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Experts hail SC judgement on internet access in Jammu and Kashmir

The court had held that complete suspension of services should be considered only if "necessary" and "unavoidable"

The politics of cool

However much the government and its outreach community might insist it is merely an enabling act, it is hard to see it as anything but the first step towards a constitutionally Hindu nation

J-K abolishes toll tax from New Year, to incur annual loss of Rs 1,500 cr

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced abolition of toll posts, including at Lakhanpur along Jammu-Pathankot highway, a move that will lead to a loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the exchequer annually. The decision of the abolishment of the toll tax from the New Year was welcomed by traders while industrialists termed the withdrawal of toll tax as a "Black Death Warrant for J&K Industrial Sector". Announcing the decision at a press conference here, Principal Secretary, planning, monitoring and development Rohit Kansal said the government has decided to set up a High Powered Committee under the chairmanship of Advisor KK Sharma to interact with various stakeholders and to suggest measures to improve the competitiveness of local industry. "The administration has decided to abolish toll tax at Lakhanpur and all other posts including at Railway Stations and Airports with effect from January 1, 2020. The abolition of the toll tax will lead to an annual loss of around Rs 1,500 ..

J-K govt to set up NCDC for boosting lab diagnosis of emerging diseases

NCDC has the capacity and capability for disease surveillance, outbreak investigations, and rapid response to contain and combat outbreaks

Home Ministry floats idea of implementing Article 371 in J-K instead of 370

A new dispensation may be afoot in Jammu & Kashmir with the Centre proposing granting of Article 371 as compensation for the abrogation of Article 370.

Govt committed to applying all central laws to J&K, Ladakh: Jitendra Singh

The "prophets of doom" predicting "volcanos" in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have "fallen silent" and the Centre is committed to implement all central laws in the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. Urging people to cooperate with the government in the implementation of the Central laws, Singh sought to assure them that all central laws are "citizen friendly" and meant to "benefit the last man in the queue" and "liberate the lower strata of society from the exploitation by the vested interests". "Let each one of us understand and keep reminding ourselves and those around us that the Article 370 is gone and gone forever. It is not going to come back. Even the prophets of doom who were talking of eruption of volcanos and occurrence of earthquakes have fallen silent," Singh said inaugurating a two-day regional conference here. The conference 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' with focus on 'jal shakti' and disaster ..

Abandoning Kashmir

BJP-PDP divorce smacks of political opportunism

EU MPs' J&K visit will help them a clear view of governance priorities: PM

There should be zero tolerance for terrorism, Modi told the delegation that had called on him ahead of its visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

Abrogation of Article 370 led to integration of J-K with India: Amit Shah

He also said the Parliament has made Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India by ending Article 370, under the leadership of Prime Minister

Why BJP ditched PDP? To gain lost ground before 2019, say political parties

BJP on Tuesday ended its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, forcing chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to resign

From NSG deployment to appointment of advisors: What's happening in J&K

These developments come after the PDP-BJP government collapsed on Tuesday as the BJP snapped its three-year-old alliance with the regional party

BJP abandoned partnership with PDP, not people of J&K: Ram Madhav

He also acknowledged a sense of lack of development and discrimination in Jammu and Ladakh regions

Congress has 7 questions for PM Modi after BJP's divorce with PDP in J&K

Congress leaders are demanding answers on what the BJP will do to ensure the state's development and for putting an end to the radicalisation of its youth

Chhattisgarh bureaucrat BVR Subrahmanyam tipped to be next J&K chief secy

Subrahmanyam, considered an expert in internal security matters, has served as private secretary to former prime minister Manmohan Singh during 2004-2008

BJP-PDP divorce in Kashmir: Issues that split the alliance this year

The BJP-PDP alliance, often described as the coming together of the North Pole and South Pole, had formed the government in Jammu and Kashmir on March, 2015

BJP-PDP split: 'Centre may appoint new J&K Governor after Amarnath yatra'

Earlier in the day, President Ram Nath Kovind approved the imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir

BJP-PDP split: Governor's rule imposed in J&K after President's nod

The two-year-old Mehbooba Mufti-led government in Jammu and Kashmir fell on Tuesday after the BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP