Friday, March 29, 2024

Kashmir

BJP minister Jitendra Singh’s wealth doubled in 10 years: Data

Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is fighting his third Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, recorded a growth of over 100 percent...

Interview: Kashmiri historian Hafsa Kanjwal accuses India of memoricide, repression

Human rights groups and United Nations experts have repeatedly warned against India's crackdown on the civil liberties of...

Electoral bonds: UP company gave Rs 10 crore to BJP four weeks after bagging contract for Kashmir tunnel

In December 2019, months after Kashmir had been stripped of its special status under the Constitution and statehood, Lucknow-based infrastructure firm Apco Infratech Private Limited secured a contract in the Kashmir Valley to build a tunnel, and less than four weeks after receiving the go-ahead for the project, the firm donated 10 crores to the BJP through electoral bonds.

“We want justice”: Man crushed to death by CRPF vehicle in north Kashmir

On 9 March, around 11:15 am, Habbibullah Shergojri was crossing the road in the main market of north Kashmir’s Bandipora when a parked CRPF vehicle, previously stationary, suddenly started moving, crushing him to death.

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).

Singapore bans ‘The Kashmir Files’, calls movie “one-sided” portrayal of Muslims

Singapore has banned the controversial Bollywood movie "The Kashmir Files", assessing it to be “beyond” the country's film classification guidelines.

In Ramadan, Muslims faced onslaught from BJP: Mehbooba Mufti

Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said Muslims of the country were facing "unprecedented onslaught from the BJP and its militant political arms" during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Ban for special Ramadan prayers at Srinagar Jamia Masjid hurts believers

On the last Friday of Ramadan, women desperately offered afternoon prayer outside the locked gates of Jamia Masjid. On the previous evening, the doors of Kashmir’s historic Jamia Masjid...

Mughal road linking Kashmir’s Pir Panjal with Srinagar remains closed, commuters stranded

Nasir Khuehami and Ummar Jamal Historic Mughal Road, an alternative road, to connect the bordering districts of Rajouri and Poonch to Srinagar continues to be closed since December last year....
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SC to take up pleas against abrogation of article 370 post summer vacation

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions - challenging the law used to scrap Article 370 - after the summer holidays.

Tweet on iftar hosted by Army in J&K deleted after ‘criticism’ by hatemonger Suresh Chavhanke

The defence ministry’s public relations officer (PRO) in Jammu deleted the photographs of Indian Army’s iftar party in Jammu and Kashmir which was tweeted by Army's official handle, after the tweet came under attack from right-wing journalist and hatemonger Suresh Chavhanke.
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Kashmir: what happens after Imran Khan’s downfall?

Leoni Connah, University of Manchester Since Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan on April 9, the future of the long-disputed and war-torn Kashmir region, on the borders...

Hopes shattered, savings exhausted; Kashmiris jailed outside the valley

Shaban Ganai, a labourer in his 60s, had to sell off his cattle and land in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to arrange money to travel over a thousand kilometres...
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Is unemployment spurring the already prevalent mental health crisis in Kashmir?

The wooden shelf of 29-year-old, Aadil Ahmad’s room shines with all the trophies he won in school and college. Aadil has a bachelor’s degree in Education and a postgraduate...

Kashmiri PhD Scholar arrested under UAPA for 11-year-old article

The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) arrested a PhD student under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Sunday for an article he wrote for the online...
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Civilian killing spree grips Kashmir valley

A surge in violence, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and off duty cops, has left scores dead and over a dozen wounded in the Kashmir valley...

Days after bail in UAPA case, Kashmiri Journalist Aasif Sultan booked under PSA

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, who got bail earlier this week in a UAPA case, has been booked under Public Safety Act. The 35-year-old was granted bail by a special NIA...
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