New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the existence of Article 370 caused economic backwardness and hindered the development of Jammu and Kashmir, adding that political corruption aided by the said article harmed residents of the Valley.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday moved a resolution in the Lok Sabha relating to Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, which was adopted by the House by a voice vote.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 5 (ANI): Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of erstwhile prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday announced to hold a rally in Sargodha tomorrow regarding New Delhi's decision to scrap Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Constitution expert Subhash Kashyap on Monday described the Central government's decision to scrap clauses 370(2) and 370 (3) of Article 370 as "constitutionally sound" saying that no constitutional or legal fault can be found in it.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): The process to appoint a commission to carry out delimitation of Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir will start soon, sources said on Monday.
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): In a major success for Modi government, several non-NDA, non-UPA parties on Monday supported government's resolution in Rajya Sabha to abrogate Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is reaching Srinagar to oversee the security situation after the scrapping of Article 370 and to observe the ground implementation of the government's 'Kashmir plan' there.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Sports fraternity has welcomed the Central government's decision to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and barred people from rest of India from buying land in the state.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Displaced Kashmiri Pandits living in the national capital hailed the central government's "historic" decision of scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution and several took to the streets to celebrate the move on Monday.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): The West Bengal police on Monday arrested five Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members, including the district BJYM president Kanchan Debnath, while they had gathered to celebrate the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 5 (ANI): "Rejecting" India's decision to scrap Article 370 that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said that they would take up the issue with the delegation of US officials visiting the country ver
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Home Ministry on Monday directed all the states and union territories to put the security forces and law enforcement agencies on "maximum alert" in the wake of abrogation of Art 370 and other decisions on jammu and Kashmir.