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Delhi: Congress to protest at Jantar Mantar to demand statehood for J&
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Congress leaders will protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, to demand statehood for the Union Territory during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain said on Sunday.
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Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah welcomes Opposition push for statehood
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday welcomed the Opposition's strong pitch for the restoration of full statehood to the Union Territory, reiterating that the demand is neither new nor unjustified.
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Rahul Gandhi writes to PM; Urges legislation to grant statehood to J-K, in
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the government to bring forward legislation to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming Monson Session of Parliament.
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'Elected CM Omar Abdullah forced to climb walls': CM MK Stalin
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma on Monday said it was unfortunate that the elected Chief Minister jumped over the boundary wall of Mazar-e-Shuhada and allegedly "engaged" in a scuffle with police.
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"Will not use this moment to demand statehood": JK CM Omar Abdullah
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday affirmed that he won't be demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir in the name of the 26 people who have died in Pahalgam's terror attack on April 22.
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"Why is there a delay in restoring statehood in J-K?": Congress leader Sye
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr Syed Naseer Hussain on Friday questioned the government over the delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
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"It is killing our race" J-K Dy CM Surinder Choudhary on Drugs
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary stated that drugs are the "biggest issue" for the Union Territory and asked Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Saxen (LG) Manoj Sinha to tighten police.
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"Reducing J-K to UT 'constitutional misdemeanour'": RS MP Kapil Sibal
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
"It was a constitutional misdemeanour to have reduced the state of J&K to a Union Territory. It was wrong for the Supreme Court not to have decided that issue. Time to restore statehood. This is the constitutional right of the people of J&K."
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SC agrees to list plea for restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Advocate Gopal Shankarnarayan mentioned the application for urgent listing of the matter, to which a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will list the case.
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Plea in Supreme Court for restoration of Jammu-Kashmir statehood
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction for restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir within two months.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh dismisses Congress' statehood promise for J-
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday dismissed Congress's claim to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as a "fake narrative," noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already promised statehood will be restored after the elections.
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Rahul Gandhi bats for J-K statehood; slams Centre for snatching identity,
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
While addressing an election rally in Ramban ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election, the Congress leader said, "For the first time in the history of India, statehood has been snatched away. Union Territory was first made a state... A state has been abolished and the rights of th
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