crown

Subscribe Now

FOLLOW US

Sign in

Statehood News

Statehood imperative for restoring J&K’s special status: Omar

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. (Waseem Andrabi/HT)

Published 11 days ago

NC protest across J&K, demand statehood

NC workers stage protest demanding restoration of statehood at their party headquarters, in Srinagar on Monday. (PTI)

Published 12 days ago

Amid CJP protest, Omar Abdullah's Delhi auto ride for J-K statehood demand stir

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sits on a road during a protest march demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhi.

Updated 13 days ago

Omar slams BJP for delay over statehood to J&K

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and deputy CM Surinder Choudhary during a public rally titled "Delhi Chalo! We Want Our Statehood", at Maharaja Hari Singh Park, in Jammu, on Sunday. (PTI)

Updated 20 days ago

'Enough is enough': Omar Abdullah takes J&K statehood campaign to Delhi

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the 'Delhi Chalo- We Want Our Statehood' rally, at Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu, Sunday, July 12.

Updated 21 days ago

Omar claims his MLA was offered ₹20-30 crore to switch sides; BJP reacts

Omar Abdullah alleges BJP attempted to buy NC MLA with <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20-30 crore, ministry

Updated 21 days ago

'Want to light a fire?': Omar attacks Centre on delay in restoring J-K statehood

Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah addresses a convention, demanding restoration of statehood, on the death anniversary of his grandmother, at Hazratbal in Srinagar on Saturday.

Updated 22 days ago

BJP will not participate in NC’s statehood protest: Sunil Sharma

Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir assembly Sunil Sharma. (File)

Published 22 days ago

2-member panel of home ministry to hold talks with Ladakh bodies

A two member team from the ministry of home affairs is scheduled to hold talks with the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance over Ladakh’s demand of sixth schedule and statehood with legislature. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

Updated 31 days ago

Determined for Jantar Mantar protest for J&K statehood: Omar

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (File)

Published 47 days ago

What keeps me awake is that we are a UT : J&K CM

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. (File)

Published 57 days ago

Ladakh’s struggle for constitutional protection finds resonance in Kashmir

The struggle of Ladakh for protections to the union territory has found resonance in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre agreed for providing constitutional safeguards to the Ladakh leadership during their Friday talks. ((Shutterstock) Representational image)

Published 69 days ago

Ladakh ‘understanding’ sparks fresh political row over J&K statehood

A grave injustice was done to us all when our constitutional guarantees were snatched and then the state of J&K was divided into two UTs, president of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Tariq Hamid Karra said. (File)

Published 71 days ago

Jammu demolitions happened as bureaucracy not under elected govt: J&K dy CM

Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary. (File)

Published 72 days ago

J&K opposition corners NC government over ‘unfulfilled promises’

Chief minister Omar Abdullah

Published 77 days ago

Interview| Ready to fight till last breath, ball in Centre’s court: Sonam Wangchuk

Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was released from Jodhpur prison on March 14 after being detained under the National Security Act (NSA), has emerged as the moral compass of a movement demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards.

Published 90 days ago

In Ladakh, Shah pushes for peace & middle path

Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacts with a novice monk during the inauguration of the first international exposition of holy relics of Lord Buddha on the occassion of Buddh Purnima, in Ladakh. (PTI)

Published 92 days ago

Shah unlikely to meet Ladakh-based groups

Shah unlikely to meet Ladakh-based groups

Published 94 days ago

Amit Shah lands in Leh today on 2-day visit, may bypass Ladakh groups

Home minister Amit Shah greets onlookers after voting during the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections (AFP FILE)

Updated 94 days ago

Ladakh bodies push for dialogue with Amit Shah during Leh visit

While hailing the creation of five more districts in the union territory, Ladakh representative bodies have sought a high-powered committee meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah on his Leh visit to push for some ‘meaningful dialogue’ on their demands of statehood and protections under sixth schedule. (ANI File)

Published 95 days ago

NC abandoned fight for constitutional guarantees: Mehdi

Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday charged at his party National Conference-led union territory government for allegedly forsaking the fight for Article 370 and constitutional protections to Jammu and Kashmir. (AP File)

Published 98 days ago

MHA to resume talks with Ladakh bodies, sub-panel meet on May 22

The central government has convened another meeting of the sub-committee on Ladakh for a political dialogue with Ladakh bodies on May 22, lieutenant governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena said on Sunday. (File Photo)

Published 98 days ago

Ladakh pollical dialogue: Centre to resume talks on May 22, says LG

Saxena took charge as the lieutenant governor of Ladakh in March. (X/lg_ladakh)

Published 98 days ago

Won’t give up on statehood, Sixth Schedule demand: Ladakh bodies

In an X post on Monday, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk had urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for timely resolution of the issue. (File)

Published 108 days ago

Activist Sonam Wangchuk calls for a ‘win-win’ outcome over Ladakh issue

Sonam Wangchuk and Gitanjali Angmo in a photo the latter shared on social media.

Updated 137 days ago

Protests in Ladakh for statehood and inclusion in Sixth Schedule

People during protest call given by Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, in Kargil on Monday. (ANI Video Grab)

Published 138 days ago

Ladakh agitation: Rally in Leh, shutdown in Kargil two days after Wangchuk's release

Ladakh agitation: Rally in Leh, shutdown in Kargil two days after Wangchuk's release

Updated 139 days ago

Hailing Wangchuk’s release, Ladakh leaders demand release of remaining detainees

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk (File)

Published 141 days ago

Ladakh leaders welcome Wangchuk's release, demand others' freedom

Ladakh leaders welcome Wangchuk's release, demand others' freedom

Published 141 days ago

Over 7 months on, Kavinder Gupta steps down as Ladakh LG

Seven and a half months on, Kavinder Gupta has stepped down from the post of lieutenant governor of Ladakh union territory, a region which had been embroiled into a protracted agitation demanding statehood and safeguards under the sixth schedule of the Constitution. (HT File)

Published 150 days ago

1
2
...

Home / Topic / Statehood / News

© 2026 HindustanTimes