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Chidambaram says amending Article 370 is a fatal legal error, and more
 The Hindu Net Desk
August 06, 2019 08:37 IST
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A fatal legal error, says P. Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday said the government cannot modify Article 370 by using another provision of Article 370. By doing so it made a “fatal legal error” and it would discover this in due course.
Editorial | A wrong way to end: On J&K's special status
Jammu and Kashmir has been a theatre of muscular Hindutva nationalism, in the early decades in script and since 2014 in performance. Adopting a highly militarist approach to separatism, and shunning political process entirely since 2014, the BJP has now delivered on a promise it has long made, by abrogating the special status that Jammu and Kashmir had enjoyed in the Constitution through a combination of executive and parliamentary measures.
Explained | President’s Order scraps its predecessor and amends Article 370
The President’s notification of the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order of 2019 of August 5 amends Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and scraps its 65-year-old predecessor, The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order of May 14, 1954.
Explained | What the repeal of Article 35A entails
Included in the Constitution through a presidential order of May 1954, the provision is apparently based on the principle of safeguarding the interests of “sons of the soil”, apart from drawing strength through Article 370.
J&K Governor reviews security scenario, directs administration to remain alert
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday night reviewed the security situation and emphasised the need for constant alertness and preparedness to deal with any eventuality, after the Centre scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution which accorded special status to the  state.
Assam villagers claim hardship in NRC re-verification
Amir Chand and his 18-member family reached Dergaon in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district at 5.30 a.m. on Monday for a re-check of their citizenship documents at a designated service centre for National Register of Citizens (NRC) at 9 a.m.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit China ahead of Modi-Xi summit
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will travel to China on August 11 on a three-day visit ahead of the second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in India in October.