Mon 27 July 2020: Locals miss out online bidding process due to internet restrictions last summer SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Hundreds of mining contractors in Indian-administered Kashmir have been left hanging in the balance after the regional administration gave contracts to non-locals. “This move has increased manifold financial problems of local residents associated […]
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Sun 26 July 2020: In an exclusive interview to The Sunday Express, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, G.C. Murmu, said that his government has told the Union home ministry that it has no objection to restoring 4G internet services in the region. It has been nearly a year since internet […]
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Wed 15 July 2020: Death toll in region climbs to 195 as government imposes fresh lockdown SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – As many as 48 inmates at a jail in Indian-administered Kashmir — most of them political prisoners — have tested positive for the coronavirus as of Tuesday, according to sources. A key health […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Almost 3,000 coronavirus infections reported in disputed Himalayan region over past 10 days SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Cases of the novel coronavirus in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir passed 10,000 on Saturday. According to a government update, 268 more infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, raising the overall […]
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Photo: A 3 year old boy sits on the body of his grandfather, shot during an attack, in Sopore, Kashmir. Thu 02 July 2020: Report by rights group says 107 cordon and search operations, destruction of 48 structures also occurred during period SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian-administered Kashmir has seen at least 229 […]
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Mon 29 June 2020: Lack of discipline, self-promotion by members of Hurriyat Conference cited as reason for move SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani on Monday stepped down from the leadership of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of several pro-freedom parties in the disputed region. The ailing 90-year-old leader, […]
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Sun 28 June 2020: Up to 25,000 people have been granted domicile certificates in Indian-administered Kashmir since May 18, raising fears of the beginning of demographic changes in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region. The certificate, a sort of citizenship right, entitles a person to residency and government jobs in the region, which till last year was reserved only […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: Foreign Minister Qureshi addresses Islamic body’s emergency meeting on Kashmir KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Monday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to “facilitate a lasting solution” to its long-smoldering dispute with longtime rival India on Jammu and Kashmir. “In view of the grave situation, it is imperative that the […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: The gradual encroachment on Kashmiri rights and growing prospect of colonisation could set the region on fire. For more than 70 years, Kashmiris have lived with the dread of the Indian government changing the demography and special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, which was till recently Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state. Deemed preposterous and exaggerated […]
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Mon 22 June 2020: New policy gives unprecedented powers to authorities in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region ANKARA (AA) – An international press advocacy group is urging India to immediately withdraw its “new media policy” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, saying it has handed unimpeded powers to authorities. In a statement, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the policy […]
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