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The government of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday removed the last hurdle for issuance of domicile certificates to spouses of women married outside (outside the UT). So far, children of such women domiciles of the UT were getting domicile certificates. However, call it a lacuna, or call it an oversight, or even better deliberate political posturing,

Nidhi Sharma flew in from Mumbai to be here on Saturday, the day of her father Girdhari Lal Dogra’s 106th birth anniversary. For the uninitiated, the late Dogra was Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for 26 years, a legislator six times and served as Member of Parliament (MP) twice. He was born in Kathua on July 17, 1915, and

On June 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of all parties of Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi where he talked of delimitation, elections and then grant of statehood back to the Union Territory (UT). Just 10 days later, Delimitation Commission headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai toured both Kashmir, and Jammu, regions of the UT in

Perhaps no clear answer is right now available to what may look like a straightforward question. Is the pace of US moving out from Afghanistan more, or is it the pace of Taliban moving in? Well, it is not a question that will hang in balance for a long time as the US withdrawal gets completed in the coming days

The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin for their involvement in terror-related activities. They were under the surveillance of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a long time and were found involved in terror funding, promoting separatism and harbouring terrorists. The duo, Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Shahid Yusuf, were among 11

Population is one of the criteria, not the only one, used for delimiting territorial constituencies for different legislatures, be it state legislative assemblies, or the Lok Sabha. It is not the sole criteria and due consideration has to be given to geographical compactness, means of communication, terrain, and the like. As per the Representation of Peoples Act that was formulated

A National Conference (NC) delegation comprising five important leaders from the Jammu region, led by provincial president D S Rana met Delimitation Commission members here on. Thursday. Besides Rana, Surjit Singh Salathia and Gujjar leader from Mendhar Javed Rana were also among those who met the commission. The NC leaders submitted a memorandum to the commission defining what expectations their

The two bombs dropped at Indian Air Force (IAF) Station, Satwari, apparently by use of drones, have created a new headache for the security agencies. After what is called the technical area of the airport in Jammu, drone sightings were also reported from Kunjwani and Rattnu Chak area. These were spotted by QRTs (Quick Reaction Teams) of the Army and

It will be some days, rather weeks, before reports about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s All Party Meeting (APM) of June 24 stop appearing in newspapers, and be a subject on TV channels Amidst the din about the APM, with some analysts calling it a retreat by the Centre, while others calling it a triumph, one point appears to have been

If the All Party Meeting (APM) called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jammu and Kashmir in Delhi made anything crystal clear, this was it. There was absolutely no question of going back to pre-August 5, 2019, status on major issues like Article 35-A scrapping and restatement of Article 370. Even if statehood is restored to J&K some day, Ladakh