Name: Air Force Station attack: why drones are the new terror weapon amid rise in militancy in Jammu
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Dhankar expresses 'pain' after video shows him bowing & greeting PM Modi 

Dhankar said he has now become conscious of who he bows in front of and by how much as it may be clicked from what angle and uploaded on social media platforms.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday expressed &ldquo;pain and anguish&rdquo; over a viral video clip that showed him bowing and greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands, saying such a gesture is his nature and he does not see who is in front.
A day after the clip was shared on social media handles including by some Congress leaders, Dhankhar in Rajya Sabha asserted that the dignity of a constitutional position is only elevated by humility.
&ldquo;You never know who will put in on Instagram, who will put in on Twitter. You never know who will start measuring the strength of my backbone,&rdquo; he said.
 &ldquo;I want to say that bowing and greeting namaskar (with folded hands) is my nature. I dont see who is in front.&rdquo;
Standing in the House with folded hands, Dhankhar said it is &ldquo;sometimes very painful at the level to which some may stoop&rdquo;.
&ldquo;I can only express my pain, (and) my anguish if (this uploading is done) by an institution which has a high office in the country's politics,&rdquo; he said in oblique reference to Congress' social media handle.
 &ldquo;It is extremely hurtful when I thought of sharing my anguish, my sentiments with a senior leader... It resulted in a more challenging scenario by putting it on Twitter. I thought wisdom will dawn (and) they will reflect.&rdquo;
Dhankhar said he was &ldquo;a modest man; arrogance can never be part of my life.&rdquo;
&ldquo;By nature I am humble, if not I try to be more humble. But we should not make fun of institutions,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;It is our cultural heritage to bow while greeting someone. Dignity of the office is maintained when you bow more. And this pain has been given to me by those people who I respect a lot.&rdquo;

India reacts to gunning down of wanted Lashkar terrorist in Pakistan

On the intervening night of Decemeber 2nd and 3rd, LeT terrorist Hanzla Adnan was killed by unknown gunmen in Karachi outside his home. Adnan masterminded an attack on a Border Security Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur in 2015.&nbsp;

India has reacted to wanted terrorists being killed in neighbouring Pakistan. The Ministry of External Affairs reacted on Thursday to the killing of a top Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist in Karachi by unknown men.
The foreign ministry&rsquo;s spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, said that those who are wanted by Indian authorities should come here and "face the legal system". He said: &ldquo;We would like them to come to India and face our legal system, but I cannot comment on developments that are taking place in Pakistan.&rdquo; On the intervening night of Decemeber 2 and 3, LeT terrorist Hanzla Adnan, who masterminded the attack on a Border Security Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur in 2015, was killed by unknown gunmen in Karachi outside his home.

Kashmir police officer, shot while playing cricket, loses battle with death after 39 days 

Kashmir police inspector who was shot on 29 while playing cricket died at AIIMS. Wani was shot dead when a terrorist fired at him thrice while he was playing cricket in Srinagar's old city on Oct 29.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Police Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani, who was critically injured when he was shot at by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist while playing cricket in Srinagar in October, died at AIIMS here Thursday leaving behind his wife who is expecting her first child.
Officials said despite best efforts of the medical team, Wani succumbed to injuries this afternoon.
Son of a retired police sub-inspector, Wani was playing cricket at the Eidgah ground when the lone terrorist fired three shots in the eye, abdomen and neck from close range on October 29, a Sunday when a number of youngsters were playing the game.
Wani's teammates ran after the terrorist but he fired in the air and fled.
Wani was rushed to a hospital in Soura where he was undergoing treatment. However, he was airlifted and brought to AIIMS Delhi Wednesday and was on life support.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his father and a brother.
Wani's death has left a deep sense of loss among his colleagues and loved ones, said Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police R R Swain.
"You see Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel are always on duty and here the martyred police inspector has made a supreme sacrifice of his life. On behalf of the Jammu and Kashmir Police family, we stand behind his family in this hour of grief," he said.
Additional Director General of Police (operations) Vijay Kumar, who had immediately rushed to the scene on that day, condoled his loss and said every attempt was made to save him. "But unfortunately, we lost him today," he said.
Kumar, who was officiating as Inspector General of Kashmir range when the attack took place, had said the police had identified the terrorist as Basit Dar, who hails from Kulgam in South Kashmir and was active for quite some time.
Former chief minister and vice president of National Conference Omar Abdullah condoled the death of Wani saying this was the unfortunate truth of the valley where targeted killings were continuing.
CPI-M leader Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami said this incident punctures the tall claims of the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration about the situation being normal in Kashmir.
"Losing such a young, daring and vibrant cop is too difficult to compensate for! May his soul rest in peace and solace and may the bereaved family be granted with forbearance to endure this irreparable loss," JK Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari said.
The Resistance Front, a shadow group of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attack.&nbsp;

