As the union territory celebrates Independence Day led by its own elected chief minister for the first time in 7 years, the shadows of Pahalgam and Kishtwar dim the exuberance

Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kotranka, Dil Mir confirmed the shifting of the affected families to a government accommodation at a safer place to prevent loss of lives.

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, with the applicants saying that not doing so ‘violates the idea of federalism’.

Over 30 people are dead and several are injured after a cloudburst hit a remote mountain village in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. It triggered flash floods, which swept away a langar and structures at Chashoti village.

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba expressed condolences over the tragic cloudburst-triggered flash floods in J&K’s Kishtwar that killed 60, as CM Omar Abdullah reviewed rescue and relief efforts.

More than 30 people were killed after flash floods triggered by the massive cloudburst tore through Kishtwar's Chositi, damaging several homes and forcing authorities to even halt the annual yatra to the shrine.

Abdullah said that in the next eight weeks, he and his team will go door-to-door to collect signatures in support of restoring statehood.

The Supreme Court on Thursday on the Thursday took a prima facie unfavourable view of the plea seeking restoration of Statehood for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)

The Supreme Court on 14 August, Thursday, asked the Centre to respond to a plea demanding the reinstatement of full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, while also emphasising that the current ground realities, including the recent terror attacks in Pahalgam and the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, cannot be overlooked.

Did Nehru and Mountbatten influence the Radcliffe Boundary Commission's award of Gurdaspur to India, securing a vital road link to Kashmir? Pakistan and historians allege strategic motives shaped this pivotal 1947 decision.