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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicJammu & Kashmir

Topic: Jammu & Kashmir

This is how Modi govt hopes to push through J&K local polls & defeat PDP, NC boycott call

The controversy over Article 35A and Article 370 has threatened to derail J&K elections to urban local bodies and panchayats, due later this year.

J&K BJP leaders seek sexual favours to promote women, says worker of state unit

Party denies charge, says there will be no inquiry into the allegations. The women’s wing has sought action against Priya Jaral.

The revenge killings in south Kashmir that has J&K police in militant crosshairs  

The Shopian ambush in which four Jammu and Kashmir policemen were killed is the latest attack by militants.

Mehbooba Mufti revamps PDP after rebellion, drops brother and uncles

Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister calls reorganisation ‘routine’, says it’s as per ‘seniority and availability’.

After first spell of power in J&K, BJP now ready to fight local body polls across state

BJP's state general secretary says cadre is being mobilised for polls not held since 2010; security fears cast cloud over process.

Why an Indian Army Major can’t just meet a woman at a hotel anywhere

There are clear rules that govern the conduct of military officers and they are prohibited from civilian areas in sensitive zones unless on duty.

Son of Kashmiri cop killed by militants is now a celebrated officer himself

Additional SP Nasir Ahmed received his second President’s medal for gallantry on 15 August.

New J&K governor in a couple of weeks, governor’s rule to stay for now: Ram Madhav

Maharashtra governor C. Vidyasagar Rao and CAG Rajiv Mehrishi tipped to be N.N. Vohra's succcessors.

India wants Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ censored globally for J&K map

I&B ministry has asked the MEA to raise objections and get the ‘misrepresentation’ removed from the global version of the film.

DNA tests destroy samples, say experts as row erupts over Kathua rape victim’s missing hair

Forensic experts say DNA test is a process where a biological sample can be fully or partially destroyed.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?