J-K Reorganisation Act should not be amended: Omar cites two reasons

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that the J-K Reorganisation Act should not be amended as the case was pending in the Supreme Court.&nbsp;

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday said the government should not make amendments to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act as the law is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court.
Abdullah's remarks came after the Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from PoK to the legislative assembly.
&ldquo;Our objections to the bill are on two issues. The first is that the Supreme Court has not announced its decision on the reorganisation and they (government) are bringing changes after changes,&rdquo; the NC leader told reporters in Pulwama.
He said the second objection the party has is on the filling of assembly seats through nomination.
&ldquo;That should be left for the elected government. The bill gives the right of nomination to the LG. It clearly raises a doubt that this is being done to help the BJP because the BJP cannot win the elections and so, they are trying to increase the number of seats for themselves,&rdquo; he said.
The former chief minister, however, said when the assembly elections take place in J-K, the elected government may undo the changes.
&ldquo;If there is no change in it, then after elections, when there is an elected government, we will see to it,&rdquo; he added.
To a question about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contemplating to approach the court over the amendment bill, Abdullah said the NC has already challenged the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act in the apex court.
&ldquo;The whole issue is in the court, the whole issue of reorganisation of J-K is in the court. Now, perhaps there is some compulsion for the PDP to go to the court, because they did not approach the Supreme Court when we filed a case in the apex court against August 5, 2019 (decisions), the PDP was silent then.
&ldquo;As of now, there is no need for us to go to the court because our case is already in the court,&rdquo; he added.
Asked why the NC and PDP were conducting party functions separately, and not coming together for the benefit of the people of J-K, Abdullah said both the parties have come together for a &ldquo;bigger cause&rdquo;.
&ldquo;Why should we not hold separate functions? We have different ideologies, but, as far as the bigger cause is concerned, as far as August 5 and a betrayal which was done with us is concerned, we talk about it together. We are trying to find solution to that together,&rdquo; he said.
He said the aim of the party workers&rsquo; conventions was to talk to the people and make the party stronger. &ldquo;There will be a test next year and we are preparing for that.&rdquo; To a question whether NC president and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah would recontest from Srinagar constituency, Omar Abdullah said, &ldquo;If he wants to contest the election, then we will not have a better candidate than him. Because of his health or any other reason if he decides against fighting election, then we will choose a suitable candidate after consulting him and colleagues.&rdquo;

All India judicial service at the district judge level: Govt says no consensus on proposal yet

Article 312 of the Constitution provides for the setting up all India judicial service, which shall not include any post inferior to that of a district judge.

There is no consensus on a proposal to set up an all India judicial service at the district judge level, the government told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said there was divergence of opinion among the state governments and the 25 high courts on the constitution of this judicial service.
"While some state governments and high courts favoured the proposal, some were not in favour of creation of All India Judicial Service ... some others wanted changes in the proposal formulated by the central government," he said.
In government's view, Meghwal noted, a properly framed all India judicial service is important to strengthen overall justice delivery system.
"This will give an opportunity for induction of suitably qualified fresh legal talent selected through a proper all-India merit selection system as well as address the issue of social inclusion by enabling suitable representation to marginalized and deprived sections of society," he said.&nbsp;

