India News: The Supreme Court delivered a historic judgment on the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A), upholding the sovereignty and integrity of India. The cou
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to undertake his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of articles 370 and 35 A.
The new land laws implemented by the union government in Jammu and Kashmir are cataclysmic, as they seek to upend a legal structure that emerged out of one of the most successful land reforms in South Asia. The earlier land order is considered one of the main reasons for the lower levels of poverty in the region and sustaining a distinct political, economic and cultural milieu within J&K. These new laws therefore do not merely affect land transactions but can potentially alter the basic societal structure of J&K.
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is undergoing a seismic reorganisation. The union government is steamrolling its project that started with the unilateral abrogation of Articles 370 and 35-A in August 2019. The state was bifurcated into two union territories which came into existence on 31 October 2019, through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act (JKRA), 2019. This act is quite exhaustive in its scope and objectives, which is being slowly but persistently implemented in
Since 2014, a spree of redefining each aspect of India’s society, politics and culture has been launched by the Hindutva forces in India. In line with that, Muslims’ “Tryst with Destiny” in India is also getting redefined. Hindutva entities have nursed a long grudge against the Congress government who according to them left Muslims and their laws untouched while forcing its way against Hindus. Abolition of triple talaq, Uniform Civil Code (UCC), construction of Ram temple at the site of Babri mosque, change in Articles 370 and 35(A) and other such agenda were taken up to straighten up whatever odds accumulated under the functioning of “pseudo-secular” government. In the process, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to touch upon the caste issue among the Indian Muslims as well, albeit for a short moment.