Naveed Iqbal

While the road leading to Abdullah’s residence was blocked by police with concertina wire and armoured vehicles, leaders of mainstream parties invited by Abdullah were not allowed to move out of their houses.

PDP’s Suhail Bukhari said August 5 is a reminder of “a constitutional fraud” perpetrated on the people of J&K.

However, in the 17 cases, where the court did quash the detention orders, it made significant observations, putting under the scanner, the procedure followed by the government while invoking the draconian PSA.

Panchayats are central to the government’s efforts to project normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir, an example of democracy at work. One year after the erstwhile state was stripped of its special status, The Indian Express travels to two panchayats to find out what is holding them back — from lack of funds to powers

In an interview to The Indian Express, the L-G says there is constant interaction between his office and sarpanchs, panchs.

As soon as his release was announced, Lone took to Twitter to say, “Finally 5 days short of a year I have been officially informed that I am a free man."

After 21-year old Burhan Wani was killed by security forces, thousands thronged the streets in protest, pelted stones, snatched weapons of police, overturned and burnt their vehicles, and damaged property of security forces.

This comes four days after the J&K administration withdrew a 1971 circular that required a no objection certificate (NOC) from its home department for acquisition or requisition of land “in favour of the Army, BSF, CRPF and other similar organisations”.

Won’t stand up for them tomorrow, says NC Vice president, on Opposition ‘betrayal’ over Centre’s August 5 move

In his first interview to The Indian Express since the abrogation of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir and his release from detention, Omar Abdullah speaks about a range of issues, from the Gupkar Declaration to “disappointment” by the reaction of India’s political leaders post August 5, 2019, to the future as he sees it.

The J&K administration has withdrawn a 1971 circular that required an NOC from its home department for acquisition/ requisition of land in favour of Army, BSF/CRPF.

Media policy will be ‘re-checked’, Information Dept can’t decide what content is fake, anti-national, says Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu

Given up by his underage parents as soon as he was born, growing up scarred by violence and mental health issues, married off at the age of 13, arrested two years ago for the alleged murder of his wife, herself a child, this teenage inmate at a Srinagar observation centre was sent to live with his father.

Apart from them, 16 officebearers of the newly-created J&K Apni Party and three BJP officebearers have been designated protectees as well.

Given the coronavirus pandemic, the Yatra had already been shortened and was to start on July 21 and end August 3, instead of the usual 45-day duration.

In the last about five years, only nine projects have been fully “completed”, and eight more “substantially completed” in J&K. The outlay for this set of 17 projects stood at Rs 10,465 crore, which is less than a fifth of the total package for the Union Territory.

The lockdown announcement follows a spike in Covid-19 cases over the last three weeks. The number of active cases in Srinagar climbed from 572 on June 27 to 1075 on July 11.

The J&K Police, which released the boy’s photos saying they had rescued him at the site of the encounter, said his grandfather, 65-year-old Bashir Ahmad Khan, was killed when militants opened fire on security forces on the outskirts of Sopore.

At present, the domicile certificate only entitles one to a job in the UT government or admission into professional colleges run by it.

Over the last 15 days, “there has been significant increase in forces in the region, including the moving of reserve forces to Chang La.”

Ali Mohammad Sagar was first detained under provisions of preventive detention in August 2019 in the run up to the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. He was charged under the Public Safety Act in February this year.

Faesal and two PDP leaders—Peer Mansoor and Sartaj Madni—were released from detention on June 3. However, according to official sources, Faesal has been placed under house arrest alongside almost a dozen other political leaders.

On August 14 last year, Faesal was prevented from boarding a flight from New Delhi to Istanbul. He was then flown back to Srinagar and placed under detention at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre along with other political leaders.

The office of District Magistrate, Anantnag, gave the go-ahead Tuesday to start work for the landing facility “from km 246+200 to km 249+700 on the Srinagar-Banihal section of the NH44”.