- , <9 = !%"0!8& #0!8&8 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' .4)#).#5 %./0123 &4./'26 =% C @C 7 .9> ? 9D>9 > 7(@ @= > > 7 > = > 7 > 9@> 7E 7 @ @(@ C>@ 997> 7(9 > D> ? D 7 *3 A*3 B ! # &&!% !" ! # !$! "%&'( $% Q R !" !" #$% &''(& he contentious Article 370 Tis part of the history now. !3-4!% In a predictable move after & # $ days of troop buildup in the %# !356 . Kashmir valley, the Modi ! ! ! Government on Monday 3-4.&! scrapped Article 370 to do ( . away with Jammu & Kashmir’s % special status and also pro- posed the bifurcation of the '(.%#&! State into two union territories, !&% Jammu & Kashmir, and 0 " Ladakh. 789% By doing so, the BJP-led '( % dispensation hopes to fulfill its poll promise and deal with a triumphant Home protracted militancy move- % ' AMinister Amit Shah on ment that has been ravaging ( L&&&M Monday termed the Modi the State for past three decades. provoked outrage from the Shah also moved a Bill priate time” and after “nor- L!M Government’s landmark deci- Union Home Minister National Conference and the proposing bifurcation of J&K malcy” returns. The sion to scrap Article 370 of the Amit Shah announced the PDP, the principal political into two union territories — Government will not allow Union of India like any other Indian Constitution that gave decision in the Rajya Sabha, parties in Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir and the situation to turn into state or union territories and special status to Jammu & which approved the resolution According to the resolu- Ladakh. The union territory in another battle torn Kosovo, he cease special rights enjoyed by Kashmir as “historical” saying ) * ! + and the Jammu & Kashmir tion moved by the Home Ladakh will have no legislature said. its citizens on land, business it came in the way of integra- ,-.P Reorganisation Bill. Both will Minister, Article 370 ceases to like Chandigarh. The Government hopes and employment. tion of the State into India. 0 ! now come up in the Lok Sabha be operative from Monday The other union territory that abrogation of Article 370 As the Government moved While tabling the resolu- on Tuesday. itself. “The President on the of Jammu & Kashmir will have that accorded special status to a Bill to convert J&K into a tion in the Rajya Sabha, Shah the supreme sacrifice for a standing demand for repealing The Government’s effort to recommendation of a legislature like Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir and the union territory with an said Article 370 was intro- united India. Congratulations Article 370 will be fulfilled. tackle head-on the vexatious Parliament is pleased to declare Puducherry, where key sub- consequential end of Article Assembly and a Lieutenant duced in the Constitution on to the entire nation. Today, Shah, who received a 72-year-old problem wracking as from 5th of August 2019, all jects like law and order are 35A that defines the perma- Governor and thereby the October 17, 1949, and almost Modi Govt has corrected a standing ovation from his the soul of the nation sent a clauses of the said Article 370 with the Centre. Shah said full nent residents of the State will Centre wielding major power 70-year-long provision led to long overdue historic wrong,” party colleagues when he wave of jubilation among BJP shall cease to be operative...,” statehood will be restored to help in the integration of the over it, the State has “lost” its lack of development, corrup- Shah tweeted later congratu- entered the House minutes supporters and others, but the resolution stated. Jammu & Kashmir at “appro- erstwhile J&K State into the privileged status like Assembly tion and loot by “three families’ lating Modi for “his unwaver- before proceedings in the Rajya enjoying six-year tenure, out- for so long. ing commitment towards Sabha commenced, termed siders not allowed to buy land Shah said decision to abro- ensuring unity and integrity of the move as “historical”. )* and Kashmiri women marry- gate Article 370 ensures that our motherland”. In his half an hour reply, # %$ ing outside forfeiting their there will be no “do nishan, do The revocation comes Shah highlighted the “monu- rights over land in Kashmir. samvidhan” (two flags, two against the backdrop of Shah mental injustices” of the past and + Twenty four seats which Constitutions) in Jammu & asserting during the election presented the Government’s ,) fall in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. rallies before the recent Lok vision for the people of J&K in !