Tag: Article 35A.
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BJP slams Mehbooba Mufti for spreading lies; indulging in blame game
Despite the agreement to keep contentious issues at bay, she was the first to politicise the hearing in the Supreme Court of a petition filed by an NGO on the legality of Article 35A.
December 23, 2018 -
No political agenda but development of entire Jammu and Kashmir: Governor Malik
Malik said that he was in J&K not to make the political parties happy but to accelerate development of the state and remove genuine grievances of the common people.
December 12, 2018 -
Farooq asks India and Pakistan to replicate Kartarpur corridor in J&K
Farooq Abdullah urged governments of India and Pakistan to replicate the spirit of Kartarpur Corridor in the state of Jammu and Kashmir by opening all routes along the Line of Control (LoC) and international border that have become undeveloped post-partition.
December 2, 2018 -
Not in the nation’s interest
Article 35A of the Constitution is not just about a legal issue but one with socioeconomic and political implications, writes Sanjeeb Panigrahi.
September 13, 2018 -
J-K: Congress to decide on local body poll boycott tomorrow
The Congress is reported to have received suggestions to not boycott the elections as such a step would provide a clear field to the BJP to sweep the polls in the absence of any strong candidates against them.
September 10, 2018 -
Join hands for development of J-K, says Satya Pal Malik
Malik's appeal came a day after the National Conference and Awami National Conference decided to boycott the elections that have been delayed by two years.
September 7, 2018 -
Jolt for PDP, BJP in Ladakh council poll
The results of the election for the 26 member Kargil’s Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) have come as a severe jolt for the BJP that won only one seat despite the high-profile campaign. It was an equally embarrassing position for the PDP that managed to get only two seats in the prestigious LAHDC. The …
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September 2, 2018 -
Article 35A in J-K: Supreme Court defers hearing to January
Article 35A is a presidential order that defines "permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir", and bars non-locals from buying and owning land in the state.
August 31, 2018 -
Shutdown in Kashmir over Article 35A rumours
Shops, public transport and other businesses were shut, speed of mobile internet decreased across the Valley as precaution
August 27, 2018 -
National Conference engages former solicitor general for Article 35A
The National Conference (NC) has engaged former Solicitor General of India, Gopal Subramaniam, to intervene on behalf of the party in the hearing of Article 35A in the Supreme Court on 27 August.
August 26, 2018 -
Displaced Kashmiris want Article 35A scrapped
President of the PK, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, told mediapersons that the Kashmiri Pandits as the indigenous people of Kashmir are worst hit by Article 35A
August 20, 2018 -
Yasin Malik leads protest in support of Article 35A
Immediately after the day's congregational Friday prayers, Malik along with his supporters, led the protest in Maisuma area of Srinagar.
August 17, 2018 -
Article 35A gives Kashmiris right to self-determination: Yasin Malik
"They know their right to self-determination will be automatically snatched from them if state subject law is scrapped".
August 10, 2018 -
Omar Abdullah accuses Mehbooba Mufti of withholding report on Article 35A
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that there was no doubt that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continue to be in a tactical alliance despite the saffron party’s withdrawal of support to the PDP.
August 9, 2018 -
Hari Singh’s descendant joins debate on Art 35 A
Even as controversy over Article 35A rages in the state as elsewhere in the country, Martand Singh, great-grandson of the last ruler of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, surprised many by remarking that the Constitutional provision of the Article was discriminatory towards women. Joining the debate on the controversial Article 35A, Martand Singh in …
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August 8, 2018 -
J-K | Hari Singh kin gives new twist to controversy over Article 35A
Martand Singh, the great-grandson of Maharaja Hari Singh who introduced the state subject law on 20 April 1927 in Jammu and Kashmir and whom the Kashmir-centric political parties and separatists are invoking in a bid to defend the Article 35A, says the Constitutional provision is discriminatory towards women
August 7, 2018 -
What is Article 35A | The history, the debate and the gravity
A writ petition was filed by a Delhi-based NGO, We the Citizens, stating that Article 35A granted special status and privileges to the permanent residents and by doing so discriminated against the citizens of the rest of the country.
August 6, 2018