Omar demands ‘separate J&K PM and president’, leaves Modi fuming

Addressing a public rally in Kashmir’s Bandipore, Abdullah had said that he wanted to see Jammu & Kashmir restore to the previous situation where the state had a separate prime minister and a president. Read More
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Shah Faesal, ex-bureaucrat from J&K, all set to launch his party

The former bureaucrat has declared that he is all set to launch his own political party. He is seen travelling through different district in Kashmir and trying to get like-minded individuals into the party. Among them is former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid. Read More
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EC puts J&K assembly poll on hold citing security concerns

The Election Commission has decided to not hold assembly election in Jammu & Kashmir simultaneously with the Lok Sabha poll, which the commission announced on Sunday. This has prompted charges that it is the Centre’s admission of the failure of its Kashmir policy. Read More
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NC, PDP to move court against amendment J&K quota law

Senior politicians in Jammu & Kashmir questioned the method adopted to bring in the amendments, a day after the Union Cabinet approved amendments to Constitution (Application to J&K) Order, 1954. Read More
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Shah Faesal, J&K IAS officer, quits job to protest ‘killings’ in Kashmir

Shah Faesal, the Kashmiri Indian Administrative Services officer who topped in the Union Public Services Commission exams for civil services in 2010, has quit his IAS post in protest against “unabated killings in Kashmir” and “hypernationalism” in India. Read More
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In J&K, PDP to boycott municipal and panchayat polls

The People’s Democratic Party decided to boycott the polls in upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in Jammu & Kashmir and appealed to the Centre to review its decision to hold the elections in the valley due to the “environment of insecurity” Read More
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