SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed concern and regret that Kashmiri political leadership, activists and others continue to be jailed across various jails of India. APHC in a statement said that leaders, activists and others including Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Farooq Ahmed […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that J&K was “under the direct assault from New Delhi”, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said and the Government of India should restore full statehood to J&K and conduct the elections in a free and fair manner. Rahul, who arrived in Kashmir on a two-day sojourn, also […]
SRINAGAR — Senior congress leader and former J&K chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to get the bill for Jammu and Kashmir’s Statehood passed in the next three days in the parliament. Azad while addressing the gathering during the function at Srinagar’s party headquarters here, said that they don’t want […]
GANDERBAL — The Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP), Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday morning visited the Kheer Bhawani temple in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to pay obeisance. Officials told that Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple situated in the middle of a spring in Tullamulla village here. They said that […]
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 […]
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 — Nearly 500 female students from Jammu and Kashmir and a similar number from Northeastern states were awarded the scholarship ‘Pragati’ by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for the year 2020-21. A technical education scholarship, ‘Pragati’ is awarded to female students pursuing courses such as engineering and management among others, […]