In a series of unprecedented announcements, the Modi government rolled out a slew of major decisions on Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Home Minister Amit Shah announced the revocation of controversial Article 350, Article 370 and that Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir will be two separate Union Territories.   

Even as the new BJP government explores all options to bring an end to the brutal cage match taking place in Kashmir, with the setting up of a Delimitation Commission as one of the prongs available on the table to correct the regional disparity, it is actively taking a view on the contentious Article 35A which prevents mobility and greater integration with the Union of India.

Finally, it appears that the Modi government with its political heft is looking at resolving the Kashmir imbroglio. There have been innumerable plans and blueprints in the past on solutions to the Kashmir problem. The growing estrangement between Sheikh Abdullah and Pandit Nehru was one of the most unfortunate happenings in the years that followed Independence.

Amid the turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir, several top political leaders condemned the house arrest of several top political leaders of the state, including Menbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone, amidst speculations of big decision making in New Delhi. Leaders including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, former Union Minister P Chidambaram and CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury criticized the government for the detention of the political leadership in Kashmir. Here's how they reacted.

  During a debate in Rajya Sabha on the amendment in the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, (UAPA), Singh asked Shah not to act with "political motives" while being a home minister. He commented Shah occupies the post which was once held by Vallabhbhai Patel and he should act like a statesman.

Addressing the Rajya Sabha on UAPA, Shah said it is important to identify terrorists and not just organisations and said that there will be a four-stage scrutiny before a terrorist tag is put up.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday and sought Centre's assistance to deal with the Maoist threat plaguing some districts in the state. The two leaders discussed various subjects, including the modernisation of the state police force to face the threat

Addressing the BJP parliamentary party meeting, Shah also asked MPs, including Union ministers, to attend a two-day orientation programme being held by the party on August 3-4, saying their attendance is a must, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters.

Shah said that in the past five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken the country's economy to the fifth position from the 11th position.

The force came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police this day in 1939. It became the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on the enactment of the CRPF Act on December 28, 1949. The force has five signal battalions, one Special Duty Group, one Parliament Duty Group, 43 Group Centres, 20 training institutions, four composite hospitals of 100 bed and 17 composite hospitals of 50 bed.

Responding to a debate on a bill which amends the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in Lok Sabha, Amit Shah asserted that there are enough safeguards to ensure that the act is not misused and will only be used only to root out terrorism. He also said that provision in UAPA (amendment) bill to designate a person suspected to have terror links as terrorist is necessary to root out terror.

Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan will visit India on August 7 during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Amit Shah and is expected to discuss issues like illegal immigration and anti-terror cooperation, officials said on Sunday.

"Many members have said that POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) had to be repealed because it was misused. TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act) had to be repealed because they were misused. I want to make the record clear that POTA was not repealed because it was misused. POTA was repealed for the reason of vote bank politics," said Home Minister Amit Shah.

The verbal duel between the two leaders began when opposition members, including Owaisi interrupted BJP's Satyapal Singh. To this end, Amit Shah stood up and asked the Hyderabad MP to maintain silence and give a patient hearing to the debate.

The physical rehabilitation consists of multi-storey apartments in six districts - Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla, Sopore and Ganderbal. Each residential complex should be capable of accommodating 40,000 people, and the government should give compensation of Rs 30 lakh to families who are keen to return.

Lobo's comments come days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that the BJP was not involved in luring MLAs from Karnataka into the party.

The new MLAs will be meeting Amit Shah in Delhi at 10 a.m.," Sawant told reporters at Goa's Dabolim international airport, before heading for New Delhi.

A court here issued fresh summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday directing him to appear on August 9 in a criminal defamation suit filed against him by a local BJP leader for allegedly calling Union Home Minister Amit Shah a "murder accused".

BJP Chief Amit Shah would tour Telangana every month in a bid to strengthen the party in the state ahead of the next assembly elections, party's state President K Laxman said here Sunday.

During the meeting, the two senior leaders will also give instructions to the office bearers to explain the message of the Union Budget to the common people at the grassroot level.