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Talks with Pakistan now will only be about PoK, says Rajnath Singh

Curbs tightened in parts of Kashmir

Making a case for fair treatment of Union Territories in Finance Commission

Call for fiscal autonomy to Union Territories with Assemblies may get louder with 'special status' to J&K in the Finance Commission, say experts

Ex-defence officers, bureaucrats move SC against abrogation of Article 370

The group sought directions declaring presidential orders of August 5 as "unconstitutional, void and inoperative".

Ladakh leaders urge Centre for tribal-area status to protect land, identity

Namgyal appealed to Munda to declare it a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to protect the interests of its people

Landline services restored in Kashmir's 17 exchanges; 50,000 lines reopened

These exchanges are mainly in Civil Lines area, Cantonment area, airport of Srinagar district

Pak gets backing only from China at UNSC meeting on Kashmir: Report

The UN Security Council held a rare meeting on Kashmir on Friday after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, sparking a fresh row with Pakistan

Will restore normalcy in J&K within a few days: Govt to Supreme Court

The apex court said it would be right to give govt more time to restore normalcy in the region

Kashmir stays shut for 12th day, restrictions on people's movement relaxed

Officials say the situation in the Valley is being monitored on a real-time basis and the decision to remove the forces will depend on the ground situation

Shah Faesal taken to makeshift detention center in Srinagar's Centaur Hotel

During preliminary questioning, Faesal said he was taking a connecting flight to London from Istanbul, officials said

A challenge, an opportunity

India had to respond to adapting its strategic thinking on the Kashmir issue, if it was serious in resolving the conflict

Pakistan summons Indian envoy over alleged ceasefire violations along LoC

New Delhi has repeatedly urged Pakistan to 'respect' the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement

UNSC likely to hold session on J&K on Aug 16 after China's request

This comes a day after Pakistan's foreign minister wrote a letter urging the council to urgently convene a session on India's decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir and revoking of Article 370

Best of BS Opinion: Climate change, India's economic challenge, and more

From J&K to Indian economy, read best of Business Standard opinion here

States of the union

Centre-state relations need to improve

Ex IAS officer Shah Faesal sent back to J-K from Delhi, detained under PSA

The former bureaucrat from Jammu and Kashmir had floated a political outfit after resigning from the Indian Administrative Service

Accept invite to J&K sans conditions, when can I come: Rahul Gandhi to Guv

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday repeated his demand to visit Jammu and Kashmir and asked Governor Satya Pal Malik when he could come. He said he had accepted Malik's invitation to visit J&K and meet people without any conditions and termed the governor's reply "feeble". "Dear Maalik (sic) ji, I saw your feeble reply to my tweet. "I accept your invitation to visit Jammu & Kashmir and meet the people, with no conditions attached. When can I come?" he said. On Tuesday, Malik had lashed out at Gandhi for putting "pre-conditions" for a visit to Kashmir Valley and alleged he was trying to "create unrest" by seeking to bring a delegation of opposition leaders. Following remarks by Gandhi that there have been reports of violence in Kashmir, Malik had said on Monday he will send him an aircraft to visit the Valley and observe the ground situation. Gandhi has put forth many conditions for the visit, including meeting mainstream leaders under detention, the governor said in a ..

Governor's invite to Rahul Gandhi to J&K was never sincere: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik, saying his invitation to Rahul Gandhi to visit the state was a "tool of propaganda" and never sincere. He said alleging that Rahul Gandhi has put conditions is rubbish, as he only asked for freedom to meet everyone, including soldiers. "J&K Governor's invitation to Rahul Gandhi was never a sincere invitation. It was a tool of propaganda.To say that Rahul Gandhi put conditions is rubbish. Rahul Gandhi asked for freedom to meet everyone, including soldiers. How is that putting conditions?," he asked on Twitter. "Can a visitor not ask for freedom to meet different sections of the people and to enquire about the welfare of the soldiers?," he further asked. Malik had on Tuesday lashed out at Gandhi for putting "pre-conditions" for a visit to the state and alleged he was trying to "create unrest" by seeking to bring a delegation of opposition leaders. Following remarks by Gandhi that

We should not interfere in 'friend' India's internal matter: UK MP on J&K

In a letter to British PM Boris Johnson in support of India, Conservative lawmaker Bob Blackman says that the UK does not interfere in the domestic affairs of a third country

Pak seeks UNSC emergency meet over India revoking Kashmir's special status

India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution removing the special status to Jammu and Kashmir is an internal matter

J-K to host 3-day global investors summit in Srinagar from October 12

An MoU has been signed by Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organisation and CII for organisation and management of the event