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Azad reaches Jammu; likely to launch his party next week
Jammu: Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who ended his more than five-decade-long association with the Congress last month, is likely to launch his party in the next couple of days. “I…
- Kashmir
Kashmir: MMU expresses concern over students made to ‘sing Hindu religious songs’
Srinagar: Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of various religious, social and educational organisations — on Saturday expressed serious concern over “attempts being made to undermine” the Muslim identity of Kashmir by…
- India
SC to hear plea contesting Article 370 abrogation after Dussehra vacation
The Supreme Court said on Friday that the petitions contesting the repeal of Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) special status, will be listed following the approaching…
- Middle East
EAM Jaishankar meets Turkish FM after Erdogan raises Kashmir issue
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for a wide-ranging discussion on global affairs, hours after Ankara’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a neutral-sounding reference to…
- World
Erdogan takes seemingly neutral stance in mentioning Kashmir at UNGA
United Nations: Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brought up Kashmir in his address to the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, taking a seemingly neutral stance, only expressing hope…
- Kashmir
Protection of religion, Islamic identity our fundamental responsibility: MMU
Srinagar: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of religious and educational organisations, on Tuesday strongly objected to the alleged enforcement of singing Hindu hymns in schools in Kashmir. “We strongly object to…
- Kashmir
BJP ‘dismantling’ religious, Sufi traditions of Kashmir: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday accused the BJP government of dismantling all religious and Sufi traditions of Kashmir to implement its divisive agenda. The former chief minister was reacting to…
- India
Making students sing Hindu hymns exposes govt’s real Hindutva agenda: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said authorities in Kashmir were directing students in some schools to sing Hindu hymns, which exposes “the real Hindutva” agenda of the BJP-ruled Centre. “Jailing…
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‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: Like Nizam, others also didn’t join India in 1947
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) loves to attack the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, for his decision to stay independent after August 15, 1947. Calling his reign ‘tyrannical’…
- Kashmir
J&K to grant land ownership rights to West Pakistan refugees
Jammu: In a major decision, the Centre is set to grant land ownership rights to West Pakistan refugees (WPR) in Jammu and Kashmir. After the abrogation of Article 370, the Centre has…
- Opinions
Stunning growth of tourism in Kashmir fills strategic gaps
Tourism in the post-Article 370 abrogation has emerged as a strategic asset for stakeholders in Kashmir as more than two million arrivals till ending August have changed the way tourism was looked…
- India
Religious rights of every person subject to public order: SC
New Delhi: Religious rights of every person are subject to “public order”, the Supreme Court said on Monday while dismissing the plea of a man seeking to exhume the body of his…
- Opinions
Demand for statehood for J&K turned into a political movement
A political movement has been set in motion for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which since October 31, 2019, is reeling from its degraded status of Union Territory, following the split…
- Kashmir
Killing of Kashmiri Pandits, SC allows NGO to approach Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking an SIT probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits which led to their exodus from the valley. A…
- India
Kashmiri Pandits’ killing: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea seeking SIT probe into the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir in 1990, which led to their exodus…
