While BJP's Sunil Sharma spoke on the resolution, Awami Ittehad Party's Sheikh Khursheed jumped into the well with a banner demanding restoration of Articles 370 & 35A, sparking chaos.
The CJI made the remarks after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the govt, referred to the contentious provision in the Indian Constitution, saying that it gave special rights to the residents of J&K.
It has been much over a year since J&K was stripped of its special status and split into two union territories. The first petition against the move was filed 9 August 2019.
Officials in J&K administration insist Manoj Sinha’s appointment is an attempt to revive political activity in the UT, but the Valley’s mainstream parties are not buying it.
J&K administration maintains it has been regularly making recruitments, and that it also launched ‘accelerated recruitment drives’ but the pandemic posed hindrance.
AIR and DD have been told to avoid mentioning the scrapping of Articles 370, 35A, political statements on it and the anniversary celebrations in the programmes.
There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.
SC set aside resolution plan for Jet Airways, founded by Naresh Goyal in 1992 shortly after India liberalised its economy. A look at timeline of events that led to its permanent grounding.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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