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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: National Conference

BJP criticises Farooq Abdullah’s promise on J-K’s regional autonomy

National Conference chief Farooq Abduallh had promised regional autonomy if his party comes to power in the state.

Ex-governors, including a Vajpayee appointee, question J&K assembly dissolution

Former Governors, UPA or NDA appointees, criticise hurried move, say J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik should have called for floor test. But one disagrees.

Governor Malik jumped the gun in dissolving J&K assembly, it’s advantage Congress-NC

Mehbooba Mufti’s letter to Satya Pal Malik was meant to prevent BJP-backed Sajad Lone from forming the government. But the governor took the bait.

In Jammu & Kashmir’s rocky political stakes, Congress, NC & PDP outmanoeuvre BJP

The decision to stake claim to form the government, and subsequent assembly dissolution, may have put paid to BJP’s hopes of expansion in the state.

Pakistan not involved with J&K’s mainstream parties: BJP allies disagree with Ram Madhav

BJP's Bihar allies JD(U) and RLSP say Ram Madhav’s accusations that PDP and NC were working on ‘instructions from across the border’ are irresponsible.

J&K governor’s move widened state trust deficit with Delhi or did it stop horse-trading?

Within moments of PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti staking claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir with the support of National Conference and Congress, Governor...

J&K governor dissolves assembly after rival alliances stake claim

J&K governor Satya Pal Malik took the decision after the PDP-Congress-NC and  BJP-backed Sajad Lone stake claim to form the government.  Srinagar: Governor's rule was clamped...

Omar Abdullah’s National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP join hands with Congress in J&K

Altaf Bukhari of the Peoples Democratic Party confirmed that the trio will be coming together.

BJP wins 60 seats in Kashmir: Opposition boycott undermining democracy or letting BJP grow?

The BJP has won 60 municipal wards unopposed in the urban local body election of Jammu and Kashmir. The result comes after two main...

Keep non-Kashmiri IAS and IPS officers away from the state, says J&K leader

Muzaffar Shah Ahmad, a cousin of former CM Omar Abdullah, says officers from the Kashmir Administrative Services are getting sidelined.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.