Bihar DNA remark: BJP demands apology from Telangana CM Reddy

Telangana Chief minister Revanth Reddy slammed KCR and quoted that his DNA is better than KCR's DNA. He also stated that KCR migrated from Bihar and his caste is kumri.&nbsp;

The BJP on Thursday criticised Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's "Bihar DNA" remark and demanded that the Congress and other members of the opposition INDIA bloc condemn his comment and ask him to apologise.
Reddy reportedly said during a recent interaction with journalists that K Chandrashekar Rao, the first chief minister of Telangana, has "Bihari genes", indicating that he was a better choice for the state than KCR.
"My DNA is Telangana. KCR's DNA is Bihar. He belongs to Bihar. KCR's caste is Kurmi. They migrated from Bihar to Vijayanagaram and from there to Telangana. Telangana DNA is better than Bihar DNA," Reddy had allegedly said.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad termed Reddy's remarks "very shameful, divisive and arrogant" and demanded that the Congress and other INDIA bloc members condemn it.
He also demanded an apology from Reddy for making such remarks against the people of Bihar.
"I condemn his remarks," Prasad told PTI at the Parliament complex.
He further said, "Does he want to break the country? The big question here is why are the INDIA alliance members silent. Why has Nitish Kumar not said anything (on Reddy's remarks) so far? What are the Congress members in Bihar doing?" Prasad also questioned the silence of former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Reddy's remarks.
"Your chief minister calls one region's DNA weak and makes very shameful casteist remarks against his own party leaders (who are in Bihar), this is very unfortunate. We condemn it. The Congress party should also condemn it if they have even a little understanding of the significance of unity in the country," he said.
The BJP's Buxar MP and Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said Reddy's "petty" remarks have hurt the sentiments of the people of Bihar and demanded that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar respond to it.
"Congress leaders are creating a dirty atmosphere in the country... The kind of petty remarks that the Congress leader, who is... the chief minister (of Telangana), has made, people will give them a befitting reply," Choubey told PTI.
BJP MP and former deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Modi also hit out at the Congress and its INDIA bloc allies over Reddy's remarks and demanded that they ask the Telangana chief minister to apologise.
He said, "The INDI Alliance members kept insulting Hindu Dharma and Sanatan Dharma. Now they have come to Bihar DNA. Is it appropriate to say that Telangana DNA is better than the Bihar DNA and make such insulting comments against the people of another state?"

India gets consular access to 8 death row prisoners in Qatar

Qatar: India gets consular access to 8 death row prisoners, 

Qatar: India gets consular access to 8 death row prisoners,

The Ministry of External Affairs said that Indian envoy to Qatar, Vipul, got consular access to all eight arrested former naval officials on Decemeber 3.&nbsp;

The eight Indians on a death row in Qatar have got consular access.&nbsp;
The Indian Ambassador to Qatar met the former Indian Navy officials who have been convicted on charges of being spies for Israel.&nbsp;
The access was granted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim on the side-lines of COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
At a routine press briefing, External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters, "... our Ambassador got consular access to meet all eight in prison on December 3."

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Leafing across the recent pages of history reveals a clear design from the militants based across the international border to use drones as a new weapon to disrupt peace especially after the abrogation of Article 370

Air Force Station attack: why drones are the new terror weapon amid rise in militancy in Jammu 

Leafing across the recent pages of history reveals a clear design from the militants based across the international border to use drones as a new weapon to disrupt peace especially after the abrogation of Article 370

