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March 30, 2026, 06:36 PM - 3 min read
Omar said Union Territory is contributing nearly 3.5 lakh tonnes – over 90 per cent of the country’s total walnut production. He made it clear that any relaxation must be linked to safeguards and proposed that if old or non-productive trees are to be cut, it should be mandated through legislation that only high-density walnut plantations be raised on that land, with no alternative land use permitted.
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March 30, 2026, 05:34 PM - 3 min read
Mufti made the remark after watching the Assembly proceedings from the speaker’s gallery, her first appearance in the House after the fall of her BJP-supported government in 2018.The PDP chief remained present for some time during the Question Hour. Her four party MLAs were present, and one of them, Rafiq Ahmad Naik, lauded Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for a “satisfactory and detailed” reply to a question related to tourism in the Union territory.
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March 30, 2026, 12:59 PM - 2 min read
She was the last Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, after which the history and political landscape of the region changed forever. On Monday she entered the premises after a long wait and was seen sitting in the Speaker’s gallery during the proceedings of the House.
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March 29, 2026, 11:24 AM - 2 min read
The House passed Legislative Assembly Bill No. 01 of 2026, which seeks to amend certain enactments to decriminalise minor offences, thereby promoting trust-based governance and improving the ease of living and doing business in Jammu and Kashmir.
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March 27, 2026, 04:26 PM - 3 min read
CM Abdullah, in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, condemned the “unjust and illegal war imposed on Iran” and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his influence to end the war in the interest of humanity.Taking a dig at the chief minister, Mehbooba, in a post on X, said, “How disheartening that it took our chief minister, the only Muslim CM of India’s only Muslim majority state, an entire month to unequivocally condemn Israel’s dastardly attack on Iran.
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February 9, 2026, 06:10 PM - 3 min read
Disorder erupted in the House when PDP MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para accused the government of pushing the Union Territory into a ‘debt trap’ by implementing the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) scheme, triggering sharp exchanges across party lines.
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February 3, 2026, 02:58 PM - 2 min read
Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather continued with the Question Hour despite the uproar and dismissed an adjournment motion moved by PDP MLA Wahid-ur-Rehman Parra to discuss alleged hate crimes against Kashmiris in different parts of the country.
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January 12, 2026, 04:48 PM - 2 min read
During the meeting, all crucial dates for important business were discussed including the date of Budget presentation which will be seen in first half of Budget session.
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November 14, 2025, 12:24 PM - 2 min read
Rana secured 42,183 votes, defeating her closest rival, Harsh Dev Singh of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party, who secured 17,661 votes
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October 31, 2025, 04:33 PM - 2 min read
During the autumn session sitting, the Assembly Secretariat received 732 questions, of which 682 were admitted, while 29 were taken up for discussion, and 73 supplementaries were raised by members.
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October 30, 2025, 04:56 PM - 2 min read
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed four key bills aimed at reforming tenancy laws, improving labour welfare, enhancing the efficiency in the cooperative sector and strengthening the Panchayati Raj system.
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October 30, 2025, 02:40 PM - 2 min read
During the Question Hour, BJP legislators once again demanded a discussion on the floods, pointing out that they had submitted a fresh adjournment motion on the issue.
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