Kashmir
Elections 2024
Omar Abdullah to contest from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, party chief Farooq Abdullah announced on Friday.
India
Admin bans prayer in Srinagar’s Jama Masjid on Jumat-ul-Vida, Shab-e-Qadr
The Jammu and Kashmir administration authorities closed the gates of Srinagar's Jama Masjid stopping the worshippers from attending...
Elections 2024
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...
Features
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...
India
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.
India
Video: “Our fight for honour, dignity will continue regardless,” says Mehbooba Mufti after SC verdict on Article 370
“The people of J&K are not going to lose hope or give up. Our fight for honour and dignity will continue regardless. This isn’t the end of the road for us,” said former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti soon after the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
India
Ahead of Supreme Court verdict on Article 370, leaders put under house arrest
Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s August 2019 decision to abrogate the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday morning put several political leaders under house arrest.
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India
Lok Sabha passes two new amendment bills on Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu & Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023 have been passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
India
Kashmir students, arrested for row over India’s WC loss, get bail, UAPA charges dropped
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have dropped charges under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against seven students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), who were arrested for an alleged confrontation over India’s loss to Australia in the men’s Cricket World Cup final on 19 November 19.
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India
Students protest at NIT Srinagar against derogatory social media post on Prophet Muhammad
Massive protests erupted at the National Institute of Technology-Srinagar on Tuesday against the derogatory remarks made by a student against Prophet Muhammad.
India
Seven Kashmiri students arrested for row over India’s World Cup loss, charged with UAPA
Seven Kashmiri students have been arrested and booked under section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for an alleged confrontation over India’s loss to Australia in the...
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India
“Insufficient evidence”: Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah gets bail after 21 months, to walk out of jail soon
After being granted bail by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court last week, Kashmiri journalist and editor Fahad Shah is expected to be released soon.
India
At least 36 killed as bus falls into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda
A bus travelling from Kishtwar to Jammu has plunged into a deep gorge in the Assar area of the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir killing at least 36...
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Features
Shopian fake encounter: Outrage after tribunal ‘suspends’ sentence, grants bail to army officer
“I felt similar to what had befallen me three years before when my son was murdered and branded as militant. After finding the army officer guilty, the court sentenced...
Features
J&K Admin bans Govt employees from organizing strikes, protests
The recent govt order asking all its employees not to participate in any demonstrations or strikes has triggered an “alarm and anxiety” in Jammu and Kashmir, where the government...
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Features
Family of slain Kashmiri cop alleges army men shot him
On October 31, Uzma Gul, 20, was cleaning her house when she heard some gunshots. After speeding up apprehensively, she found her father, Ghulam Mohammad Dar, lying in a...
India
Kashmir grapples with severe power crisis
An unprecedented power crisis has cast a shadow over the lives of Kashmiri residents, leaving them in the dark for hours, and at times, even days.
As the winter season...
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