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).

Right-wing handles malign Kashmiri girl who cleared UPSC exam

Nadia Beig, a 23-year-old Kashmiri from Kupwara District, who recently cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination became a target of right-wing cyberbullies sharing screenshots of a fake Twitter account.

India persists with its repression of Kashmiri Muslims, says international rights watchdog

Indian authorities continue to impose harsh and discriminatory restrictions on Muslim-majority areas in Jammu and Kashmir, one year after the revocation of the state’s constitutional status on August 5, 2019, Human Rights Watch said.
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‘Free My Baba’, says 2 year-old-daughter of jailed Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan on Eid day

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan is imprisoned in Central Jail Srinagar since August 2018. He has been booked Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for his alleged involvement in militant activities, a charge denied by his family.

Kashmir: 97 prisoners, many undertrials tested positive for COVID-19

Human rights activists and politicians in Kashmir have accused the Narendra Modi Government of being "vengeful" as Covid-19 is surging in prisons in Kashmir, with many imprisoned without charge or trial testing positive, despite in other states prisoners released en mass to reduce the spread in overcrowded jails.
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Hope against hope: Night football in Baramulla

Azhar Teli passes the ball to Mehraj Ahmad. Mehraj moves it closer to the goal area. Three Iqbal Hygam FC opponents tail him. The playground is filled with cheers...

Why Kashmiris protest New Delhi imposed new laws, policy changes in post-370 Valley?

This is an excerpt from Six Monthly Review of Human Rights Situation in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir (January to June 2020), a bi-annual review of Human Rights in Jammu & Kashmir published by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society & Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons.
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Kashmiri artist depicts suffering through paintings

Kashmiri Artist Zameer, 40, started pouring out memories on the blank canvas back from his school days. His work demystifies the condition of people in Kashmir. At the age of 28, tragedy struck the family, when his father died after being hit by bullets, in cross-firing outside their home.

Kashmir: 32 civilians among 229 killings in six months

The first six months of 2020 witnessed at least 229 killings in different incidents of violence claims the bi-annual report published by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS)...
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Who shoots a person in front of a 3-year-old kid? asks killed Kashmiri’s daughter

Bashir Ahmed Khan, a 65-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by Indian forces on Wednesday morning in Sopore district in Kashmir valley. Bashir was accompanied by Hayat, his 3-year-old grandson, who was seen sitting on his corpse.

Frequent Internet shutdowns affect employees and students in Kashmir

What accompanies the gun battles are long periods of no data services, sometimes lasting even months. The Central government’s decision to abrogate article 370, last year in the month of August resulted in six months of data suspension which was later restored on 25th January this year, but only limited to 2G services.
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Kashmiri journalist Masrat Zahra wins IWMF’s Courage in Photojournalism Award

Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra won the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)'s Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award on Thursday.

Wounded in shell explosion, Kashmiri boy fights for life, family demands govt aid

"My brother hasn’t been injured in a road accident. It’s because of the government’s negligence and carelessness that live shells are still in Tosa Maidan because of which he got critically injured," Asif's elder sister Maqsooda said.
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