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Kashmiris are uncomfortable with today’s India,Mehbooba Mu...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 24:Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday lashed out at the Centre over the abrogation of Article 370 saying that ‘they have no powers to take away the special status’ of J&K. She held a meet ten days after her release from 14-month detention on October 13. Addressing a press conference Mufti threatened the Centre saying that “they are mistaken if they think we will stop our...
Linking terrorism to Islam shows ignorance: Sheikh Al-Azhar...
( Egypt )
Cairo | WTNS | October 22:The grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Islamic Center, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb, has blasted individuals who link terrorism to Islam, following Islamophobic remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron and the recent murder of a French teacher. According to Wilayat Times on Wednesday, Tayyeb tweeted that linking terrorism to Islam was a sign of ignorance. Tayyeb ’s statement comes following the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty on Friday after he showed his students...
Israeli delegation travels to Sudan to discuss normalization...
( Sudan )
Khartoum | WTNS | October 22:An Israeli delegation has traveled to Sudan to discuss normalization between Tel Aviv and Khartoum amid the US’s attempts to persuade or pressure Arab nations to forge diplomatic ties with Israel. Israeli public broadcaster Kan radio said the delegation visited Sudan on Wednesday, but gave no further details about the discussions held in Khartoum. Meanwhile, Israeli intelligence minister Eli Cohen told Israel’s Channel 13 News that he believed the Tel Aviv regime...
BJP misusing govt agencies to target Farooq Abdullah: Nation...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 19:The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday alleged that since the BJP had failed to politically fight party President Farooq Abdullah, it was now “misusing” government agencies to target him through a “witch-hunt”. In a statement, a party spokesperson said: “The Enforcement Department summons to Farooq Abdullah is clearly a result of the unity that he has been able to forge among mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir....
HM’s unconstitutional amendment on J&K Panchayats, to...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 19:Prof. Bhim Singh, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court & Chief Patron-JKNPP has urged the President of India for immediate intervention to save the J&K from total destruction. He urged the President of India to recall the so-called Ordinance issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs dated 17-10-2020 without consulting the representatives of J&K recognized political parties even without seeking advice of the President as J&K is under President’s Rule today. The...
Congress backs Gupkar Declaration, Chidambaram calls abrogat...
( India )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 18:Backing Gupkar Declaration, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that the grand old party “resolutely stands for the restoration of the status and rights of the people of J&K”. Calling abrogation of Article 370 arbitrary and unconstitutional, Chidambaram said that the Centre must stop looking at the mainstream parties and the people of J&K as secessionist or anti-national. “The arbitrary and unconstitutional decisions of the Modi government of August...
JKYJA will fight for the rights of journalists, launched its...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 18: In a first, the Jammu and Kashmir Young Journalist Association (JKYJA) on Saturday launched its official website www.jkyja.com and logo in an impressive function at Srinagar. The function presided by President JKYJA, Ajaz Ahmad War saw the presence of all the senior members including Vice President Bilal Furqani, General Secretary Bilal Bashir Bhat, Chief Spokesman Rameez Makhdoomi, Publicity Incharge Peer Viqar Ul Aslam, Coordinator Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Umar Bhat, Jasim...
Safina Beigh Calls for strict action against the guilty over...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 14:Senior Kashmiri Women Politician and People’s Democratic Party women’s wing chief, Safina Beigh condemned the thrashing of Kashmiris by landlord in Delhi. Beigh while expressing anguish and anger over the happening, she said, ” being Kashmiri is not crime. Such incidents further alienate Kashmiris with India.” she said. According to a statement here, demanding strict action against the persons involved in the incident, she said, “it is a...
US urges Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing ties with Isra...
(Srinagar)
Washington | WTNS | October 16:US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel after Bahrain and the UAE. “We hope Saudi Arabia will consider normalizing its relationships as well, and we want to thank them for the assistance they’ve had in the success of the Abraham Accords so far,” Pompeo said on Wednesday in a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. He further suggested that the move would diminish Iran’s...
Kashmir University Organised Day-long National Seminar on Sh...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar | WTNS | October 16:The University of Kashmir Thursday organised a day-long seminar on ‘Analytical study of poems of Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA).’ Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad presided over the inaugural session of the national-level seminar, organised by the varsity’s Markaz-i-Noor Centre for Sheikh-ul-Alam Studies (CSAS). “There is a huge scope for propagating and adhering to the rich legacy of Sheikh-ul-Aalam (RA) in the prevailing chaotic global and regional scenario,” Prof Talat,...