Abrogation Of Article 370  

On the first anniversary of abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed bhoomi pujan for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. With two of the promises mentioned in the Lok Sabha 2019 manifesto fulfilled, what next for Modi? 

Report claims that Kashmiri youths joining terrorist ranks has plummeted by well over 40% since the abrogation of Article 370

While the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A paved the way for complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India, it is alleged that a member of JKLF is provoking Kashmiris to pick up stones and guns  

The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of scrapping of its special status last year

PM Modi listed abrogation of Article 370, settlement of the Ram Temple issue, criminalisation of Triple Talaq and the amendment to the Citizenship Act among the key achievements during his second term

 During the hearing of the case last month, the Central government had said that the abrogation of Article 370 allowed the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Indian Union and added that the move is "irreversible".

               

25 foreign envoys, including those from France, Germany, Canada and Afghanistan will visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 12
 

The number of youths joining the ranks of militancy in Kashmir has gone down "remarkably" since the nullification of provisions of Article 370 in August last year, officials have said.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy, Spoke about the economic impact of the abrogation of Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the agriculture operations are going on smoothly in the valley. During FY 2019-20 (upto January 2020), 18.34 lakh MTs of fresh fruit (apples) have been dispatched. Watch the video to know more.

Ahead of the commencement of Union Budget 2020, President Ram Nath Kovind hailed the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution and said that it has "paved the way for equal development of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh"

We all know that the Indian Armed Forces played a crucial role in securing Jammu and Kashmir from the grasp of the marauding Pakistani tribal raiders in 1948-49, but how many of you know that our forces wouldn’t have been able to secure the Ladakh region if it wasn’t for a British-trained engineer Sonam Norbu. Let’s find out more about the forgotten engineer who built the airstrip that saved Ladakh from the clutches of Pakistan in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

The year 2019 saw several turning points in Indian history. From revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status through abrogation of Article 370 to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), here are five events of 2019 that became the most prominent political issues in India.

Kashmiri Hindu Cultural Welfare Trust (KHCWT), Regd, Bangalore was among the first KP organisations to welcome the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A by Modi-led government. A resolution, adopted and signed by nearly 400 KPs living in and around Bangalore, passed a resolution hailing the abrogation of these dreaded articles, was sent to the PM and HM.

What was the actual sense and spirit of the word Kashmiriyat? Kashmiriyat in simple words means Kashmiri-ness. It was the ethno-national approach, social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. But Kashmiriyat has been misinterpreted as Islamiyat, writes Er PL Khushu in Spade a Spade. The following article is a faithful reproduction of the same. 

After the abrogation of Article 370, this is the first time that the government has allowed a foreign delegation to visit Jammu and Kashmir. During their visit, EESC president Henri Malosse said that Kashmir has all the elements to become one of India's most dynamic regions.