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This section is the repository of vital documents on history, politics and human development of Jammu and Kashmir.

Amarnath Yatra: The Supreme Court Verdict

The apex court took a suo moto cognizance of a number of deaths during yatra 2012. It appointed a committee that visited the spot...

Bumai Murders: The Inquiry Report

Within days after the two boys were killed and one injured in firing in Bumai village, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced magisterial investigation by...

Bumai Murders: Army’s Plea To Inquiry Officer Under AFSPA

This document is the army plea challenging the state government’s authority to constitute any investigation into the affairs involving the defence forces without the...

Bumai Murders: The Army Version

This document is the army version of the happenings in the Bumai village near Sopore where soldiers of 22-RR killed two youth on February...
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Letter To Mian Altaf From Taj Mohi-ud-Din

Minister for PHE and irrigation, Taj Mohi ud Din, wrote a letter addressing state’s forest minister Mian Altaf Ahmad, on November 26, 20112, asking him...

SHRC: The Salian Massacre Report

Survivors of the Salian massacre in Surnakot (Poonch) had filed a writ petition seeking investigations in the tragedy. The petition was filed in November...

Taj Land Issue: What Congress Wanted?

Congress's leader in the Legislative Council R S Chib had written a detailed letter to the Chairman Amrit Malhotra seeking withdrawal of the order...

Trans-LoC Trade: J&K’s Proposed Banking Mechanism

Even though the trans-LoC trade completed its fourth successful year in October 2012, it continues with the problems at procedural and systemic fronts that...
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Taj land Grab: The Dissolution Order

Chairman Legislative Council Amrit Malhotra on Monday dissolved the house penal that was supposed to investigate the land grab allegations against Congress minister Taj...
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Talaak Issue: A Petition For Rehearing

The judgment by Mr Justice Husnain Masoodi in Mohammad Naseem Bhat V/S Bilquees Akhter case passed in April 2012 has evoked a lot of...

Trans-LoC Trade: The New SOP

The limited barter trade that is operational since October 2008 in Uri (Kashmir) and Poonch (Jammu) follows a set Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). This...
Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, an extension of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has vast farm labs for Saffron Cultivation-- Photo: Bilal Bahadur.

Saffron: Present status and future strategies

World’s precious spice being grown in Pampore, parts of Chrar-e-Sharief and certain belts in Kishtwar is witnessing a fall in overall production. Central and...

Muslim Man’s Power To Divorce Is Restricted

Disposing off Mohammad Naseem Bhat Versus Bilquees Akhter, a petition for maintenance, Mr Justice Hasnain Masoodi of the J&K High Court ruled that Muslim...

Simla Agreement

India and Pakistan fought one of the shortest wars of global history in 1971 that lasted for 13 days. It led to the conversion...

The Tashkent Agreement

The war between India and Pakistan in 1965 was the outcome of continued skirmishes and reported infiltrations of Pakistani regulars and irregulars in Kashmir....