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'Fabricated narrative': India rebuts Pakistan at UN rights body meeting

India strongly rejected Pakistan's "malicious" campaign on the issue

India slams J&K reference in Pak-China statement, opposes meddling in PoK

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also talked about the China-Pakistan economic corridor in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir

Govt to buy apples directly from J&K farmers, transfer money through DBT

The announcement came in the wake of terrorists threatening some apple growers not to sell their produce in the market

Restrictions in parts of Kashmir to prevent Muharram processions, violence

The officials did not cite any reasons for reimposing restrictions but it is believed that the step was taken to prevent Muharram processions in the city and elsewhere in the Valley

Ind-Pak tensions less heated now than weeks ago; ready to help them: Trump

Tensions between the two neighbours escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status by scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution

In both Assam and Kashmir, BJP's saviour act could spark civil wars

BJP came to power on a security agenda of making India immune to internal and external threats - but its policies have initiated processes that will probably increase instability

The next 100 days

Govt needs to show that the India story is alive

Union territories of J&K and Ladakh to have a common high court

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will become two separate Union territories from October 31 but will have a common high court, State Judicial Academy's Director Rajeev Gupta said on Sunday. He also said 108 Central Laws would be applicable for the two UTs while 164 state laws would be repealed and 166 state laws will continue to be applicable. The Centre had on August 5 nullified Article 370 of the Constitution, revoking the special status of the state. Parliament approved the resolution in this regard and also passed the bill on the bifurcation of the state into two UTs. Later on August 9, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcating the two Union Territories, which will come into existence on October 31. Speaking at a refresher programme, organised by the SJA on topic "Appreciation of evidence with specific reference to Dying Declaration, Accomplice Statement and Confessional Statement for Session Judges of Jammu province here, .

'91 per cent of Kashmir region free from any day-time restrictions'

The Centre, in August, had also bifurcated the state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Letter to BS: Normalcy is elusive even a month after Article 370 decision

The continued strife in the state will embolden Pakistan to internationalise this matter to demonise us the way it suits its villainous schemes

Deep freeze in the Valley

An untested game plan Kashmir is in deep freeze for an indefinite time, says the author

Shekhar Gupta: India's most potent weapon loses power

A red-hot economy was India's greatest strategic strength. It's diminishing and damaging India's stature, as reflected in responses to Kashmir crisis

In J&K shutdown, PM's health scheme grinds to halt, healthcare crisis grows

Ayushman Bharat patients cannot access free services. The private and government hospitals we visited were half empty. MRI machines could not get software updates

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased

Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir on Aug 5, striking down the long-standing constitutional provisions for the Himalayan region

Best of BS opinion: Valuing dissent and dealing with a Valley of discontent

From the the banking industry's new benchmark challenge to managing the problem of urban water and restoring normalcy in the Valley, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Valley of discontent

Normalcy is elusive even a month after Article 370 decision

Sitaram Yechury's affidavit in SC challenges govt's claims on Kashmir

Yechury said that the situation on the ground in Kashmir, to the extent that he saw, was completely contrary to what the government is indicating

SC allows ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's daughter to meet her in Kashmir

In her petition, Iltija, Mufti's daughter, had submitted that she is concerned about her mother's health as she has not met her for a month

SC orders shifting of ailing CPI(M) leader Tarigami to AIIMS from Srinagar

Yechury told the bench he has no objection if Tarigami, a former CPI(M) MLA, was shifted to AIIMS for better treatment

Modi, Abe have task cut out in Russia: Prying Putin away from China

Apart from better bilateral ties at the expense of China, Modi will probably seek from Putin support for his new Kashmir policy