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SRINAGAR: Scores of activists and senior Leaders of Bhartiya Janta Party (Kashmir Province) protests against Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference's recent statement regarding offering support to Hurriyat…

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Article 5, Universal Declaration of Human Rights The statement of Mr. Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary General  deserves an appreciation…

SRINAGAR: From last three months, confined in a dark room of his house,30-year-old freelance photojournalist Zuhaib Maqbool regrets of being a Kashmir based journalist. Zuhaib is the brutal victim of riots control weaponry called pellet gun…

Jammu:  People's Democratic Party (PDP) youth General Secretary and MLA Wachi, Aijaz Ahmad Mir has said the inclusive political agenda of the party has brought all the communities and regions of Jammu and Kashmir together. "PDP stands for…

Ansari, Baseer vow to seek explanations from concerned Srinagar : The encroachment of a big chunk of wetland spread over an area of hundreds of Kanals in Bab Dembra area in Singhpora Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district has…

SRINAGAR: A young Kashmiri artist has been selected among four participants of team India for the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championship 2017 to be held in United States. Pertinently four young artists from India including a…

SRINAGAR: With no end in sight over the growing resentment against establishment, the State government is using many ‘Non lethal weapons’ to crush the protesters. Irfan Quraishi tracks new additions of crowd control arsenal state government…

SRINAGAR: A ban on the Srinagar-based daily ‘Kashmir Reader’ is a blot on Indian democracy, writes Irfan Quraishi. On 2 October, J&K government banned the local daily newspaper Kashmir Reader saying that it had “credible inputs” that…

A new advertisement policy is intended to tackle ‘litho’ papers but look closely and its loopholes will allow them to get through the net IRFAN QURAISHI explains what’s wrong SRINAGAR: Journalists in Jammu & Kashmir have expressed…

Leading journalist Javid Malik was beaten up in the Valley. Journalists protested. Good. But why have other violent incidents gone unmarked asks IRFAN QURAISHI. Pix: Protest at Lal Chowk, Srinagar, June 23.  The fact that the…