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None of the objectives that were advanced to justify the dramatic changes leading to the bifurcation of the state and its reduction to Union Territory status have been realised yet.

AA Edit | 3 years after J&K changes, don't delay polls any more

It was argued that J&K's autonomy must end for economic development to proceed apace

5 Aug 2022 12:30 AM IST

The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to hold the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30 next year. (AP)

Order to scrap J&K's special status Constitutionally valid: SC

Calls for restoration of statehood; polls by September '24

12 Dec 2023 12:37 AM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Anand Sahay | J&K: New vistas can open if govt ready to shift focus

Neighbourhood difficulties are a constraining factor and an impediment to India realising its true potential as an...

30 Jan 2023 12:18 AM IST

Waris Punjab De founder Amritpal Singh visits Golden Temple after the release of his associate Lovepreet Toofan from the Amritsar Central Jail, in Amritsar, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Threat to Punjab growing: Centre needs to act swiftly

On a continual basis in the state there have been incidents of masses of men wielding firearms and other weapons going...

2 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the second part of Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (SANSAD TV/PTI)

AA Edit | Rajnath promise' on PoK rejoining India welcome

Mr Singh echoed the Indian sentiment when he said, ...tortured people of PoK will clamour to join India."

28 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

The UCC cannot, by its very definition, be a state subject. We cant have different uniform civil codes; we cant end communal and cultural heterogeneity in favour of state-level UCCs. (Representational image: image courtesy m.dailyhunt.in)

Aakar Patel | Why the BJP is pushing hard for a Uniform Civil Code now

It's not only one community that will see its personal laws on inheritance, marriage, divorce change, but all...

27 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of Desiccated Land: An American in Kashmir by David Lepeska. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist...

It took the author 15 years to rustle up a book on his Kashmir experiences.

9 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indian Army personnel near the wreckage of an Army truck after the vehicle skidded off while negotiating a sharp turn, at Zema in North Sikkim, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Atleast sixteen Army personnel were killed and four others injured in the accident, according to Army officials. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price

The saga of militancy and terror in the Kashmir Valley is without end and yet heart rending whenever high-profile...

15 Sept 2023 12:14 AM IST

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. (Photo:PTI)

No J&K state just yet: Centre

Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta told that it is ready for elections in the UT and that the EC has to take a call on...

1 Sept 2023 1:09 AM IST

BSF personnel spotted some suspicious movement near the fence along the Indo-Pak border, a BSF official said. (Representational Image)

4 more civilians killed in Pak shelling across border, thousands flee...

Among those injured are five Border Security Force (BSF) jawans, three of them critical condition.

23 May 2018 1:13 PM IST

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday, assured that the investigation in regard to the Kathua rape case is on a fast track, adding law will not be obstructed by the irresponsible actions. (Photo: ANI)

Mufti slams ex-minister for horrid mentality'

Director General of Police, Shesh Paul Vaid, said, We have registered a case against him (Rajinder Singh) after...

23 May 2018 2:21 AM IST

PM Modi at Sabarmati Ashram centenary celebrations in Gujarats Ahmedabad. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

How Modi failed to do a Golwalkar in J&K

Funds coming from India, Pakistan and till recently Saudi Arabia meant that the Valley is flush with cash.

23 May 2018 12:33 AM IST