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Yusuf Nadeem’s martyrdom is personnel loss for me as w...
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Srinagar:Blaming Indian agencies for killing of Mohammad Yusuf Nadeem ,Hurriyat executive council member and secretary general of Tehreek-e-Wahdat e Islami, Syed Ali Geelani said that agencies are reviving the Ikhwan culture. In an emergency meeting, Huriyat chairman (G) while paying glorious tributes to Yusuf Nadeem, said that it is a personnel loss for me and “I am deeply pained by the killing of Nadeem. I condole his demise and express my condolence to the bereaved family,” Geelani said in...
Shia Hurriyat activist Yousuf Nadeem shot dead by unknown gu...
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Srinagar:Yousuf Nadeem was one of the senior Shia separatist activists was shot dead when he on the way home, police said. Nadeem, an employee of PDD had boarded a Tavera and was on way from Beerwa to Budgam, police sources said, a person boarded the same vehicle and shot him dead. All other passengers deboarded the vehicle and fled the spot. Police said there are in the process of collecting more details and it will take some time. Yousuf Nadeem was a former militant of Hizbul Mumineen and...
PM Modi Is Wrong. Sardar Patel Offered Kashmir to Pakistan: ...
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion in Lok Sabha on February 7, that if Sardar Patel’s line of thinking were allowed, there would be no issue on Kashmir as it would have got fully integrated with India, is “contrary to the facts of history” said professor and former Union minister Saifuddin Soz on February 9. In a statement, Soz, who is from Jammu and Kashmir, says his forthcoming book Kashmir: The Complete Story has details of this, “Patel consistently offered Kashmir to...
Aga Syed Mohammad Fazalullah passed away at Budgam Kashmir....
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Jammu:Prominent Islamic Cleric of Kashmir Aga Syed Mohammad Fazalullah Al-Moosavi Al- Safvi passed away at 11:30 am today after the long illness in lungs at his residence in Budgam Kashmir.
President of Anjuman-e-Sharie Shian (Mohammadi faction) and Ayatollah Yousuf Trust Aga Syed Mohammad Fazalullah was born in Budgam and completed his Seminary education from Najaf in Iraq. He is a descendant of Mir Shamsuddin Araki, who came to Kashmir in the 13th century from the town of Araki in Iran.He...
Kashmiri Journalist Sajjad Haider Receives Asian-Arab Award...
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Jammu: Senior journalist of Kashmir and editor-in-chief Kashmir Observer, Sajjad Haider was presented with the Asian Arab Award 2018 for journalistic excellence in Bangalore. Sajjad Haider was presented the annual award at a high profile function attended by diplomats, business leaders and government functionaries at JW Marriott UB City. Sajjad Haider received the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution in building trust among Arab and Asian countries especially through platforms like Trans...
Make Jammu and Kashmir “bridge of friendship”: C...
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Jammu:Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today appealed to India and Pakistan to make Jammu and Kashmir a “bridge of friendship” between them and not let it become a battleground. “Our borders are witnessing, god forbid, a bloodbath. Our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) often talks of development but at the same time something opposite is happening in our state. Our schools are shut and children are trapped inside their homes,” the chief minister said. “I appeal to our prime...
Amnesty International starts campaign to petition J&K ...
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Srinagar:In a significant statement on pellet guns, the Amnesty International said that the campaign aims to bring people from across Jammu and Kashmir to write postcards to the state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Seeking ban on pellet guns, human rights group, Amnesty International India has launched an online and postcard campaign to seek support from people across Jammu and Kashmir with an aim to petition region’s Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti. In a statement, the Amnesty International said...
In 2017,Hurriyat Leader Syed Geelani was stopped 48 times fr...
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Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani could not attend the Friday congregational prayers due to his continuous house arrest, a spokesperson said.
He said in 2017 Syed Ali Geelani was stopped 48 times from offering Friday prayers, an important religious obligation.
Meanwhile Tehreek-e-Huriyat General secretary Mohd Ashraf Sehrai continued to remain under the house detention today for the third consecutive day and they too were not allowed to offer the Friday prayers,...
Year 2017,a relatively calm year for Jammu and Kashmir...
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Jammu:After a tumultuous 2016, Kashmir witnessed a relatively calm year but there were many issues, including the legal challenge in the Supreme Court to Article 35-A of the Constitution pertaining to special residency laws of Jammu and Kashmir, that hogged national headlines.
However, one of the biggest stories emanating from Kashmir in 2017 was the cancellation of by-poll to the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat — vacated by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in April last year — in view of widespread...
Jammu and Kashmir safe place for tourists:JK Minister Priya ...
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Jammu:There is a false perception that Jammu and Kashmir is an unsafe place, so I request people from Tamil Nadu to visit us and see how the place has changed,Priya Sethi, Minister of State for Tourism, Jammu and Kashmir, said at a roadshow in Chennai. “The State is a safe place for tourists and I would also like to point out that stone pelting has also come down in the region,” she said. The Minister was here along with a huge delegation from Jammu and Kashmir including Ministers, government...