Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked seven people, including the father and family members of the minor who was killed in a “gunfight” in Srinagar on 30 December 2020, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for “organizing illegal processions under criminal conspiracy”. A senior police official told The Kashmir Walla that an […]
Srinagar: After 550 days of restrictions, 4G has been restored in Jammu and Kashmir — now at par with rest of the country. Restrictions on internet were imposed on the eve of ‘complete integration’ of J&K with the union of India. First came a blanket ban on mobile telephony, then a failed attempt at the […]
Even as the world of social media, and our ministry of external affairs, jumps through hoops over tweets by two “outsiders”, the singer Rihanna and the climate activist Greta Thunberg, on the ongoing farmer protests in India, there are weightier issues that continue to confront this nation. There is, of course, the continuing protest by […]
The protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authority since he first came to power in 2014. Farmers fear the laws, which the supreme court has now paused, will pave the way for the entry of large corporations into the agricultural […]
4G internet to be restored in next week across J&K, says Govt Srinagar (KIMS): Government of India once again deprived residents of Kashmir from enjoying basic rights by barring internet services in South Kashmir on Friday, February 5, 2021. The internet services were snapped on February 5 ahead of Celebration of ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ in […]
Several English and Hindi news platforms on Thursday published reports by news agencies ANI and PTI claiming that the United States had come out “in support of India’s new farm laws saying it welcomes steps that would improve the efficiency of Indian markets and attract greater private sector investment”. Had they bothered reading the statement […]
Ban on 4G affecting the education of students, he said New Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday asked the government to restore statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and hold Assembly elections. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Azad said no development was taking place in J&K while tourism and education had been hit hard […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday asked the government to bring a bill in Rajya Sabha proposing restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Azad said, “I appeal to you, if Jammu and Kashmir has […]
Islamabad: In significant remarks amid strained ties between Pakistan and India, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Tuesday that the two countries must resolve the longstanding issue of Jammu and Kashmir “in a dignified and peaceful manner” and bring “this human tragedy to its logical conclusion”. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of […]
Srinagar: J&K CID has joined the list of central agencies that work to terrorise Kashmiris & falsely implicate them. After failing to substantiate charges against PDP’s Para Wahid CID replaced the SIT head because he refused to be an accomplice in framing invented charges says Mehbooba Mufti. Waheed is being persecuted & tortured to admit […]
