Jammu And Kashmir Issue In Parliament

The MHA also stated that the incidents of infiltration and terrorist attacks have decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Lok Sabha MP and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah arrived in Delhi on Sunday to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning today, his first visit to the national capital after the abrogation of Article 370.

Days after the Lok Sabha Speaker suggested parliamentary panels to not take up sub-judice matters in their meetings, a house committee on information technology on Friday dropped the contentious issue of internet services suspension in Jammu and Kashmir from its agenda.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that the Opposition did not get an opportunity to raise the issue of National Conference (NC) member Farooq Abdullah's release from house arrest and his presence in the Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said in Parliament that the UK's long-standing stance of Kashmir being a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan remains unchanged although the situation in the Valley is of "profound" concern to the country.

European parliamentarians Ryszard Czarnecki and Fulvio Martusciello have backed India on the Kashmir issue during a special debate of the plenary of the European Parliament by describing it a great democracy and slammed Pakistan for harbouring terrorists.

Kashmir Article 370: This article of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has been removed, Home Minister Amit Shah said in parliament today, adding that President Ram Nath Kovind had signed an order that would come into force "at once". The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of his ca...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met Governor Satya Pal Malik to discuss the tense situation in the state, following a week in which a travel advisory was issued to Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and an additional 25,000 troops moved into the Kashmir Valley, amid rumours the centre was planning to scrap Article 35A, which grants Jammu...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was at the heart of the national capital at midnight to demand justice for the young girl gang-raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and the alleged rape of a teenager in Unnao. Sonia Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Vadra Gandhi joined the protests that are seen to be an effort to put the ruling BJP at the cent...

The opposition parties have said they'll raise issues like cow vigilantism, unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, and the India-China standoff in Dokalam.

Another day of the winter session was lost to disruptions on Wednesday, with opposition lawmakers continuing to demand an explanation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the currency ban and also raising the terror attack in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven armymen were killed yesterday. PM Modi was present in the Lok Sabha and the governm...

The fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament saw a fierce debate on atrocities against Dalits. Opposition parties put pressure on the government to pursue cases against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una, as well as against Dayashankar Singh, who used derogatory language against BSP chief Mayawati. Parliament also debated the situation in...

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Sunday said issues like the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir and terrorism were raised at the all-party meeting called by the government during the day.

Faced with a pullout from a crucial ally - the DMK - over the Lankan Tamils issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV that the government was open to proposing amendments in the US-sponsored resolution against Colombo at the upcoming Geneva session of the United Nation's top human rights body. Here is the full transcript of the int...

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul today allowed discussion on the issue of the return of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, even as the House witnessed disruptions over the matter.

The MHA also stated that the incidents of infiltration and terrorist attacks have decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Lok Sabha MP and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah arrived in Delhi on Sunday to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning today, his first visit to the national capital after the abrogation of Article 370.

Days after the Lok Sabha Speaker suggested parliamentary panels to not take up sub-judice matters in their meetings, a house committee on information technology on Friday dropped the contentious issue of internet services suspension in Jammu and Kashmir from its agenda.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that the Opposition did not get an opportunity to raise the issue of National Conference (NC) member Farooq Abdullah's release from house arrest and his presence in the Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said in Parliament that the UK's long-standing stance of Kashmir being a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan remains unchanged although the situation in the Valley is of "profound" concern to the country.

European parliamentarians Ryszard Czarnecki and Fulvio Martusciello have backed India on the Kashmir issue during a special debate of the plenary of the European Parliament by describing it a great democracy and slammed Pakistan for harbouring terrorists.

Kashmir Article 370: This article of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has been removed, Home Minister Amit Shah said in parliament today, adding that President Ram Nath Kovind had signed an order that would come into force "at once". The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of his ca...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah met Governor Satya Pal Malik to discuss the tense situation in the state, following a week in which a travel advisory was issued to Amarnath Yatra pilgrims and an additional 25,000 troops moved into the Kashmir Valley, amid rumours the centre was planning to scrap Article 35A, which grants Jammu...

Congress president Rahul Gandhi was at the heart of the national capital at midnight to demand justice for the young girl gang-raped and killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and the alleged rape of a teenager in Unnao. Sonia Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Vadra Gandhi joined the protests that are seen to be an effort to put the ruling BJP at the cent...

The opposition parties have said they'll raise issues like cow vigilantism, unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, and the India-China standoff in Dokalam.

Another day of the winter session was lost to disruptions on Wednesday, with opposition lawmakers continuing to demand an explanation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the currency ban and also raising the terror attack in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven armymen were killed yesterday. PM Modi was present in the Lok Sabha and the governm...

The fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament saw a fierce debate on atrocities against Dalits. Opposition parties put pressure on the government to pursue cases against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una, as well as against Dayashankar Singh, who used derogatory language against BSP chief Mayawati. Parliament also debated the situation in...

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Sunday said issues like the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir and terrorism were raised at the all-party meeting called by the government during the day.

Faced with a pullout from a crucial ally - the DMK - over the Lankan Tamils issue, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told NDTV that the government was open to proposing amendments in the US-sponsored resolution against Colombo at the upcoming Geneva session of the United Nation's top human rights body. Here is the full transcript of the int...

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul today allowed discussion on the issue of the return of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, even as the House witnessed disruptions over the matter.