Iranian apple โ unlike previous years when it was being brought via Afghanistan and Pakistan โ now after the takeover of Taliban in Afghanistan is being brought via sea routes, illegally, at the โcost of trashโ. SHOPIAN โ Over 1.4 crore apple boxes are unsold in Kashmir after the โillegal importโ of Iranian apple into…
The community members said that the Gujjarโs and Pahariโs face the same problems. While Gujjarโs have been given ST status, the Pahari community has been ignored. SRINAGAR โ Jammu and Kashmir Pahari Culture Welfare Forum (JKPCWF), and Pahari community members in north Kashmirโs Uri are demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) for the community alleging that the…
โJournalist Federation of Kashmir understands it as a tactic to coerce journalists into not reporting facts on the ground that the authorities are uncomfortable with.โ SRINAGAR โ The Kashmir Press Club has called for immediate release of budding journalist Sajad Gul, urging authorities to drop all cases against him to allow him pursue his media education and…
A female student said that they feel unsafe on the campus as the authorities have not put in any mechanism to curb the entry of outsiders into the campus. SRINAGAR โ The students pursuing integrated bachelor’s degree in English from Cluster University of Srinagar (Amar Singh College campus) have accused the university authorities of being…
โHe just quoted the family. He didnโt write anything on his own. They should better kill my son in front of my eyes, than make his life hell like this forever!โ Sajad Gul faced the raid he feared on 4 January 2022 soon after dusk fell over his hometown Shahgund in north Kashmirโs Sonawari belt. …
The families of the students said that their children have run out of essential supplies as the authorities have enforced a strict curfew. SRINAGAR โ The families of Kashmiri students studying in various universities and colleges of Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Republic, are worried about their children as the country is caught in major unrest…
Mehbooba said that the J&K police are hounding her party workers who dared to offer Fatiha at late Muftiโs grave today. SRINAGAR โ Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP), president, Mehbooba Mufti lashed out at the authorities calling them โcowardsโ after the authorities tried to thwart a congregation at her fatherโs graveyard in Bijbehara…
Anjuman Auqaf expresses regret, calls it โDictatorshipโ. SRINAGAR โ As the Jammu and Kashmir administration continues to disallow congregational Friday prayers in historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Anjuman Auqaf Friday expressed deep sorrow and regret over the fact that even on the first Jummat-ul-Mubarak of the year 2022, the authorities, while demonstrating their โdictatorship and…
The neighbour who brought the news was a mute person. Through his gestures, he explained how he witnessed the chilling episode. Like every other morning, Afzal woke up late again. His father, Majeed, disliked this habit and always advised him to wake up early. His mother came into his room and told him that his…
โIn 2018 state government informed the state legislative assembly that more than 21,400 hectares (428000 Kanals) of land was under the unauthorised occupation of the army and other government forces in J&K.โ SRINAGAR โ Governmentโs order of designating over 1300 Kanals of land at two famous tourist resorts of KashmirโGulmarg and Sonmargโas โStrategic Areasโ has…