Authorities in the Indian-administered Kashmir barred Eid prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid and the Eidgah in the capital city of Srinagar, where Eid prayers are traditionally and historically offered. The mosque’s gates were locked, with chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq being kept under house arrest. Authorities informed the house of wo...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Article 370, which granted the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region a special status in the Constitution, was like a wall that had blocked progress for decades and was dismantled for good by his party. “Because Article 370 is gone, I […]
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The Kashmiri pro-freedom party Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) has been declared an “unlawful association” by India. The party has been banned for five years under India’ anti-terror law. Indian Interior Minister Amit Shah said the outfit is involved in “forbidden activities” aimed at separating Ja...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s top court on Monday upheld the legality of legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region of its standing as a state as well as its special status. “We hold the exercise of presidential power to issue constitutional ord...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) — An army officer was among three Indian soldiers killed in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, according to police and media reports. Deputy Inspector General of Police Haseeb Mughal told reporters that a team of police and soldiers laid siege on an area in the Kalakote region of Rajouri district, nearly [&h...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – At least 33 people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday. Mohammad Asif, an eyewitness, told Anadolu that the bus skidded off the road and crashed into the gorge near Trungal-Assar area on a major highway […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said that his country wants peace with all neighbors, including India, but Kashmir remains “key to peace” with New Delhi. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relation...
SRINAGAR, Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Dozens of people broke down when Kashmiri pro-freedom and religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq ascended the pulpit of the medieval Jamia Masjid in Srinagar to deliver his first Friday sermon as a free man after four years of house detention. The 50-year-old Farooq also sobbed as he […]...
Canada denied visa to Indian security officials after finding that a military officer implicated in the murder of a senior Kashmiri lawyer had been facilitated entry into Canada By Iftikhar Gilani Diplomatic tensions between India and Canada have taken new proportions in recent days with the expulsion of diplomats and retaliatory measures. The...
ANKARA (AA) – Two freedom fighters and four security officers were killed Wednesday in clashes in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region. A joint operation was launched by the Indian army and police based on intelligence indicating the presence of a group of freedom fighters in the Kokernag area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, ...
