Article 370

Jammu and Kashmir held its first-ever Block Development Council (BDC) elections on Thursday, recording a turnout of more than 98% while most of the region’s mainstream politicians remained in detention. The setting The vote was the first held since the Centre’s decision of August 5, which ended the state’s special status under Article 370, split it into Union Territories and was followed by a clampdown in Kashmir. Officials said these would be the final polls before the formal division into two Union Territories. The National Conference and the Peoples DemocraticRead More

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said in Jaipur on Thursday that he had no real disagreement with the government’s position on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, but that the way it had revoked Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir went against the spirit of the Constitution. On Kashmir Tharoor was chief guest at an event titled ‘India in Crisis’, organised by the All India Professional Congress. He said Pakistan had no claim over PoK and had handed territory to China that was not its own. Internally, however, he said he differed with the government,Read More

A three-day coordination meeting between the RSS and the BJP begins on Friday in the Rajasthan pilgrimage town of Pushkar. More than 200 members of various RSS affiliates are taking part in the annual gathering, which brings the BJP’s ideological parent and the government together. Who is attending The meeting coincides with the first 100 days of the Narendra Modi government’s second consecutive term. Senior minister Nitin Gadkari, BL Santosh, the BJP’s general secretary in charge of organisation, and working president JP Nadda are expected to take part. Likely topicsRead More