Thursday, March 28, 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).

Jammu: 4 militants killed in gunfight with security forces, say police

Four militants were killed in a gunfight after security forces stopped a truck on the outskirts of Jammu on Wednesday morning, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said.

‘Disappeared’: The long wait for cursed Kunan-Poshpora family

Khera Begum was one of the twenty-three women who was raped by Army men that night in Kunan. Three decades later, the lightning struck Begum again when the army personnel interrupted the family’s dinner with sharp knocks on 15 December. They inquired about Begum’s 27-year-old son, Abdul Rashid Dar. 
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Kashmir: Mosque imam gets bail after 10 months, UAPA chargesheet alleges “gave ₹500 to a man for daughter’s treatment”

A Kashmiri mosque imam Javaid Ahmed Lone who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in a terror-funding case, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday.

Jammu & Kashmir: Two civilians shot dead, residents say ‘army responsible’

Two civilians were shot dead and one injured in a firing incident in the morning outside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday.
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“Another surveillance tool”: Mehbooba Mufti slams ‘unique family ID’ proposal

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration's plan to create a 'unique family ID' for residents of the Union Territory is another "surveillance tool".

Jamaat-e-Islami In Kashmir’s assets worth Rs 90 crore seized

The State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday listed 11 properties of banned Muslim outfit Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir in Anantnag district of south Kashmir and barred it from usage.
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Marking 1 year in jail, UN demand immediate release of Khurram Parvez

Arrest and detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez has a chilling effect on civil society, rights activists and journalists in the region, UN experts warned today, reiterating their call for his immediate and unconditional release by the Indian Government.

Khurram Parvez still in jail after one year

Tuesday, 2022 November 22 will mark one year of incarceration of Khurram Parvez, prominent Kashmiri human rights defender who was targeted by the Hindu nationalist BJP government for his human rights work.
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In pictures | One year of longing in Kashmir

A year has passed since Firdausa’s eldest child was killed. In the living room, she looks at her other children, and says “I have four more children, but there is a hole in my heart that longs for him.” 

“Heartbroken,” says Kashmiri photojournalist India stopped from travelling to receive Pulitzer

On 20 October, the 2022 class of Pulitzer Prize winners gathered at Columbia University's Low Library for a dinner ceremony celebrating their awards. 2021-2022 Pulitzer Prize Board Co-Chair John Daniszewski...
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Jammu and Kashmir govt expands social caste list by including 15 new classes

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Saturday expanded the Union Territory’s social caste list by adding 15 new classes. The new classes added are Waghey (Chopan), Ghirath/Bhati/ Chang community,...

Told to vacate official bungalow, says Mehbooba Mufti

Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, Mehbooba Mufti, has been asked to vacate Fairview bungalow -- her official residence in Srinagar.
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