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Election to 28,000 panchayat seats in Kashmi is likely to be delayed as there are multiple processes pending following the passage of the J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in Parliament.

Jammu and Kashmir to lose grassroots electoral representation on Jan 9; delimitation exercise to be held before next election.

Swain said that only 31 local terrorists – an all time low - are left in the Union Territory.

The Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 is a blow to the PDP and NC

The Supreme Court last week upheld the abrogation of Article 370, ruling that the president had the power to do so even without recourse to Parliament. It also upheld the downgrading and division of the erstwhile state into two union territories.

The Congress on Saturday demanded restoration of Statehood and early election in Jammu and Kashmir during a meeting held in Jammu, in the wake of the recent Supreme Court judgement on Article 370.

Upholding the Centre’s decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court validated the Parliament’s power to make changes to Article 370 and clearly rejected the argument that the erstwhile state ever had the exceptionalism of “internal sovereignty”. A significant verdict, by all…

But it is also incongruous that the Supreme Court judgment does not press the government to restore statehood to the bifurcated Union Territory

Yesterday, to the surprise of no one, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Modi government’s abrogation of Article 370.