Srinagar: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville has expressed concern over acts of violence targeting Kashmiris and Muslim communities in the aftermath of Pulwama militant attack that left 49 CRPF personnel dead. The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville in a press statement said that the […]
Srinagar: A group of 25 Kashmiri pilgrims were hounded and harassed by the Pandits in Jammu, besides being disallowed to leave from a place provided to them by a Pandit family till few Kashmir police officials intervened. “We were group of 25 Kashmiri pilgrims from Pulwama and Budgam who have gone on a religious trip […]
Srinagar: The ‘Right-wing Hindu socio-political ideologue’ and governor of the north eastern state of India, Meghalaya, Tathagata Roy, has appealed the people of India to boycott visiting Kashmir. In a tweet, Roy said that people should not visit Kashmir and also not go to Amarnath Yatra for next two years. He said that the people should not but […]
Shimla: Two more Kashmiri students have been arrested in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district for their alleged anti-national activities, police said Monday. Pirzada Tawish Fayaz and Aakib Rasool of Jammu and Kashmir were arrested Sunday night for their alleged involvement in “anti-national” activities, Himachal Pradesh Police spokesperson and Superintendent of Police (law and order) Khushhal Sharma said. […]
Srinagar: At least two institutes in Dehradun have stated that they will not admit any student from Kashmir in the new academic session. “Baba Farid Institute of Technology (BFIT) and Alpine College of Management and Technology located in the Uttarakhand capital have given an undertaking to the students’ Union of DAV PG College, saying that […]
Srinagar: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, on Monday, asked why the government was not holding a plebiscite in Kashmir and questioned what the government was ‘afraid of’. Referring to Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) as ‘Azad Kashmir’, Haasan said that if India wanted to prove that it is a ‘better country’, then it should ‘not behave like this’. […]
Srinagar:In view of the inclement weather forecast, the Divisional administration in Kashmir has ordered deferred reopening of colleges after winter vacations across the division. Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan said all colleges across the Kashmir division scheduled to reopen tomorrow after winter vacations will now reopen on Thursday February 21. He said the decision has […]
Srinagar: The security cover of five Hurriyat leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was withdrawn Sunday, a decision that comes in the aftermath of the Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said. Besides the Mirwaiz, the security cover of Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Fazal Haq Qureshi and Shabir Shah has been withdrawn, […]
New Delhi: No sooner the resolution adopted at the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh went viral of social network and television channels, the National Conference leader and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he was ‘disappointed’. “Disappointed, the resolution did not include a call for calm. Reports of violence in […]
Srinagar: CPI (M) leader MY Tarigami Saturday called for a meaningful and credible dialogue process for addressing the “legitimate concerns” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Tarigami, a former MLA from Kulgam constituency of south Kashmir, said the attack on a CRPF convoy at Lethpora in Pulwama on Thursday has shaken all those who are […]
