The demand for restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood came to the fore on Monday, the first day of the autumn session of the Union Territory Assembly, with the ruling alliance pressing for its immediate reinstatement. After the House paid obituary tributes to three former ministers, opposition BJP MLAs targeted the government by raising slogans on various public issues. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged BJP members to return to their seats so the legislative agenda could proceed. However, BJP members, holding placards, continued their slogans, creating a chaotic atmosphere. Amid the din, members of the ruling alliance, the National Conference (NC),…
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Seven years after the Centre suspended cross-LoC trade through Salamabad in Uri, the Trade Facilitation Centre is set to get a new role, with the Tourism Department planning to utilise the facility for promoting border tourism in North Kashmir. According to the details available, the department has received the green signal to take over the Trade Facilitation Centre, along with the assets and facilities available there, for tourism-related activities and promotion of border tourism. Director Tourism Kashmir, Syed Qamar Sajjad said that the proposal has been approved and said the move reflects the government’s focus on reviving tourism in Kashmir,…
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is scheduled to consider seven private members’ resolutions on Sept. 25, covering issues including employment generation, regularization of government workers, housing for homeless families and restoration of water resources. According to a Assembly Secretariat, the resolutions were selected through a ballot held on Sept. 18. BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi will seek a comprehensive, time-bound master plan to create parking facilities in Jammu East, particularly in congested markets, commercial areas, major junctions and residential localities. Pawan Kumar Gupta has proposed a uniform policy for regularizing daily-rated, casual, NYC, Mid-Day Meal and similarly placed workers across…
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is scheduled to table a report by a House Committee investigating alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in the Union Territory. Justice Hasnain Masoodi, chairman of the committee, will present the report before the House, according to the Assembly’s listed business. The committee was constituted on April 9, 2025, to probe alleged irregularities in the implementation of the central government’s flagship drinking water programme in Jammu and Kashmir. The Assembly is also scheduled to consider the introduction of a bill seeking to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Societies…
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday sought Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s intervention to stop a spiritual and meditation event facilitated by self-styled godman Swami Dhyan Sumit in the Union Territory. The poster of the event scheduled in Gurez — on the Line of Control (LoC) in Bandipore district — from September 24 to September 27 calls it a sacred Himalayan experience: ‘Tantra in Silence — a journey within a meditation retreat’. It says the event would be facilitated by Swami Dhyan Sumit “inspired by the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh”. Expressing concern over reports on the “Tantra in Silence” programme scheduled…
PDP workers led by party leader Iltija Mufti staged a protest at the party headquarters in Srinagar on Saturday, demanding that the report of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on rationalization of Jammu and Kashmir’s reservation policy be made public and presented before the people. Carrying placards and raising slogans, the protesters demanded immediate disclosure of the report, which was constituted to examine grievances surrounding the existing reservation framework and recommend measures for its rationalization. The placards called for the report to be released and publicly discussed, while also highlighting concerns relating to EWS and the residential-condition requirement. Iltija Mufti, who addressed…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House over what he called their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS.” Trump also warned “other outlets” would “follow” but did not specify which. “CNN stands fully behind our White House team and their fair and accurate reporting,” the network posted on X. “We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do that reporting without hindrance or interference from the government. Should the ban which President Trump threatened go ahead, it would be an illegal assault on that fundamental and constitutionally-protected right.” Politico…
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para has proposed a resolution in the upcoming Autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, urging the Centre to initiate a “meaningful and sustained” political process in J&K and consider a one-time, comprehensive amnesty for those affected by years of turmoil. The resolution submitted by Para to the Assembly secretary on September 5 calls for a humanitarian and time-bound review of cases involving “misguided” youth, who were caught in circumstances beyond their control, or continue to face cases and restrictions long after the events in question. “The House calls upon the…
Three residents of Kot Charwal area of Rajouri district have emerged as alleged members of a logistic support module linked to the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during further investigation into a terror module case, police said. The development came during the investigation into FIR No. 95/2026 registered at Police Station Dharamsal in Rajouri. Investigators have allegedly found that the three accused harboured terrorists, facilitated their movement and provided logistical support to members of the proscribed outfit. Quoting a senior official, the news agency KNO reported that the alleged role of the accused in assisting, harbouring and facilitating the movement of terrorists,…
India faces the prospect of higher U.S. tariffs on its exports after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation. It gives President Donald Trump the power to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas. The legislation, known as the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, passed the House by 262-159 on Wednesday after clearing the Senate earlier. It now goes to Trump for his signature. The bill does not itself impose a 100% tariff on India. It would give Trump the authority to impose such tariffs on…