Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops “in...
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Kashmir police prohibit live media coverage of gunfights
Indian police fire tear gas shells at Kashmiri villagers as they throw stones and bricks at them during a protest near the site of a gunbattle in Pulwama,...
‘For anything and everything’: UAPA cases are rising in Kashmir
The anti-terror law is being frequently invoked against protestors. Few are willing to speak about it.On the morning of February 5, a grieving father led a...
4350 Persons Lodged In J&K Jails
Shops and schools shut for second day in Indian-administered region amid anger over killings in separatist stronghold.Srinagar: As many 4350 persons were...
‘Lockdown on thoughts’: Kashmiris slam India’s free speech curbs
Recent order asking government employees to share social media details latest in a series of measures aimed at curbing free speech.Srinagar,...
Kashmir tension persists after Shopian killings
Shops and schools shut for second day in Indian-administered region amid anger over killings in separatist stronghold.Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir –...
In Kashmir, doctors say hospitals lack beds for new COVID-19 patients
Srinagar: In a worrying development amid resurge in coronavirus cases, the bed occupancy of all dedicated hospitals has increased many folds.Official sources...
‘Our beds are full, oxygen points are occupied’: Doctors body on covid 2nd wave in Kashmir
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said hospitals in Kashmir are witnessing a surge in severe cases of Covid-19 infection.“A few weeks ago, we had...
Amnesty International slams India ‘for clampdown on civil liberties’ in Kashmir
Amnesty International has slammed India the clampdown on civil liberties in Kashmir.In a report titled “The State of the World’s Human Rights 2020/2021”...
Why are social media platforms silencing Kashmiri voices
By suspending the account of Kashmiri activists and organisations, social networks are siding with undemocratic forces.For decades, India has sought to...
Kashmir Journalists Confused, Worried by Police Warning Against Covering Gunbattles
Journalists are now unsure of how security forces are going to react the next time they approach an encounter site.Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police’s...
Don’t carry live coverage of encounter sites: J&K Police
Media persons should not come closer to encounter sites and law and order situations and they should not carry live coverage of these situations.Jammu and...
Kulgam: Raped by policeman, retired army man, minor girl gets pregnant
SRINAGAR — In a shocking incident, a minor girl has conceived a child after being allegedly raped by two men in Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam...
12 people and things that have ruined India
Even before the riots, Narendra Modi’s India was a sectarian battleground.Narendra Modi, India’s Hindu-fundamentalist prime minister, struts upon the global...
Kulgam: Minors go missing in mystery, toll 3
KULGAM — At least two minor kids have gone missing from their residential place in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. This has taken the toll of missing kids in...
Cabinet turns down ECC decision, says ‘no trade with India’ until autonomy returned to IOK
The federal cabinet on Thursday deferred the Economic Coordination Committee's (ECC) decision to allow the import of sugar, cotton and cotton yarn from India...
Anguish, Anger in Kashmir Over Mass Detention of Non-JK Number Vehicles
Almost passed in a huff, an RTO order seeking mandatory JK number plates and additional tax has created a new chaos and confusion in Kashmir where many are...
‘Daylight loot’: Kashmir farmers suffer as rivers illegally mined
Start of the apple season hampered by unabated mining of rivers, hitting thousands of farmers as government officials admit lapses.Shopian,...
Fall in exports, rise in unemployment: GoI figures reveal dismal picture of J&K economy
Srinagar: The Government of India (GoI) has released figures that show how much the Kashmir economy suffered in the past three years, two of which passed...
‘Take me home, father!’: A prison, a boy, and countless orders
A midnight thriller ended for a Kashmiri boy dramatically when he landed in a jail outside Kashmir, soon after the nullification of JK’s semi-autonomous...
Déjà vu
BEEN there! Done that! Or are we breaking new ground in India-Pakistan relations? Pessimism is never constructive. But with India-Pakistan relations,...
Two non-locals arrested for allegedly kidnapping woman in north Kashmir
Police have arrested two non-local residents alleged of kidnapping a woman in frontier Uri town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police official told...
‘Pakistan stands with Kashmir,’ President Arif Alvi affirms in Pakistan Day parade
Pakistan stands by the people living in Indian occupied Kashmir, will not abandon them, president says. "Situation in South Asia poor due to conspiracies, an...
Modi’s Pakistan Day message to Imran: ‘India desires cordial relations with Pakistani people’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told Prime Minister Imran Khan in a Pakistan Day message that his country desires cordial relations with the Pakistani...
Police begins action as mob attacks Muslim family, attempt molestation in Samba
Jammu: Reacting to a Tweet by former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti, the Inspector General of Police Jammu on Monday said that police has...
Women’s rights in conflict area, a case study of Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir
- European Parliament's Marie Arena says ruling BJP has sown the seeds of hatred in a multicultural society. - EU must demand that India respect its human...
BJP has sown the seeds of hatred in multicultural India: EU human rights chief
- European Parliament's Marie Arena says ruling BJP has sown the seeds of hatred in a multicultural society. - EU must demand that India respect its human...
‘Electoral autocracy’: The downgrading of India’s democracy
India's democracy is taking a rankings battering these days. For a country which prides itself as the world's largest democracy, this is troubling news. So...
Unsettled disputes dragging South Asia back to poverty and under-development: Gen Bajwa
- "Time to bury the past and move on," says Army chief - Pakistan one of the few countries in the world that resisted the urge to engage in an arms race, he...
Kashmiri Students, Travellers ‘Barred’ From Visiting Pak
Srinagar: Protest broke out Wednesday at the Wagah border in Punjab after dozens of Kashmiris, including travellers and students were allegedly barred from...
Repression will not solve the Kashmir dispute, only international mediation will
Between the two feuding neighbors the past is always present.India and Pakistan appear to have fatalistically accepted that they are destined to a permanent...
A deluge of destruction in lengthy Kashmir gunfight
Nearly sixty hours since the first shots rang in Rawalpora village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district and plumes of smoke still emanated from the rubble of...
India is losing diplomatic battle, remains fenced off and isolated in the south Asian region
The uninterrupted and misleading information emanating from Indian media houses has washed out the intellect of the most brilliant minds and policymakers in...
After pigeons, India takes PIA balloon into custody in occupied Kashmir
In a bizarre turn of events, authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir have seized a plane-shaped balloon bearing the name of the Pakistan International Airlines...
Valley protest triggers biggest crackdown since 2019
Police said they had arrested 39 'stone-throwing' youths during dozens of raids after people gathered to protest at Jamia Masjid on FridayThe first protest in...
India’s new digital rules are bad news for democracy
The new rules expand the government’s already considerable control over digital entities and will likely affect freedom of expression and privacy.In 2014,...
Key American lawmaker urges US to find a way to resolve India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir
NEW YORK, Mar 04 (APP): A key American senator has underscored the need for the United States to “find a pathway forward” to deal with the unresolved Kashmir...
APHC-AJK holds protest in Islamabad against India
Islamabad, March 03 (KMS): The Azad Kashmir chapter of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, today, staged a protest outside the National Press Club,...
UN Rights Chief Concerned Over Kashmir Restrictions
Official says Indian government restrictions on right to information and debate impair people's rightsSRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir Raids on human rights...
Kashmir becomes voiceless in Indian parliament
Retirement of 4 members leaves disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir without any representation in upper houseANKARA For the third time in history, the...