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Union govt extends ban on Yasin Malik-led JKLF for 5 years under UAPA
The Union Government on Saturday extended the ban on jailed Yasin Malik’s Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
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Coerced cheers: Is Modi’s Srinagar rally attendance what it seems?
As per the many people that Maktoob spoke to, most of them alleged that they were either threatened or coerced into attending the rally. Meanwhile, Modi, in his speech, said and believed that he had “succeeded in winning the hearts of Kashmiri people” after seeing the crowd.
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Family of Kashmiri man deceived into joining Russian army appeal for assistance in bringing him home
"Take me back home," Azad Yousuf repeated over a video call on WhatsApp to his brother. The 31-year-old...
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‘Refused to engage with us’: says Ladakh delegation as fourth meeting with home ministry failed
After the fourth round of talks with the union government, Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance stated...
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“Process as punishment”: Press Club of India condemns arrest of Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan
The Press Club of India and Press Association on Monday released a statement expressing their concern over the...
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Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan walks out of jail after 2011 days in prison
Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from Ambedkar Nagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, ending a five-year-long incarceration.
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33 years of Kunan Poshpora; Largest recorded incident of sexual assault in South Asian history
23rd February, 2024 marks the 33rd anniversary of the mass rape and torture of Kashmir women by Indian Army in twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora in Kupwara district of Kashmir.
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Ladakh: Local herders and Chinese soldiers clash over grazing land access
Following an alleged incident where local herders threw stones at a Chinese Army patrolling unit earlier this month due to purportedly being denied access to their customary grazing lands, tensions are escalating in a remote Ladakh border region.
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Kashmir’s Wular Lake, vital for nearly 10,000 fishermen families, faces dire situation due to climate change
As the weather in Kashmir is facing severe alteration with a huge deficit in snowfall in the winter season, the desiccation of Walur Lake is taking a toll on...
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Jammu and Kashmir: Two arrested for social media posts on Babri Masjid
Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two individuals on January 22 for allegedly making comments about the demolished Babri Masjid and the construction of the Ram temple on the mosque site.
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ED summons Farooq Abdullah for questioning in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned National Conference (NC) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case.
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Weeks after PSA quashment, Kashmir journalist Sajad Gul remains in jail
Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul’s Public Safety Act was quashed by the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on 19 November last year. But even after weeks have passed, Gul remains...
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India bans Kashmir’s Tehreek-e-Hurriyat under UAPA
The union government on Sunday declared Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir (TeH), as an ‘unlawful association’ for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
"The outfit is involved in...
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Poonch killing: Mehbooba stages sit-in, says ‘being stopped’ from meeting victim families
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti staged a sit-in on a roadside on 30 December after the police prevented her from meeting the families of three Kashmiri civilians who were found dead due to torture in the custody of the Army.
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Kashmir: Discontent lingers after Supreme Court’s Article 370 ruling
In Kashmir, people feel downhearted after the Supreme Court’s verdict rejected a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special power...
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Union government bans Masarat Alam Bhat’s Muslim League Jammu Kashmir
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared ‘Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam Bhat faction)’/MLJK-MA as an ‘Unlawful Association’ under the draconian UAPA.
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Civilians killed in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti prevented from visiting site, put under house arrest
Days after three civilians picked by the army for questioning were found dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, former chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti was placed under house arrest on Monday to prevent her from visiting Surankote.
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