Kashmir

Journalist Fahad Shah arrested for uploading “anti-national content on social media”: Police

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday said it has arrested journalist Fahad Shah, Editor-in-Chief of Srinagar-based magazine, The Kashmir Walla allegedly uploading anti-national content on social media. Police in a statement said it was reliably learnt by Pulwama Police that some Facebook users and portals have been uploading anti-national content including photographs, videos […]

Kashmir

Authorities disallow prayers at historic Jamia Masjid for 27th consecutive Friday

SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed deep dismay over continuous closure of Jamia Masjid and house detention of Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq since August 2019, thus completing two and a half years in house detention. In a statement, Anjuman said that Mirwaiz is forcibly being prevented from fulfilling from his traditional religious […]

Kashmir

Educational institutions likely to re-open for in-person classes from Monday

Zubair-Ul-Islam SRINAGAR — All the educational institutions in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are likely to re-open for in-person or offline classes from Monday, 7th of February 2022. All the educational institutions including coaching centers, skill training institutions will re-open for all the vaccinated students from Monday, sources said. They said that the […]