Article 35A: Civil society, teachers, lawyers, fruit growers protest against abrogation in Sopore, Ganderbal

Article 35A: Civil society, teachers, lawyers, fruit growers protest against abrogation in Sopore, Ganderbal

Srinagar: Protest demonstrations against scrapping article 35 A of Indian constitution continued in Kashmir valley on Monday. While Kashmir Economic Alliance protested in Srinagar, various organisations protested in Sopore and lawyers staged protest in District Ganderbal. KEA tried to march towards UN office in Srinagar but was foiled by Police. Scores of members of coordination […]

Article 35A: KEA’s protest march to UN office foiled

Article 35A: KEA’s protest march to UN office foiled

Police on Monday foiled the protest march of Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) and detained its leader Farooq Ahmed Dar along with several traders who tried to march towards to the United Nations Military observer group office Sonwar. Carrying banners and chanting slogans, traders assembled at Lalchowk to register their protest against attempts to abrogate special […]

Train service remains suspended in Kashmir for security reasons

Srinagar: Train service remained suspended for the second day on Monday due to security reasons in the Kashmir valley, where separatists have called for a two-day strike against any move to weaken the Article 35 A. The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday (August 6) a number of writ petitions challenging Article 35 A, […]

HM militant arrested in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Government forces arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said on Monday. They said on a tip off security forces in a joint operation arrested a militant at Lolab in Kupwara. The militant has recently joined HM, they said adding some arms and ammunition were also recovered.

Supreme Court adjourns petition challenging Article 35 A for two weeks

Supreme Court adjourns petition challenging Article 35 A for two weeks

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till August 27, a batch of petitions challenging Article 35A of the Constitution that guarantees special privileges to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justice A M Khanwilkar, said, “We would hear the matter on August […]

Kashmir shuts as SC to decide scrapping Article 35 A today

Kashmir shuts as SC to decide scrapping Article 35 A today

Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir and parts of Jammu region against “legal assault on J&K’s autonomy” ahead of the hearing in Supreme Court of India on petitions seeking scrapping of Article 35A. A three-member bench of the India’s top court is scheduled to hear the petitions at 2 p.m. today.. Shops […]