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Arbaeen observed across Jammu and Kashmir...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | Sep 18: Thousands of people on Saturday observed the Chehlum or Arbaeen of the martyrs of Karbala by taking out processions and holding Majlis in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Scores of Shia mourners fly down to different venues to remember the martyrs of Karbala, these rendezvous marks include Budgam , Bemina , Hasaanabad Chatabal Budibugh Baramulla , Sonpah Budgam and in other places. Notably, The occasion is observed 40-days after Ashura – the commemoration of the...
PM Modi meets Iran President, discussed developing bilateral...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Sep 17: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi called for closer interaction with Iran on issues relating to Afghanistan. In a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Samarkand on Friday, Modi said his country and Iran share views about the developments in Afghanistan. In their first in-person meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi bilateral ties, regional developments, including Afghanistan, and reviewed the progress...
Imam Khamenei’s message of condolences on demise of Ay...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | Aug 28:The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei, issued a message of condolence on the demise of devout scholar, Ayatollah Naseri. The text of his message follows. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful On the demise of the devout scholar and wayfarer on the path of God, Ayatollah Haj Sheikh Muhammad Ali Naseri, I offer my condolences to all the people of Isfahan, to all his admirers, to all those who benefited from the deceased’s teachings,...
Safina Beigh elected as chairperson of J&K Hajj Committ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 26: Prominent women politician and Chairperson of district development council Baramulla Safina Beigh was Thursday elected as head of Jammu & Kashmir Hajj Committee. Beigh was elected as chairman of the Haj committee after her name was proposed by former MP Choudhary Talib Hussain and her name was seconded by district president BJP Poonch, Muhammad Rafiq Chashti. During the meeting, according to sources, the name of member parliament Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi was...
There is no law for voting rights to Non locals and CEO’s ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 19: Senior Indian Politician and Former Jammu Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh Friday said that the statement made by the Chief Electoral Officer J&K is a totally irresponsible one and there is no law for voting rights to Non locals in the constitution of India. Addressing a news conference at his residence, Former Member Parliament said that CEO’s statement has created chaos in Jammu and Kashmir. “I think he has made the statement about new voters...
Continuous incarceration of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir hurts sentimen...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | Aug 19: The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir and the senior member of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam while strongly reacting to the three-year-long detention of the MMU founder & patron Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq has demanded his immediate release. All leading religious, social and academic personalities, including the Grand Mufti and the civil society are strongly demanding the release of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir on the completion of his three...
Islamic Emancipation: Demystifying Women of Karbala...
Dr.Khairunnisa Aga
( Jammu and Kashmir )
The Pilgrims of Karbala are privileged to fit Ashura of their imagination in actual Karbala, including the representative symbols of that momentous day in history. When I visited Karbala, I also tried to bring to life the Ashura of my imagination, and I, too, tried to connect the dots retained by my inventiveness throughout. I saw significant tangible pillars of the Karbala paradigm, i.e., the Golden Tombs, precisely similar to my perceptibility. By:Dr Khairunnisa Aga The Pilgrims...
Refrain from creating discord among different school of thou...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | July 30: Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir organised an important meeting at the head office of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar which was presided over by leading religious scholar Moulana Rehmatullah Mir Qasmi . In the meeting the leaders of both school of thoughts associated with Ahli Sunnat wal Jamat were called and strongly urged to refrain from abusing each other. During the meeting it was decided to form a committee consisting of Ulemas from both ideologies...
“Green Jammu & Kashmir Drive” kicked...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | July 29:Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday launched the “Green Jammu & Kashmir Drive” here from AIIMS Vijaypur. The target for the current year is planting of 1.5 cr saplings. To mark the day, the Lt Governor felicitated Village Panchayat Plantation Committees for outstanding performance in plantation drives in their respective panchayats. Notified Jammu and Kashmir Social Forestry (Plantation) Rules-2022 were also unveiled on the occasion. The Lt Governor reiterated...
Matrimonial efflorescence in Simple espouse sprouting out; M...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | July 23: In a mass marriage ceremony, at least 51 couples from different areas of Kashmir tied a nuptial knot in Srinagar on Thursday. The mass marriage ceremony was organised by the JK based NGO—“We the Helping Hand Foundation” which has already solemnized a series of such ceremonies in the last few years. “We have already borne the marriage expenses of over 400 poor girls and expect to continue to organize more mass marriage ceremonies in future,” said Umar Wani, the...