Was a drone-induced militant attack on the Indian Air Force station in Jammu in the offing?&nbsp;
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In first such terror attack using unmanned aerial vehicles, between 1.37 am and 1.42 am on Sunday, most reports say, two drone-laden explosives went off inside the high security area sending the defence establishment in to tizzy.&nbsp;
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With most reports saying that the stealth flying devices came from across the border, it is safe to presume that the drones travelled at least 14 kilometers without being spotted.&nbsp; Officials, however, said that possibility of the drone being controlled from India could not be ruled out.
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Officials of the anti-terror agency and the Jammu and Kashmir Police say that a clarity on where the drones had taken off and their flight path were yet to be reached.
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Almost 24 hours after the incident, two drones were spotted over the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday after security forces who opened fire forcing the drones to fly away.
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But leafing across the recent pages of history, particularly in Jammu division, reveals a clear design from the militants based across the international border. Drone is a new weapon in the arson of militants seeking to disrupt peace especially after the abrogation of Article 370 and the terrain of the international border makes UAVs a potent one.&nbsp;
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Take a note of the following timeline.&nbsp;
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Eight days after the abrogation of Article 370, police found a crashed drone from a village in Punjab.&nbsp;
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Over a month later, interrogation of militants revealed that drones had dropped arms in Punjab in 8 sorties between September 9 and 16.
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In the next year&rsquo;s summer in Jammu, the BSF shot down a drone carrying payload of 5kgs including a sophisticated US-made M4 semi-automatic carbine and seven Chinese grenades on June 22.&nbsp;
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Two months late on September 19, the J&amp;K Police arrested three LeT militants who had come to pick up an arms consignment dropped by drones in Rajouri district.&nbsp;
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Two AK assault rifles, three magazines with 90 rounds and a pistol with two magazines and 14 rounds which had been dropped by a Pakistani drone was seized in Akhnoor three days later.&nbsp;
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A surveillance drone of Chinese make was shot down and seized by the Army on the Line of Control in Kupwara district on October 24, that year.&nbsp;
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There were three more arms recoveries in Jammu and Punjab&rsquo;s Gurdaspur and among them was the Border Security Force recovering 14 Improvised Explosive Devices with inbuilt magnets or what is called the sticky bomb used by the Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.&nbsp;
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SOT- REDDY IF YOU HAVE
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The matter of Pakistan using drones for surveillance and arms drop was even raised in Parliament earlier this year. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy informed the Rajya Sabha that the govt was aware of such instances and has been taking various steps to meet such challenges.&nbsp;
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While it is clear that the use of drones has been on rise since the reading down of Article 370, it also coincides with what many is Jammu and Kashmir security circles say the rise of militancy in the Jammu division particularly the Muslim dominated regions.&nbsp;
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According to police data quoted by The Print its report, the J&amp;K Police arrested 25 people accused of working as overground workers to various militant organisations in 2020 in Jammu division. The figure for the same each year between 2015 and 2019 was not more than a dozen.&nbsp;
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Moreover, a total of 13 encounters took place in Jammu last year, the Print reported. In 2015, this number was at 20, after which it was 13, 7, 16, and 9 in the following years until 2019, respectively.
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With the use of drones becoming prevalent and the number of people joining militant ranks growing, a clear challenge lays ahead for the security forces in the region that has largely remained peaceful since the last decade.
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In first such terror attack using drones, two&nbsp;explosives went off inside the high security area on Sunday&nbsp;sending the defence establishment in to tizzy&nbsp;&nbsp;

Former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after suffering a fall in his farmhouse.

Former Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao hospitalised after fall

Former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after suffering a fall in his farmhouse.

Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has reportedly been hospitalised after suffering a fall.
According to news agency ANI, the incident occurred in Rao's farmhouse in Erravalli on the night of December 7.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief has been admitted to the Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad.
The incident comes days after he stepped down as chief minister after suffering a defeat at the hand of Congress.
Bagging 65 seats in the 119-member assembly, Congress dislodged the two-term BRS government headed by Rao.
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BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri reportedly expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP's Danish Ali in a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee on December 7. The panel is expected to close the matter.

Ramesh Bidhuri expressed regret over his remarks against Danish Ali: report

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri reportedly expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP's Danish Ali in a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee on December 7. The panel is expected to close the matter.

BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Thursday expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP's Danish Ali in a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee, which heard both leaders separately.
Sources said Bidhuri in his deposition before the committee noted that senior BJP leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh had conveyed his regret in the House for his comments on September 21 when he was making a speech during a discussion on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Bidhuri used some objectionable comments to target Ali, who was accused by several BJP leaders of using derogatory words for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provoke the South Delhi MP.
As a row erupted in the House, Singh rose to convey his regrets. "I express regret if the opposition is hurt by the remarks made by the member," the Deputy Leader of the House in Lok Sabha said.
With Bidhuri expressing regret, sources said, the committee was likely to bring closure to the matter and send its report to the speaker.
BJP president J P Nadda had also issued a show-cause notice to Bidhuri, known for his fiery comments which have at times sparked controversies.
With Ali and several other opposition members writing to Speaker Om Birla for taking action against Bidhuri, and quite a few BJP members accusing the BSP MP of making a running commentary during his speech and using derogatory words against the prime minister, the Chair sent complaints of both sides to the Privileges Committee.
Ali also appeared before the committee and spoke in detail about the incident, sources said. He rejected the charge that he used insulting remarks against Modi.
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The Ethics Committee's report which recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from Parliament in the "cash-for-query" case is listed for tabling in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Cash-for-query: ethics panel report on Mahua Moitra to be tabled today

The Ethics Committee's report which recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from Parliament in the "cash-for-query" case is listed for tabling in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

A report of the Ethics Committee which recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra in a "cash-for-query" case is listed for tabling in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The report was earlier listed in the agenda of the lower house for December 4 but was not tabled.
The revised list of business for Friday issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat has listed the Ethics Committee report as agenda item number 7.
Various opposition members have insisted that there should be a discussion on the recommendations before a decision is taken on Moitra.
"If the report is tabled, we would insist on a full-fledged discussion as the draft was adopted in two-and-a-half minute," BSP MP Danish Ali told reporters on Thursday.
At a meeting on November 9, the committee headed by Vinod Kumar Sonkar adopted its report recommending Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha over the "cash-for-query" allegation.
Six members of the panel, including Congress MP Preneet Kaur who had earlier been suspended from the party, voted in favour of the report. Four members of the panel belonging to opposition parties submitted dissent notes.
The opposition members termed the report a "fixed match" and said the complaint filed by BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey, which the panel reviewed, was not supported by a "shred of evidence".
Moitra can be expelled only if the House votes in favour of the panel's recommendation.
The Winter Session of Parliament began on Monday and is scheduled to continue till December 22.&nbsp;
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A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on December 11.

Supreme Court to deliver verdict on please against Article 370 on Dec 11

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on December 11.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on December 11 on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the cause list for December 11, Monday, uploaded on the apex court website, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud would deliver the verdict.
The other members of the bench are Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
The apex court had on September 5 reserved its verdict in the matter after a marathon 16-day hearing.
During the course of the hearing, the top court had heard Attorney General R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, senior advocates Harish Salve, Rakesh Dwivedi, V Giri and others on behalf of the Centre and the intervenors defending the abrogation of Article 370.
Senior advocates including Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramanium, Rajeev Dhavan, Zaffar Shah, Dushyant Dave and others had argued on behalf of the petitioners.
The lawyers had dwelt on various issues including the constitutional validity of the Centre's August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate the provision, the validity of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which split the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, challenges to imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir on June 20, 2018 and imposition of President's rule in the erstwhile state on December 19, 2018 and its extension on July 3, 2019.
Several petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 that divided the erstwhile state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh - were referred to a Constitution bench in 2019.
The arguments in the matter had commenced on August 2.
During the hearing, the apex court had asked who can recommend the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir when no constituent assembly, whose concurrence was required before taking such a step, exists there.
The top court had also asked as to how can a provision (Article 370), which was specifically mentioned as a temporary provision in the Constitution, become permanent after tenure of the Jammu and Kashmir constituent assembly came to an end in 1957.
Some of the petitioners opposing the repeal of Article 370 had argued that the provision could not have been abrogated, as the term of the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly ended in 1957 after it drafted the erstwhile state's Constitution.
With the constituent assembly having become extinct, Article 370 acquired a permanent status, they had said.
The Centre had argued that there was no "constitutional fraud" in annulling the provision that accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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NCRB data: these 5 states reported most suicides in India in 2022

While these five states accounted for 49.3 per cent of all suicides, the remainder were in the rest of the 23 states and eight Union Territories.

