SRINAGAR — Authorities imposed strict restrictions on Friday in the entire Kashmir Valley to maintain law and order in the aftermath of senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death on Wednesday. All roads leading to Srinagar city were sealed and entry and exit movements were disallowed with heavy deployment of police and paramilitary Central […]
NEW DELHI — Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman of the Taliban political office in Doha, has said that the group has the right to raise its voice for Muslims anywhere, including in Kashmir, Geo News reported. In a Zoom interview with BBC Urdu, Shaheen also said that the Taliban do not have a policy to raise […]
NEW DELHI — A video clip of the Taliban’s spokesperson giving a savage reply to an Indian journalist over his question of people fleeing Afghanistan is now doing rounds on the social media. Few days ago, TV9’s Dinesh Gautam was interviewing Taliban’s spokesperson Suhail Shaheen. He asked many questions relating to foreign policy, defense, terrorism […]
SRINAGAR — Following the death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the family members of the local Kashmiris working or studying outside Kashmir are unable to speak to them due to the communication shutdown imposed by the authorities on Thursday. Several locals said they were in a state of panic and were worried […]
SRINAGAR — Strict curbs will remain in place in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir on Friday in the wake of death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, officials said Thursday. An official told that restrictions will continue to remain in place in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir on Friday as well as […]
KABUL — The Taliban two weeks after seizing power in Afghanistan is all set to form a government in the country on Friday. According to a report, the Taliban will form a government after Friday prayers tomorrow. The latest development comes after the Taliban yesterday announced that supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada will be the Head […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been able to come out of the ‘karsevak’ mindset and is implementing whatever he has been taught as a ‘karsevak’ at this time. Mufti made the remarks during an interview with The Indian […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday voiced serious concern over running of fake news on social media platforms and web portals, and said even news shown in a section of channels bears communal tone, which may bring a bad name to the country. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana was […]
SRINAGAR — Indian authorities cracked down on public movement and imposed a near-total communications blackout Thursday in Kashmir after the death of Syed Ali Geelani, a top separatist leader who became the emblem of the region’s defiance against New Delhi. Geelani, who died late Wednesday at age 92, was buried in a quiet funeral organized […]
NEW DELHI — Several Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student groups and teachers’ associations have slammed vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for calling the new counter-terrorism course to be taught to engineering students “holistic”. Kumar had Wednesday said the criticism of it was “needless controversy” without going into the “academic merits” of the course. The Indian Express […]