# $ &# Kashmir (PoK) shall remain “This decision is a tribute Sabha elections that if his the Rajya Sabha in the presence vacant in new Assembly of to all the patriots who made party retains power, the long of the PM. J&K union territory. India despite being of the same Parliament. religion because he trusted in Former Home Minister P akistan Prime Minister he Congress, along with our secular framework. But, Chidambaram said, “We antic- PImran Khan on Monday Tsome regional parties, on that trust has been broken,” ipated a misadventure, but did termed India’s move to revoke Monday vehemently opposed Azad said. not think in our wildest dreams Article 370 of the Constitution the Modi Government’s move to “Lakh of people from the that they will take such a cata- which gave special status to abolish the provision of the State, including political party strophic step. Today is a black Jammu & Kashmir as “illegal” Article 370 of the Indian leaders, sacrificed their lives to day in the constitutional histo- and said it will “further dete- Constitution, terming the deci- uphold the unity of India since ry of India.” riorate” relations between the sion as a “catastrophic step”. then and revoking the Article is Former Law Minister Kapil nuclear-capable neighbours. Registering his protest in the tantamount to ‘murder’ of the Sibal pointed several flaws in the Imran made the remarks Rajya Sabha, Leader of Constitution,” said Azad. the Jammu & Kashmir while speaking separately with Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad He said the entire Kashmir Reorganisation Bill in the cur- his Malaysian counterpart said Article 370 was historical as valley is under curfew and three rent format and said it will fail Mahathir Mohamad and people of J&K joined India in former Chief Ministers of the the test of judiciary if Turkish President Recep 1947 after then Maharaja Hari State and political leaders have challenged. Tayyip Erdogan. Singh signed the Instrument of been arrested. Azad said the Government He said changing the sta- Accession. He wanted the situation to had on Monday “cut off the tus of Kashmir was “illegal “I say that Maharaja Hari be discussed first before the res- head of India” and destroyed and a violation of UN resolu- Singh didn’t chose Pakistan over olution was moved in the history of J&K for votes. tions”. ( wo former Chief Ministers of TJammu & Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were arrested within hours after the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Bill to bifurcate State into two Union Territories (UTs). According to official sources, first PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was escorted to the State guest quences. This is an aggression house by the security personnel against people of the State as had and later Omar Abdullah was been warned by all parties meet- taken into police custody. ing in Srinagar on Sunday. A long Early in the day, both these and tough battle lies ahead,” he politicians had reacted adversely added. to the historic move of scrapping Mehbooba, Omar Abdullah of Article 370. and Sajjad Lone, the three most Omar in a press statement prominent politicians from said, “The Government of India Jammu and Kashmir, were earli- (GOI)’s unilateral and shocking er placed under house arrest decisions today are a ‘total betray- after midnight on Sunday in an al of trust’ that the people of unprecedented lockdown. Jammu & Kashmir had reposed Mehbooba tweeted, “Today M N in India when the State acceded marks the darkest day in Indian to it in 1947”. democracy. Decision of J&K ! "#$ “The decisions will have far leadership to reject 2 nation the- %M "#$ N ' reaching and dangerous conse- ory in 1947 & align with India has backfired.” !& .% " "! !& !&D O 000" !"# !!D ! & % && '( %!!! & !# ! !! % *+,- !" !& > > he State Transport C "#> TAuthority has paid the first ( he State meteorological cen- installment of the pending Ttre on Monday forcasted lease payment to the railways. > heavy rainfall at isolated places For the time being the % $ especially in Uttarkashi, Mussoorie-bus stand will con- nce again the security Rudraprayag, Chamoli, tinue to operate from the same Oarrangements at Dehradun Pithoragarh, Nainital, Pauri and location outside the Dehradun > Government Railway Police Railway station appear to be lag- Dehradun districts during the railway station. and Railway Police Force. ging behind. On Monday, one next 24 hours. Across the State, According to the letter ehradun railway station The union representatives of the Door Frame Metal the weather in general will sent by the office of section Ddirector Ganesh however, denied operating Detectors (DFMD) was not remain cloudy with possibility of manager of Northern Railways, Chandra issued a letter to more than five taxis at a time working. light to moderate rainfall and Uttarakhand Transport Doon Taxi Union stating and claimed that they have According to local police, thundershower at most places. Corporation is to pay that they should pay the no permanent booth. the detectors were checked In the provisional capital of `53,36,668 for the land of pending charges within the According to the sources, before Kanwad Mela and it is Uttarakhand, light to moderate Northern Railways which they next 10 days. In the letter he the union has pending proposed that new DFMDs will rainfall and thunderstorms are took on lease from the railway also stated that the taxi union charges since the year 2016.