Data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2022 showed that Madhya Pradesh accounted for 15,386 of the 1,70,924 suicides that took place across the country.
While the national average was 468 suicides per day, for MP it was 42 people ending their lives every day, or almost two per hour, as per NCRB data.
The NCRB, which functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs, recently released its survey.
Maharashtra led with 22,746 suicides (13.3 per cent of total count), followed by 19,834 in Tamil Nadu (11.6 per cent), 15,386 in MP (9 per cent), 13,606 in Karnataka (8 per cent) and 12,669 in West Bengal (7.4 per cent), the NCRB data revealed.
While these states accounted for 49.3 per cent of all suicides, the remainder were in the rest of the 23 states and eight Union Territories.
Incidentally, Uttar Pradesh, with 17 per cent of the country's population, accounted for just 4.8 per cent of the suicides that took place in 2022.
It also showed that 59,087 people, comprising 38,259 men and 20,828 women, who ended their lives in the country were in the 18-30 age group, with 31.7 per cent people committing suicide due to family problems and 18.4 per cent due to illness.
In MP last year, Indore led with 746 suicides, followed by 527 in Bhopal, 307 in Gwalior and 213 in Jabalpur.
Pointing out that 31.7 per cent of the suicides took place due to family problems, Bhopal Police Commissioner HC Mishra told PTI this was mainly due to the weakening of the joint family system, lack of emotional bond and communication.
Youngsters, especially students were ending their lives due to lack of proper counselling as well as lack of communication in society, said Mishra, who has earlier served as commissioner of Indore, SP of Jabalpur and Gwalior.
Mishra, who as SP, Jabalpur started the suicide prevention helpline 'Sanjeevani' in 2014, said he found neglect of mental health was one of the reasons for the high number of suicides in the city, after which experts were asked to provide counselling and advice to people who contact the helpline.
Training police staff on issues of sensitivity and answering helpline calls properly resulted in the suicide numbers going down, he claimed.
Recalling an incident, Mishra, as SP in Jabalpur, received a call late at night from a station house officer who said he had a loaded pistol and was planning to end his life.
"I started talking to him, trying to tell him his act would have huge consequences. I recalled he had called me some time before and spoken about his jobless son, a daughter who had filed a domestic violence case against her husband, as well as his issues with his wife," Mishra said.
"The SHO told me he was considered worthless in the department, which was affecting his career prospect. I immediately gave him charge of a police station. I told him to prove people wrong. I continued to engage him in talks," he said.
In the meantime, Mishra said he asked the staff at his 'camp office' in his bungalow to alert the constables at the police station where this personnel was and asked them to cautiously take control of him when he walks out of his office since he had a loaded gun.
"I continued to talk to this personnel. Finally, he listened to me, opened the door, walked outside where waiting police staff took away his pistol. He was counselled by professionals later. I spoke to the then DGP and ensured his request for a transfer to Sagar, which is his hometown, at the fag end of his career was accepted," Mishra said.
The Sanjeevani helpline is now functional in Bhopal, Gwalior and Indore as well, he added.
Psychiatrist Dr Viabhav Dubey said communication gaps within the family as well as glorification of suicides in the media sometimes and incidents broadcast live on social media have also resulted in the numbers going up.
Citing the media coverage of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Dubey said it sometimes makes people think ending their lives is the easiest solution.
People are looking up to the digital world rather that talking to friends and family, he rued.
Seeing social media posts of people informing about purchasing homes, cars, of holidays abroad also increases frustration and despair among those who feel they are down and out, Dubey said.
"In my 25-year career, I am seeing a rise in the number of suicides in the last five years. If we don't take steps now, in 20 years we might see problems like loneliness etc which we are seeing in the west. This could take a heavy toll," he claimed.
People who rely on internet and social media for cure of illness instead of consulting doctors may also end their lives out of frustration if they don't get better for a long period, he added.&nbsp;

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