New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): As Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped on Monday, veteran actor Anupam Kher, a loud voice in the debate over the state, said that being a Kashmiri himself, it was an "emotionally powerful moment" for him.
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers celebrated here on Monday after the Central Government passed a resolution to revoke Article 370.
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Bill to convert Jammu and Kashmir into a union territory and to carve out Ladakh as another UT.
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Revoking Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the proposal to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh -- would have catastrophic consequences, former Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday thanked the Modi government for scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and said that it would put an end to Pakistan's ambitions to break Kashmir away f
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Congress has given amendment notice on the bill in the Rajya Sabha to turn Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into Union Territories, and the party is expected to press for a division to record its opposition to the passage of the bill.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is expected to visit Kashmir Valley on Monday along with other senior security officials to review the situation on the ground.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 5 (ANI): Soon after the BJP-led central government scrapped Article 370 which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan on Monday said that it will continue extending "diplomatic and political support" to Kashmiris.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Asserting that Kashmir has always treated Ladakh as a step-mother, BJP MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal said that citizens of Ladakh have welcomed the central government's decision to announce Ladakh as Union Territory without a legislature.
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): In decisions with far-reaching implications, the BJP-led Centre on Monday scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and converted the border state into a Union Territory with a legislature, implementing the long
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Schools are set to reopen on Monday in Ladakh region after summer vacations and classes are set to resume in colleges and other educational institutions too here.