Aasif was arrested by police on 27 August 2018. Pertinently, he is the third journalist booked under PSA. SRINAGAR โ Kashmiri Journalist Aasif Sultan, who was granted bail earlier this week after four years has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA). Reports quoting Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Rakesh Bhalwal said that Aasif has…
“The ministry of home affairs has informed that there have been no instances of any harassment to the media persons by the authorities since 2017.” NEW DELHI โ Information and broadcasting minister of India Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Government of India has not imposed curbs on any news media in…
The law allows for the detention of a person without a formal charge and without trial and can be slapped on an individual who is already in police custody. It can be used immediately after a person has been granted bail and even if they have been acquitted by a court. SRINAGAR โ Journalist Fahad…
โThe Guild reiterates its earlier demand that status quo before the January 14th order of Registrar of Societies be restored with respect to the functioning of the Club, and that the state works towards building and protecting the space for a free press.โ SRINAGAR โThe Editors Guild of India has expressed anguish over the shutting…
“Months after getting the re-registration process done, the elected Press Club body announced elections. A day later J&K administration put the re-registration process in abeyance. A day later a โdisgruntled groupโ of journalists forcibly took over the Club by making the office members hostage.” SRINAGAR โ At least nine journalist bodies of Kashmir valley on…
He was picked up from his home inย Shahgund village in North Kashmir on Wednesday, January 05, 2022, with Police,ย in its statement on January 8, 2022,ย admitting that he is in their custody. Police in its statement further alleged that Gul had posted an โobjectionableโ video on his social media handle.ย ย SRINAGAR โ The court of Judicial…
The order by the administration was issued after the Club Management had put in motion the process of electing the new management body as well as the executive committee members. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir administration has put in abeyance the re-registration of Kashmir Press Club. The Kashmir Press Club in a statement said…
Such is the degree of indifference towards this menace that those who think theyโre real flag-bearers of the profession are either quiet or cool about it. The scene unfolded when the second viral wave had made Srinagarโs CD Hospital as another pandemic sanitarium.ย Amid fret and feverish rush, a mike-wielding overzealous man would suddenly appear…