Srinagar: Young Kashmiris living in the United States of America (USA) recently organised a fundraising event for pellet victims of Kashmir on New York City’s Madison Avenue. On May 30, the organisers held an Iftaar party, titled ‘A Kashmiri Iftar’, with the aim to raise funds for Kashmiri children who had become victims of […]
Srinagar: At least 31 lawyers appeared in the Pathankote court to defend the accused involved in the rape and murder of eight year old Kathua girl on Thursday. The witnesses told The Kashmir Press, when the in-camera trial started, the confusion inside the court was such that it was not becoming clear who was representing […]
Srinagar: After the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) said that Delhi should come clear on the nature of talks, the government has decided to first open up back channel dialogue with the leadership before extending formal invitations to them, official sources said. Sources said that the talks will be supervised by Delhi’s Special Representative Dineshwar Sharma, […]
Srinagar: Family members of Adil Ahmad Dar, an active militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, have accused the Indian Army of “attempting to burn down their residential house” at Gundibagh in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Talking to The Kashmir Press, the family alleged that “At around 12 am, troopers of the Rashtriya Rifles placed heaps of dried grass around our house and […]
Srinagar: As astounding as it may sound, the fact is that Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism department has spent a whopping one Crore seventy thousand (10.07 million) for a five-minute promotional video to attract tourists to the restive Kashmir Valley. “An amount of 1.07 Crore (INR) has been incurred on account of the production of the […]
Srinagar: Seeking clarity and transparency from Indian leadership, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday rejected the dialogue offer in current form made by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently by calling it “ambiguous and unclear”. Urging upon India to come up clean on the process, the JRL said: “The stakes for people of Kashmir are […]
By Aakash Hassan Three years ago, a professor in my college told me how murky things were when he was my age. “There were students working for different agencies. The college was about politics and spying more than about education and learning,” he revealed. “Some were so powerful that they would openly carry pistols […]
Srinagar: After Sushil Pandit and republic TV journalist, Aditya Raj Koul, the known Islamophobe, Madhu Kishwar has spread a fake information with an intention to malign the image of Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid. In a tweet, Kishwar wrote that she has come to know from Sushil Pandit that the Superintendent of Police, […]
Srinagar: The Hurriyat (G) led by octogenarian Syed Ali Geelani has said that the amalgam will decide about the dialogue with New Delhi only after due consultations with the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik. “This time we have decided we will take a joint decision whether […]
”Right after the inauguration of the infamous 330 megawatt Kishanganga power project, a raging debate started throughout the Valley about the effects of the project on Kashmiris, with many even terming it “illegal.” In his address during the inauguration of the project, Indian Prime Minister Modi said that Kashmir would get 12% of the 330-mega watts […]
