By Arul Louis, United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has backed Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s call for an international investigation into human rights situation in Kashmir saying that it represents the “voice of the UN”. ...
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Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday initiated disciplinary action against the 2010 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) topper, Shah Faesal. In an official communication to Shah Faesal who is presently in the US pursuing Edward S. Mason Mid-Career ...
Read More »Separatist called shutdown affects life in J&K
Srinagar : Life across the Kashmir Valley was adversely affected on Saturday by a protest shutdown called by the separatists against shifting of Asiya Andrabi, chief of a separatist women group to Delhi. Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) headed by Syed ...
Read More »Scores attend funeral of slain policeman in Kashmir
Srinagar : Scores of people on Friday attended the funeral prayers of Jammu and Kashmir constable Javaid Ahmad Dar who was abducted and murdered by militants. Police said Dar was abducted on Thursday evening by four militants who came in ...
Read More »We didn’t expect major escalation after surgical strikes, as Pak capability is limited: Ex-GoC, Northern Command
By Mohd Asim Khan, New Delhi : The Indian side was prepared for escalation — in case Pakistan chose to do so — while conceiving and executing the 2016 surgical strikes by crossing the Line of Control (LoC) along the ...
Read More »Meaning of latest turn in Kashmir lies outside the state
By Saeed Naqvi, Two policemen leading the mob which ultimately lynched a Muslim in Hapur is, of course, part of familiar communalism which has to be revved upon to a higher pitch in order to prepare the ground for the ...
Read More »Difficult, but decision taken in larger interest: Ram Madhav
New Delhi : BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday said the decision of pulling out of ruling coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir was a “difficult thing to digest” for him but it was taken in the ...
Read More »BJP quits J&K government, ends alliance with PDP
New Delhi : More than three years after they formed an uneasy coalition, the BJP on Tuesday pulled out of the PDP-led Jammu and Kashmir government, citing growing terror activities and radicalization in the valley making its continuance “untenable”. Announcing ...
Read More »Eid shopping turns unruly in Srinagar
Srinagar : Shopping fever ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr turned to panic here and in other towns of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as people began mobbing shops after news reports said the Eid moon might be sighted in the evening. People ...
Read More »‘Hamid’ to be screened in Kashmir before release
Mumbai : The makers of “Hamid”, a film which tells a story about a Kashmiri boy in search for his father, are planning to show the movie to the people in the Valley before its theatrical release. The Yoodlee Films’ ...
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