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Jammat for common strategy to fight communal forces...

( J&K )

Srinagar, Oct 12:Jamaat Islami has strongly condemn the attack on Kashmir truckers in Udhampur by the “RSS-BJP sponsored” communalist goons who seem to be scot-free to attack Muslims at their will without any apprehension of any strict legal action. “The Muslims in India have seen broad day-light massacre by such type of communal outlaws but none of the criminals has so far been given any deterrent punishment because of the state-support. Thousands of Muslims were killed on roads and highways...

Hassan Mir for Muharram processions on traditional routes...

( Srinagar )

Srinagar, Oct 12:Senior leader and president of Democratic Party Nationalist Ghulam Hassan Mir has asked the government to remove proposed curbs on Muharam procession. “All the traditional routes on which our Shia brothers took their Muharram processions should be thrown open and no restriction should be imposed on their movement,” Mir told KNS. He said that the government must provide all the necessary requirements to the Shia community on the coming Ashura days. The government should keep available...

Saudi hajj stampede: Death toll climbs to at least 4,500.Sau...

Amir Ali

Ahlul Bayt News Agency – Informed authorities from some countries such as Iran, India and Pakistan say the death toll from last week’s stampede near the Muslim holy city of Mecca has climbed to 4,500. At least 1,500 pilgrims were injured in the crush. An estimated 2 million people are undertaking the traditional hajj pilgrimage. Reuters, citing Saudi state television, reported that the stampede took place in Mina, a tent...

Separatists hit out at Govt over internet ban....

Ali Zaffar

( kashmir )

Separatist leaders in Kashmir continue to remain under house arrest. While veteran separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani completed 150 days under house detention, the Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman said it has been sixth consecutive year that “I was not allowed to address Eid gathering at historic Eidgah in Srinagar.” According to Hurriyat Conference (G) spokesman Ayaz Akbar, Geelani completed 150 days under house detention. “He was only once allowed to venture...

Internet services fully restored after 82 hours in Kashmir...

Kash ali mir

Internet services in Jammu and Kashmir were fully restored on Monday morning three days after the state government ordered the termination of data services fearing trouble during Eid-ul-Azha. While landline broadband services in the state resumed at 8 PM yesterday, mobile data services were restored at 10 AM today. “The ban on Internet has been revoked in the state and all service providers have been asked to resume their data services,” a police officer said here. The ban was to remain...

ACCESS DENIED| Kashmir sans Internet on Eid days....

Muzaha mir

The blanket ban on internet services in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir on the sacred occasion of Eid-ul-Adha has come in for severe criticism from people who slammed the Peoples Democratic Party-led government for “pushing Kashmiris to the wall with such extreme steps.” The ban on all internet services, including Broadband, was initially fixed for 41-hours beginning 5 am on Friday, but was extended till 10 am on Monday, making it a 77-hour ban. The ban, according to people of Kashmir, is “a...