NEW DELHI — Five men including supreme court lawyer and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay have been detained by the Delhi Police for their alleged role in raising inflammatory and anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. Apart from Upadhyay, a senior police officer said, the detained men have been identified as Deepak Singh Hindu, […]
LOS ANGELES — A modified drug prescribed to treat tapeworms may be effective against Covid, according to a study conducted in lab. The team at the Scripps Research Institute in the US said it was known for 10 to 15 years that the class of drugs called salicylanilides work against certain viruses, but they tend to […]
MUMBAI — Two petitions filed in the Bombay High Court challenging provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, on Monday contended that the rules were “vague” and “draconian”. The petitioners, digital news portal The Leaflet and journalist Nikhil Wagle, told the HC that the IT Rules will have a “chilling effect” on the freedom […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir as a “self-goal” for the Centre, saying instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea, the government was crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist. “NIA raids on Jamaat is emblematic of GOI (Government of […]
SRINAGAR — “We are told we live in a democratic set-up where everyone enjoys freedom of expression, anyone can have an opinion, so that’s what I exercised,” said Kashmiri journalist Irfan Amin Malik. The act of expressing his fundamental right to speech has landed 30-year-old Malik – who contributes frequently to The Wire – in trouble. The […]
NEW DELHI — A video showing anti-Muslim slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar here is being widely circulated on social media, following which the Delhi Police registered a case in connection with the matter on Monday, officials said. Hundreds of people had attended the protest organised by Bharat Jodo Aandolan at Jantar […]
SRINAGAR — Unknown gunman on Monday shot dead a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Sarpanch and his wife in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir. Reports said, unknown gunman barged into the rented accommodation of BJP Sarpanch and fired indiscriminately, resulting in serious injuries to Sarpanch and his wife. The couple was shifted […]
ANANTNAG — The family of a 23-year-old youth who has gone missing from his home in the Veeri area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has appealed to the public to help them trace out their missing family member. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat over the phone, a family member of the youth identified as Rayees Ahmed […]
PULWAMA — With covid cases day by day on the decline and 15% of people fully vaccinated, students in the Kashmir valley are itching to resume normal classes to continue their studies. They say they have been deprived of a regular education for three years and are struggling. College student Aijaz Ahmad Mir told The […]
NEW DELHI — The hazards of not reopening schools after prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic are “too serious to be ignored”, according to a parliamentary panel. The committee has noted that the closure of schools has not only impacted social fabric of families in a negative manner, it has also increased involvement of […]