Jammu and Kashmir
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J-K: Anti-encroachment drive, bulldozers may reopen fault lines of years gone by
For the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, Kashmir has started witnessing protests against the anti-encroachment drive in which bulldozer has become a symbol of state power.…
- Kashmir
BJP wants to convert J-K into Hindu-majority state: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: Reacting to Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir, JKNC MP Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that they (the government) will give a truncated…
- Kashmir
Landless, poor people won’t be displaced in J&K anti-encroachment drive
Jammu: The Divisional Commissioner of Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, on Monday assured a delegation of civil society members that no landless or poor people will be displaced during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive to…
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‘There is no illegality’: SC junks plea against delimitation exercise in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea challenging the setting up of a Delimitation Commission to redraw the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu…
- India
SC dismisses petition against redrawing constituencies in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed delimitation of Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and comprising…
- Kashmir
45 shops sealed, 2 demolished during anti-encroachment drive in J&K’s Ramban
Banihal: At least 45 shops were sealed and two others demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. Two political activists…
- Kashmir
Doctors assist in childbirth over WhatsApp call in J-K’s snow-covered Keran
Srinagar: With snowfall ruling out the possibility of airlift, a pregnant woman who had a history of labour complications in the remote Keran in Jammu and Kashmir was assisted by doctors in…
- Kashmir
J&K: Car showroom bulldozed amid tight security arrangement
Jammu: Authorities on Saturday demolished a car showroom during an anti-encroachment drive to retrieve state land here, a week after abandoning the exercise in the face of stone-pelting by a group of agitated…
- Kashmir
In a first in country, 5.9 million tonnes Lithium deposits found in J-K
New Delhi: The Union Government on Thursday said that 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves have been found for the first time in the country in Jammu and Kashmir. Lithium is a…
- Kashmir
Army evacuates pregnant woman from winter isolated J&K’s Nawapachi
Jammu: A pregnant woman was evacuated by the Indian Army from the winter isolated Nawapachi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Thursday. A statement issued by the Army…
- Delhi
Mehbooba detained by Delhi cops for protesting against anti encroachment drive in J&K
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday detained PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti during a protest in the national capital against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s anti-encroachment drive in the union territory. Several videos…
- Kashmir
Anti-encroachment drive: Omar says bulldozer should be last resort
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched a frontal attack on the Union Territory administration’s anti-encroachment drive, with the National Conference leader saying that…
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BJP has turned J-K into Afghanistan: Mehbooba Mufti on anti-encroachment drive
New Delhi: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the anti-encroachment drive, and hit out at the BJP and Jammu and Kashmir administration, accusing them of turning the union territory into Afghanistan…
- Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir gears up for fruit revolution with high density plantation project
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is all set to revolutionise its fruit industry with introduction of the High-Density Plantation (HDP) system and production of quality planting material. The UT’s Department of Horticulture, in…
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BJP holds working committee meets in 12 districts of J-K
Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Sunday conducted working committee meetings of 12 districts across the Union Territory as part of efforts to strengthen the organisation. A day-long working committee…
