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SC hears pleas on Article 370, information blockade in Jammu and Kashmir

Normalcy is gradually returning to Jammu and Kashmir as mobile and landline services have been restored in both UTs

Pakistan resumes postal mail service with India after three months

India's August 5 decision evoked strong reactions from Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties. Islamabad suspended all communication links with India as well as the trade ties

Allow Farooq Abdullah to attend Parliament: Opposition asks govt

Opposition leaders raised the issue of MPs not being allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of its special status

15th Finance Commission likely to get extension for J&K and Ladakh

Chairman NK Singh says the government is yet to give fresh terms of reference to the panel regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Finance Commission extension depends on terms of reference for J&K, Ladakh

Singh said that the commission will have to work on the devolution formula for the newly bifurcated union territories.

Govt should have consulted RS before converting J&K into UTs, says Manmohan

The Rajya Sabha as the council of states should be given "greater respect by the executive", and should have been consulted before the "drastic measures" were taken of converting a state into Union Territories and redrawing of its boundaries, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, in direct criticism of the government's move to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir.

Kashmir admin shifts 34 political prisoners to MLA hostel as winter begins

Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the season's first snowfall earlier this month.

Kashmir train services to resume Sunday, trial runs successful: Officials

Train services in the valley were suspended on August 3, ahead of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution

Govt explains reasons for J&K curbs to Parliament standing committee

The Home Secretary informed the Committee about the precautionary steps

Army, BRO discuss 'all-weather connectivity' to cut-off areas in JK, Ladakh

Top Army and BRO officials conducted a brainstorming session at a two-day conference on developing all-weather connectivity the to cut-off, far-flung and remote areas in the union territories of J&K and Ladakh, officials said on Thursday. The Northern Command annual road conference was held on November 13and 14 at the headquarters of Northern Command at Udhampur, a defence spokesman said. The event was chaired by Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, GOC-in-C, Northern Command. The Conference was aimed at taking stock of ongoing road connectivity projects in J&K and Ladakh union territories and identifying bottlenecks so as arrive at way forward to provide better road infrastructure, the spokesperson said. The development of connectivity infrastructure by army authorities not only meets operational requirements but also local aspirations, therefore contributing to socioeconomic development of the local populace, he said. The improved roads directly contribute towards employment generation, ...

No interim order on Article 370 issue, will settle all in one go, says SC

The top court also asked the Centre to respond to two fresh petitions which have raised issues related to abrogation of the provisions of Article 370

Modi govt to seek Nabard help for J&K's saffron, peach, walnut producers

To ensure better price to the farmers of newly created union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government will seek help of NABARD in procuring farm produce like saffron, peaches and walnuts from them. Also, she said, the government wants to promote solar energy generation in the union territory (UT) of Ladakh, which is also carved out of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The government has recently procured apples from the farmers of UT of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) through National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). "Now I'm ensuring that I will take the chairman of NABARD to J&K even if it's winter now because I want ... the next crop of saffron, peaches and walnuts and other agri produce of J&K to get that kind of support which through NABARD the central government can extend to Jammu and Kashmir," she said at an event organised by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Centre justifies Article 370 in SC; says separatists sowing seeds of enmity

The Centre said Article 370 for over seven decades prevented the people of the of Jammu and Kashmir to receive benefits of evolving legal systems

Train services in Kashmir Valley to resume from Tuesday: Indian Railways

Train services in the Kashmir Valley, which were disrupted since August 3 ahead of the abrogation of provisions of Article 370, will resume on Tuesday, a Northern Railway official said. The valley had been under restrictions after August 5, when the Centre revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into union territories. "After appropriate action and assurance by GRP, J&K regarding safe operation of train in Kashmir Valley between 10 AM and 3 PM, the Firozpur Division will commence a limited passenger service of running two pair of trains between Srinagar-Baramulla-Srinagar with effect from November 12," an official said.

New map correctly shows our sovereign territory: MEA on Nepal objections

The Nepal government on Wednesday made it clear that the Kalapani area situated in the country's far-West lies within the Nepalese boundary

'Orders for phone, internet shutdown in J&K illegal & unconstitutional'

Grover argued that orders issued by the authorities were with regard to reduction of speed of 3G and 4G data but the internet service was totally shut down.

Illegal detention of children: SC asks J&K high court to file fresh report

Earlier this month, the Juvenile Justice Committee had submitted a report to the apex court

NC urges govt to release political prisoners, normalise situation in J-K

The party said more than 90 days later, things that people in the rest of the country take for granted like Internet access, and unhindered access to communication, are being denied to Kashmiri people

In Kashmir, New Delhi is searching for a modern day Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad

A coalition of the willing is being readied to play the role of the King's Party in J&K

Govt releases maps of newly-created UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

The maps prepared by Survey General of India depicting the new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, as created on October 31, 2019