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Shah Faesal withdraws habeas corpus plea against detention from Delhi HC

The former IAS officer's habeas corpus petition alleged that he was illegally detained at the Delhi airport on August 14 and taken back to Srinagar, where he has been kept under house arrest

Welfare of Kashmiris lies in integration with India: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

However, the Muslim organisation said that it was not unmindful of the desire of Kashmiris, their self respect and the demand of preservation of their cultural identity

Normal life remains disrupted in Kashmir as shutdown enters 39th day

Markets and other business establishments remained closed, while public transport was off the roads across the valley

Won't survive this disaster: Kashmiri entrepreneurs share lockdown pains

Despite the government's assertion that normalcy has returned, shops and businesses remained shut in Kashmir. Shops opened only twice a day, early morning and late evening.

UN chief wants India, Pak to deal with Kashmir issue through dialogue

Guterres met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit last month in Biarritz, France and has also spoken to Pakistan's Shah Mahmood Qureshi, UN chief's spokesperson said

Restrictions end in most of Kashmir, private vehicles out on Srinagar roads

The efforts of the state government to open schools have not borne any fruit as parents continued to keep children at home due to apprehensions about their safety

LeT terrorist gunned down in Sopore, two police personnel injured

The terrorist, identified as LeT's Asif Maqbool Bhatt, was killed in a brief encounter in Sopore in the valley's Baramulla district

'Fabricated narrative': India rebuts Pakistan at UN rights body meeting

India strongly rejected Pakistan's "malicious" campaign on the issue

India slams J&K reference in Pak-China statement, opposes meddling in PoK

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also talked about the China-Pakistan economic corridor in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir

Govt to buy apples directly from J&K farmers, transfer money through DBT

The announcement came in the wake of terrorists threatening some apple growers not to sell their produce in the market

Restrictions in parts of Kashmir to prevent Muharram processions, violence

The officials did not cite any reasons for reimposing restrictions but it is believed that the step was taken to prevent Muharram processions in the city and elsewhere in the Valley

Ind-Pak tensions less heated now than weeks ago; ready to help them: Trump

Tensions between the two neighbours escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status by scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution

In both Assam and Kashmir, BJP's saviour act could spark civil wars

BJP came to power on a security agenda of making India immune to internal and external threats - but its policies have initiated processes that will probably increase instability

The next 100 days

Govt needs to show that the India story is alive

Union territories of J&K and Ladakh to have a common high court

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will become two separate Union territories from October 31 but will have a common high court, State Judicial Academy's Director Rajeev Gupta said on Sunday. He also said 108 Central Laws would be applicable for the two UTs while 164 state laws would be repealed and 166 state laws will continue to be applicable. The Centre had on August 5 nullified Article 370 of the Constitution, revoking the special status of the state. Parliament approved the resolution in this regard and also passed the bill on the bifurcation of the state into two UTs. Later on August 9, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, bifurcating the two Union Territories, which will come into existence on October 31. Speaking at a refresher programme, organised by the SJA on topic "Appreciation of evidence with specific reference to Dying Declaration, Accomplice Statement and Confessional Statement for Session Judges of Jammu province here, .

'91 per cent of Kashmir region free from any day-time restrictions'

The Centre, in August, had also bifurcated the state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Letter to BS: Normalcy is elusive even a month after Article 370 decision

The continued strife in the state will embolden Pakistan to internationalise this matter to demonise us the way it suits its villainous schemes

Deep freeze in the Valley

An untested game plan Kashmir is in deep freeze for an indefinite time, says the author

Shekhar Gupta: India's most potent weapon loses power

A red-hot economy was India's greatest strategic strength. It's diminishing and damaging India's stature, as reflected in responses to Kashmir crisis

In J&K shutdown, PM's health scheme grinds to halt, healthcare crisis grows

Ayushman Bharat patients cannot access free services. The private and government hospitals we visited were half empty. MRI machines could not get software updates