Kashmir

ISIS is an anti-Islam organisation:Mehbooba Mufti...

Wilayat Times

( Srinagar )

Srinagar:5th Dec 2015:Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said the Kashmir issue could be best resolved through former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s policy of accommodating Kashmiris and involving Pakistan.Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Mehbooba said, “ISIS is anti-Islam organization”On Intolerance Debate Mehbooba said, “what is happening in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places is that the fringe elements are misusing the name...

Tiwari arrested for blasphemy against Holy Prophet Mohammad ...

( Lucknow )

Lucknow: Tension in Saharanpur and Deoband areas was eased after Lucknow police arrested Hindu Mahasabha Chief Kamlesh Tiwari late on Wednesday night.
According to a report published in Economics Times, the Hindu Mahasabha Chief allegedly circulated pamphlets containing derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Muslims.Students of Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband and other members of Muslim community had taken to streets to protest and demanded action againstTewari.
Meanwhile...

Hijab awareness campaign launched in Kashmir...

( Srinagar )

Srinagar:9th Nov 2015:One of its first kind Hijab campaign carried out by International Muslim Unity Council at capital Srinagar in which group of girls distributed flowers,cards and other gift item to others for being in Hijab. Awareness campaign inspired women to wear Hijab in unique style and drew the attention of people on the significance of Hijab. While speaking to the Media,Women Members of International Muslim Unity Council made outlined that Kashmir is the valley of saints and it...

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...

Kashmir not a bilateral issue between Indian and Pakistan:Sy...

Wilayat Times

( Kashmir )

Srinagar:While commenting over the statement of the Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup that “Barack Obama has agreed with Narendra Modi that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan”, Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani said that Kashmir is not any bilateral issue between India and Pakistan but it is an issue of the future of 13 million Kashmiri people who are principal party to this dispute and whom India has enslaved with the help of its...

JK CM demands credible and impartial inquiry of Mina Stamped...

( Kashmir )

Srinagar:Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed urged the Saudi Arabian government to institute a credible and impartial inquiry to ascertain the causes that led to fatal Mina stampede and the crane crash outside the Grand Masjid. He also paid homage to former President, A P J Abdul Kalam, former Parliamentarian and Legislators and ex-Chief Justice of J&K High Court, who died during the recess between the last session of the Legislature and the commencement of the Autumn session.The Chief Minister...

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

(Srinagar)

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

(Srinagar)

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...