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Forcible Land Acquisition and Denial of Fair Compensation in J&K
29 Apr 2022
Two days after Parliament abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and passed a bill to split the state into two Union Terr
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Mining Contractors Violate Rules in Jammu and Kashmir
19 Apr 2022
Giant machines plunder small rivers and destroy biodiversity. Illegal contracts and excessive mining threaten aquatic life, flora and fauna, and agriculture.
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In Jammu and Kashmir, Consumer Laws Exist Only on Paper
26 Mar 2022
Hundreds of pending consumer complaints await disposal. No new case has been filed since the abrogation of Article 370. Laws are speedily repealed and applied, but nothing moves after that.
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Isn’t Muskaan a Daughter of this Nation?
14 Feb 2022
The ruling dispensation is silent over the heckling of a young Muslim woman at a college in Mandya, Karnataka. Was Beti Bachao Beti Padhao merely a slogan?
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Abrogation of Art 370 Halted Transparency Act in J&K
31 Jan 2022
The SC has issued notice to the Centre over public authorities failing to disclose information under the central RTI Act, which applies to the region since 2019.
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As Complaints Pour in About Cases of Forcible Land Acquisition in Jammu and Kashmir, High Court Expresses its Concern Over Violation of Human Rights
13 Jan 2022
The land in Jammu and Kashmir is shrinking day by day; on the other hand, authorities continue to transfer State land, forest land, tourism land and even agricultural land for infrastructural…
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With Fresh Order, Jammu & Kashmir Will Lose Its Limited Farmlands
10 Jan 2022
The Union Territory Administration of Jammu & Kashmir recently came up with a strange order by making further changes in the J&K Land Revenue Act 1939 (samvat 1996).
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NGT Comes to the Rescue of Kashmir’s Doodh Ganga
24 Oct 2021
DR RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT writes about the extensive pollution of the Doodh Ganga river in Kashmir caused by government agencies over the last several years, and the government’s failure to even…
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Why is the Government Acquiring Land Under a Repealed Statute in Jammu & Kashmir?
07 Oct 2021
Almost two years after Jammu & Kashmir lost its special Constitutional status and statehood, citizens continue to have their land acquired under laws that stand repealed. DR RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT…
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Why Isn’t Government Probing Irregularities in PM Ujjwala Yojana in J&K?
20 Sep 2021
Bureaucrats are not addressing public issues on priority, as corruption and loot continues in J&K even after abrogating Article 370.