The Rajya Sabha on Monday gave its approval to the government's major plan to restructure the state, with the support of most parties barring a part of the opposition led by the Congress
By unfurling the Tricolour in all the panchayats in the Kashmir valley, PM Modi may be seeking to bury the embarrassment of 1992 under a national celebration
Govt moves resolutions to abrogate Article 370, bifurcate J&K into 2 UTs
Regional parties like BSP, BJD, AIADMK and YSRCP on Monday supported the resolution in Rajya Sabha, that will aid the government in the passage of the bill
The joint sitting will review the tense situation in Jammu and Kashmir and along the Line of Control. It will also suggest the government a plan of action to deal with the fallout of India's decision
Jammu and Kashmir will be the largest union territory (UT) in the country in terms of area once it is carved out, following the Centre's move to bifurcate the state. Ladakh, will be the second largest UT after it comes to force. The government on Monday revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be bifurcated into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. This provoked outrage from the National Conference and the PDP and triumph from leaders of India's ruling BJP. There has been a long pending demand from a section of people of Ladakh to turn it into a union territory. With the addition of two new UTs, its total number will go up to nine -- J&K, Ladakh, Delhi, Puducherry, Diu and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Currently, only two UTs -- Delhi and Puducherry -- have Legislative Assemblies. With the addition of Jammu and Kashmir, the number will go up
The Bill will split the state into two union territories: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Jammu & Kashmir will have a representative body
"This will be a war that no one will win and the implications will be global," he warned
Decision could throw up constitutional questions, including sanctity of terms of Jammu & Kashmir's accession to Union of India, and is likely to be challenged in SC
Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah of the National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP have been detained at Hari Niwas on Gupkar road
In the meantime, the US has clarified that its position on Kashmir hasn't changed and it continued to view it as a bilateral issue
Modi has broken the post-Simla status quo on Kashmir. The new reality has to be accepted to move on from its complex and complicated past
The services were likely to be resumed Saturday but a last minute technical hitch led to postponing of the resumption of services
The activists said the Valley was on the edge and could erupt in protests as and when the authorities lift the curfew
The senior advocate was arguing that without having materials to support their apprehensions about danger to public tranquillity, the authorities cannot impose such restrictions.
In her first reaction to the scrapping of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday said it was done in an unconstitutional manner. The manner in which it has been done is totally unconstitutional and against the principles of democracy," she told reporters Umbha, the village where 10 tribals were killed in July in a land dispute. "There are rules that have to be followed when such things are done, which have not been followed," she said. The Congress general secretary said her party always stood for safeguarding the Constitution. "Unlike the BJP where only one voice is heard, in the Congress every voice is given importance and properly discussed to reach a conclusion," she said. Last week, Parliament adopted a resolution approving a government move to scrap provisions of Article 370 which gave J&K a special status under the Constitution and also passed a Bill splitting J&K into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir .
Khan's General Debate speech at the world body is scheduled for September 27, the Express Tribune reported
More than a thousand people, including politicians, separatists, activists and lawyers, were detained after the August 5 decision
The paralysis of the court has seen many crucial issues pushed to the back burner
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