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Data | Forty deaths in the run-up to Panchayat polls: West Bengal most affected by political violence

West Bengal has seen a peak in political violence & related deaths during polls. Analysis of data from 2016-2023 shows J&K recorded the most incidents, followed by West Bengal, UP and Punjab. Most other States recorded less than 700 incidents. The 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the 2018 panchayat polls…

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In J&K, land is again the centre of debate

It reflects the growing chasm between the J&K political class and the Centre

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No outsider given land under PMAY scheme in J&K: L-G Manoj Sinha

J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha clarified that no outsider was being given land under Pradhan Mantri’s Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), in the wake of allegations by the National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of “settling outsiders”.

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Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah question govt.’s normalcy narrative in Jammu and Kashmir

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah questioned the normalcy narrative portrayed in the latest affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court

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Explained | What are the cases about Article 370 and J&K special status, up for hearing at the Supreme Court?

As a five-judge Constitution Bench is set to take up pleas about the abrogation of Article 370 on July 11, we examine what led to the petitions, what the contentions are, and when it has been mentioned for early listing before

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Separatists from Hurriyat, JKLF make a bid to revive, taken to police station in Srinagar: J&K Police

Scores of separatist leaders and their supporters were detained in Srinagar on Sunday in a police raid, which was aimed at “disallowing revival of the separatist Hurriyat and the J&K Liberation Front (JKLF)“.

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J&K to implement ‘land to landless’ scheme despite local opposition

The Lieutenant Governor’s administration on July 7 hardened its stand over the implementation of ‘land to landless’ scheme in J&K, as several political parties continue to oppose any move to settle “outsiders” in the Union Territory (UT).

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No outsider being allotted land: J&K administration on Mehbooba's charges

Manoj Sinha said the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started providing 150 square yard plots to landless families for the construction of their houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna.

The Hindu

L-G intends to import poverty into Kashmir says Mehbooba

Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on July 5 accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of “playing a dangerous game”.

The Hindu

J&K launches India’s first chatbot for people in mental distress

India’s first Tele-MANAS chatbot, which will start an instant conversation with people in distress, was launched in J&K on July 5. This year Kashmir saw the highest number of distress calls to the Tele-Manas centre.

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Centre gears up for Lok Sabha election in J&K as SC to hear petition on Article 370

NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court will start hearing on a bunch of petitions challenging the nullification of Article 370 and degrading Jammu and Kashmir’s status to a Union Territory (UT) after bifurcating it into two, the Centre is believed to be making arrangements for holding Lok Sabha, and…

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NC, PDP, CPI(M) hail Supreme Court’s decision to hear petitions challenging the reading down of Article 370 in J&K

Several of Jammu & Kashmir’s regional parties welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the petitions challenging the reading down of Article 370

The Hindu

PDP chief Mehbooba requests CJI for early hearing on Article 370 in Supreme Court

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti requested Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud for an early hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019.

The Hindu

L-G, Mehbooba seek visiting CJI’s attention with opposing views on Article 370

The Centre’s decision to abrogate the provisions of Article 370 in 2019 took centre stage in Srinagar again on Friday, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud in the city to chair the 19th All India Meet of the Legal Services Authorities. A number of pleas against the abrogation are…

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J&K witnessing continuous denial of democracy: Sajad Lone’s JKPC

Sajad Lone’s Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) on June 7 said Jammu and Kashmir was witnessing a continuous denial of democracy and urged all the political parties not to visit J&K as part of Parliament Standing Committees.

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Restore democratic rights in J&K before elections are held: Mehbooba Mufti

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader said that while polls in Kashmir are important, more urgent is the restoration of basic democratic rights of the people there.

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Centre bars J&K government from fixing mutton prices, revokes previous order

The Centre has revoked Jammu and Kashmir Mutton (Licensing and Control) order, 1973, and barred the Union Territory (UT) from regulating and fixing the prices of mutton. J&K consumes 600 lakh kilograms of mutton annually.

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J-K: Small, marginalized farmers script new chapter in agri-economy

Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) has proven to be a boon for small and marginalized farmers in Jammu and Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Centre directs officials to upscale efforts for ‘better utilisation’ of river waters in J&K under Indus Water Treaty

The meeting took stock of the progress made on various hydro power projects in the Union Territory of J&K.

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Jammu & Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha flags issue of State-sponsored terrorism at G20 meet in Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir has suffered state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan for 30 years but the terror ecosystem, which thrived with support from across the border, has been isolated, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on May 23.

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Hurriyat, JKPC pay tributes to assassinated leaders Molvi Farooq, Lone on their death anniversaries

The Hurriyat and the J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC) on May 21 commemorated the death anniversaries of their party leaders, Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone, who were assassinated in two separate incidents on May 21 in 1990 and 2002 respectively.

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G-20 meet will boost J&K tourism, investment inflow: L-G Manoj Sinha

ecurity has been tightened across J&K in the run-up to the event.

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Build further on LoC ceasefire, revive SAARC for lasting peace in J&K, says PDP resolution

PDP on May 2, 2023 held a meeting of the members of its Political Affairs Committee in Srinagar and underlined the need to maintain peace along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, and revive SAARC as a platform for lasting peace in J&K.

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Pakistan attracting poor, working-class people into terrorism in Rajouri, Poonch: Army

The Army statement came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir Police pointed at local support for militants who attacked an Army truck in Poonch on April 20, which left five soldiers dead.

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Panchayat Raj Institutions rewrite fate of rural areas in J&K

When Panchayat elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018, two former chief ministers of the erstwhile state Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti termed the polls as a "futile exercise." Read further on Dynamite News:

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