Kashmir was never on UN’s ‘Right of Peoples to Self-determination’ agenda: India
United Nations: Jammu and Kashmir has never been on the UN agenda of ‘Right of Peoples to Self-determination’ and Pakistan has been making “frantic attempts” to gain credibility for its “territorial greed”, India said in a strong response to Islamabad at a General Assembly committee after it raked up the Kashmir issue. Pakistan’s outgoing UN […]
Day 89: Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar, shutdown elsewhere
Srinagar: Restrictions were imposed on Friday in some parts of the city as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order due to apprehension of violent protests after congregational prayers, even as normal life remained affected for the 89th day in Kashmir following abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. “Restrictions have been imposed in […]
Devotees barred from offering ‘Khawaja Digar’ at Old city shrine
Friday congregational prayers also disallowed in Jamia Masjid
Srinagar: Authorities Friday disallowed worshippers to allow Khawaja Digar, a special prayer, at the Naqashbandh Sahib (RA) shrine in Shaher-e-Khaas where hundreds of devotees had assembled at the revered shrine for the congregational post noon prayers even though strict restrictions were put in place. Eyewitnesses said that authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of old […]
Allow foreign journalists, congressmen to Kashmir: US lawmakers
Washington: Seeking free access of foreign journalists and congressmen to Kashmir, six American lawmakers have written to Indian Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla, claiming that the picture portrayed by India in the Valley is different from the one being told to them by their constituents. The lawmakers’ letter to Shringla comes as the […]
US religious freedom official looking into Assam, Kashmir issues
Washington: US Ambassador for Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback has said that he was looking into the citizenship issue in Assam and the situation in Kashmir and wanted to know more about them before raising it “in a constructive way”. He did not directly respond to a reporter’s questions about the two situations at a news […]
‘HR experts at UN can have limited impact on Kashmir’
United Nations: Human rights experts at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are concerned about the Kashmir situation but can have only a limited impact, according to Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard. “The situation in Kashmir is a big concern for many of us within Special Procedures. But it is also […]
Day 83: Normal life remains hit in Kashmir
Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 83rd consecutive day on Saturday as the main markets were shut and public transport was off the roads, officials said. Some shops opened for a few hours early in the morning in some areas, including in the commercial hub of Lal Chowk in the city here, […]
Six troopers injured in Srinagar grenade blast
Srinagar, Oct 26, KNT: At least six troopers were wounded after militants lobbed a grenade at Para-military troopers deployed outside police station Karan Nagar on Saturday evening, police sources said. A police official said that unknown militants lobbed a grenade at deployed troopers that exploded with a bang. The attack left six troopers wounded who […]
BJP stakes claim to form government in Haryana
Chandigarh: The BJP staked claim to form the government in Haryana on Saturday with the support of the Dushyant Chautala-led JJP, party sources said here. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Manohar Lal Khattar and state party chief Subhash Barala, met Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya for staking claim to […]
Indian Army chief ‘provoking war’: Pak Army
Islamabad: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has been repeatedly provoking war through irresponsible statements and endangering regional peace, Pakistan Army has said after he described PaK as a “terrorist-controlled” part of Pakistan. In his closing remarks at the Field Marshal KM Cariappa memorial lecture in New Delhi on Friday, Rawat also asserted that Gilgit-Baltistan […]
