Archives for July 2018

Srinagar, July 29: A 40-year-old man from Anantnag whose father is suffering from cancer has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to Kathua Jail in Jammu. A Tehreek-i-Hurriyat activist, Bashir Ahmad Malik from Uranhall village of Bijbehara Tehsil, who is working a small time contractor, was picked up by the police […]

Islamabad, July 26: On the eve of the declaration of elections results in Pakistan, Imran Khan addressed the nation and spoke at length on various issues. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the single-largest party following the counting of votes in the country’s general elections. Here are the five things he said about India:

Geneva: The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) has quashed the criticisms leveled by the Indian authorities and media for its human rights report on Kashmir released recently, and expressed “deep disappointment” over the reaction. Citing Indian media outlets’ accusations such as “Nefarious conspiracy”, “Pakistan-authored report”, “fallacious”, “mala fide” and Indian authorities’ reaction […]

Srinagar, July 18: In Indian administrated Kashmir, militant fighters have released a picture of a group of 14 Kashmiri militants, on the pattern of a 2015 picture of the “Burhan group”, on social media. According to New Express News Service, the picture of the “group of 14” armed with assault rifles, which seems to have […]

Srinagar, July 18: Residents of Mochwara area of Shopian district have said that Indian troops barged into their houses, beat them ruthlessly and ransacked their property. the residents said that the troops made their forced entry into the residential houses and thrashed inmates many of whom sustained injuries. Some of the injured have been referred […]

Srinagar, July 18: As the Kashmir Valley is witnessing frequent internet blockade in the Valley especially in Southern districts, the Valley traders on Tuesday said that the Kashmiri businessmen lose at least 1000 crore in a day due to the internet blockade. Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) president, Muhammad Yasin Khan told a news gathering agency […]

Srinagar, July 18: A famous militant of the ’90s and a popular pro-freedom activist in north Kashmir, 70-year-old Gulam Hasan Malik, better known as Noor Khan, died on Tuesday at Government Medical College Jammu a day after he was shifted to the hospital from Kot Balwal Jail, where was imprisoned under the draconian Public Safety […]

New Delhi: Hundred militants and 43 forces personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir in the first six months of this year, Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today. Ahir, the minister of state for home, said 16 civilians were also killed during this period, which saw 256 incidents of violence. He was replying to a […]

Srinagar, July 13 (KG): Complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 22 Kashmiris who were shot dead by the Dogra Maharaja Forces in Srinagar on this day in 1931. Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL). All shops and business establishments are closed […]

Srinagar, July 18: The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked cable television operators in Srinagar, the state’s summer capital, to stop airing 30 channels broadcasting programmes based on news and religion. It said the move was necessary for the “maintenance of peace and tranquillity” in the region. Most of the channels are based in Pakistan […]