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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicDomicile law

Topic: Domicile law

Domicile certificate data revives ‘identity’ debate in J&K, fears of becoming ‘non-persons in homeland’

Of the over 35 lakh certificates issued by J&K's revenue department since 2022, over 83,000 were to people who previously didn't qualify for permanent residency in the erstwhile state.

Non-residents bought 7 plots of land in J&K since ban was lifted, all in Jammu: Govt tells RS

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai gave this information in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question by Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Jharna Das Baidya.

Punjabi businessman’s killing in Kashmir attacks domicile law, complicates security dynamics

The killing makes the stand of political parties such as NC and PDP, who had opposed the new domicile law, weaker.

J&K regional parties say Modi govt’s amendment to new domicile law is ‘cosmetic’, a ‘bluff’

After receiving flak over its new domicile rule, the BJP government Friday made amendments but regional parties aren't convinced.

On Camera

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.