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India dismisses Turkey's comment on New Delhi's 'biased' removal of Jammu and Kashmir's special status
•A Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson had said that withdrawal of special powers of Jammu and Kashmir did not serve peace or stability in the region
Omar Abdullah refuses to contest Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls unless statehood is restored
•Critical of the dilution of Article 370 that ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Omar said his party would oppose it in the Supreme Court.
Omar Abdullah, after release from detention, urges Centre to free political detainees, restore high-speed internet in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Fp Staff •Omar Abdullah's release order was issued after charges under the Public Safety Act (PSA), slapped on him in February, were revoked
Unemployment levels rise in Jammu and Kashmir as educated youth struggle with neglect and lack of job-creation policy
Mansoorpeer •There are 2,50,000 educated youths in Jammu and Kashmir who are bearing the brunt of the lack of employment and struggle to find jobs due to the lack of a job policy — thus pushing them and their families' backs to the wall
Kashmir situation violates human rights, says US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell; urges India to end curbs on internet, mass detention
•In the past several weeks, more than half a dozen US lawmakers have come out in support of India's position on Kashmir. Almost all of them have spoken on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Lieutenant-governors of new Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh take oath; Centre's reorganisation move comes into effect
Fp Staff •The two Union Territories — Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir — came into existence on Thursday after the Centre abrogated the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it on 5 August
Former bureaucrat RK Mathur takes oath as Ladakh's first LG after Jammu and Kashmir officially split into two UTs
•With a population of nearly three lakh, Ladakh is strategically located as it shares borders with Pakistan as well as China.
Another truck driver killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag; fourth such attack in two weeks
•A senior police official, who was nearby, rushed to the spot in Anantnag district and managed to save two other truck drivers who were in the vicinity, police said.
Militants kill migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama; second such attack on non-locals in two days
Fp Staff •Following the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370, the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, several posters had appeared in parts of Kashmir, asking the non-local labourers to leave the Valley or 'face consequences'.
Daily Bulletin: Postpaid mobile services in J&K to resume from 12 pm today; Nirmala Sitharaman to meet CEOs of public sector banks today; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Here are today's top stories: Postpaid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir to resume from today, internet only at tourist spots; Haryana Assembly elections 2019: Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi to campaign for upcoming polls; and more