last few weeks. A number of terror attacks have taken place…
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J-K Assembly passes resolution on Article 370, confrontation with centre on anvil
The Jammu and Kashmir legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution seeking restoration of special status and other constitutional guarantees enlisted in the Article 370 that was abrogated on August 5, 2019…
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PDP’s resurrection; Mehbooba should read writing on wall and work like her father
Last Friday PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti announced dissolution of her party’s structure and held out a promise that it would be constituted afresh in tune with the new…
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J-K: Omar hands over restoration of statehood resolution to PM
In his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening , Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah handed over a resolution passed by his cabinet on restoration of statehood …
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Opinion: United response is real answer to terrorists in Kashmir
The Sunday evening terror attack in Gagangeer in Central Kashmir which left seven civilians, including a local doctor, dead, was not yet another terror attack in the genre of such attacks to…
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Opinion: Ladakh discourse missing in J-K polls, first time in history
One of the rare distinctions of the recently concluded J&K Assembly polls was that for the first time in its history Ladakh was not the part of the whole exercise. This was…
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No room for confrontation, despite mandate against abrogation of Article 370
The process of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir clocked its last milestone when a democratically elected government led by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took the oath of office and secrecy…
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NC, BJP will have to start their journey for J-K ‘s progress together
There is no doubt that the National Conference has got a decisive mandate from Kashmir Valley, and with independents’ support it has much better presence in the Jammu region than its ally…
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Jammu looking for its rightful position in new dispensation in J-K
In the run up to the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir for which National Conference vice president has staked a claim there is a big apprehension in Jammu how would this…
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J-K: Delhi-Srinagar need to walk extra mile
There are two ways of looking at the verdict delivered by the voters in Assembly elections held in Jammu and Kashmir after a decade , the people across the UT have not…
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J-K at crossroads – The election time goals are marked with many ifs and buts
Jammu and Kashmir is at a crossroads as it waits for outcome of the Assembly elections in the Union Territory . It is on an unchartered territory as it looks beyond government…
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A first of firsts – Foreign diplomats watch Kashmir elections
It was a rare first when Indian ministry of external affairs brought diplomats of 15 countries to Srinagar to observe second of the three-phased Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir , which…
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Opinion: Toxic rhetoric in J&K elections is rife with serious consequences
In the ongoing Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the parties in their bid to woo voters have started seeding mutually hostile narratives that will leave serious consequences in its trail for…