Article 370: Supreme Court's 5-judge bench to begin hearing on Oct 1
India | September 28, 2019 14:31 ISTThe Supreme Court on Saturday set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Supreme Court on Saturday set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP, which is aiming to retain its government for the second consecutive term, is raking up, among others, the issue of country's national security and scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
While the BJP, riding high on the abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir granted under Article 370, is going to make the issue its main poll plank, the Opposition Congress-NCP alliance will be raking up the job crisis due to economic slowdown and farmers' issues to corner the government.
Hitting out at Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India cannot talk to a very challenging neighbour that conducts terrorism as a "legitimate tool of statecraft" to put pressure on New Delhi to come to the negotiating table.
Nearly two months after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, scores of broke Kashmiri students here have resorted to a novel initiative - selling Kashmiri apples to make some extra cash for survival.
Forty Kashmiri students from AMU have been called to Lucknow for a meeting with the Chief Minister.
India has no problem talking to Pakistan but it has a problem talking to “Terroristan”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, asserting that Islamabad has created an entire industry of terrorism to deal with the Kashmir issue.
She further said that the Government of India had directed the state government to ensure that her mother wasn't allowed to meet or speak with the family with the sole objective of isolating her.
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Terming incorporations of Arts 370 and 35-A in the Constitution a "mistake committed by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru" Gadkari said the Modi government has rectified that mistake.
Party stalwarts including Home Minister Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP working-president J P Nadda and several other Union Ministers addressed public meetings in major cities like Mumbai, Patna and Bengaluru where they slammed the opposition for "doing politics" on the issue and stressed that the decision to do away with Jammu and Kashmir's special status is supported by a majority of people.
Rajnath Singh issues serious warning to Pak, says if human rights violations are further committed in PoK no power will be able to protect Pak from getting further divided into pieces.
Bharatiya Janata Party National President Amit Shah, who addressed the Uttar Pradesh MPs, MLAs and office bearers via video-conferencing on Saturday, has asked them to explain to the people about the historic move and demolish the misconceptions.
Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid, known for his constant bickering for war, suddenly changed his position and said that currently there is no war-like situation on Saturday
A group of Kashmiri Pandits have written to the government seeking its permission to visit Jammu and Kashmir and meet the political and religious leaders as well as civil society activists there to promote peace and amity in the Valley.
Fresh restrictions were imposed in many parts of the Valley on Friday in view of apprehensions that vested interests might exploit the large Friday prayer gatherings at big mosques and shrines to fuel protests.
Normal life continued to remain affected across the valley for the 47th consecutive day with markets closed and public transport off the roads, the officials said.
The issue of abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status may be raised on the margins of the UN general assembly and Suriname has to be prepared for it, the country's Vice President Michael Ashwin Adhin has said.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for the US visit, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale informed that PM Modi will not discuss article 370 in the UNGA session on Thursday. In a first, PM Modi will meet a group of Kashmiri Pandits in Houston on 21 September after Article 370 abrogation from Kashmir.
Shah also said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should tell people of Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana, when he goes there, whether he was with the decision to abrogate Article 370.
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