New Delhi, March 20 (KMS): The Kashmir diaspora in an open letter to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief, Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has sought his help in restoring high-speed internet in the Kashmir Valley amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The letter — signed by 162 Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri scholars, medical as …
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Hurriyat forum demands release of political detainees
Srinagar, March 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Hurriyat forum, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has urged the Indian authorities to immediately release all Kashmiri political detainees languishing in different jails on humanitarian grounds in wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Hurriyat forum in a statement issued in Srinagar said …
Read More »India will be responsible if anything untoward happens to Malik: Hurriyat leaders
Srinagar, March 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders have said that the Indian government will be responsible if anything untoward happened to the illegally detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik. Muhammad Yasin Malik, who is lodged in New Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail, has announced to …
Read More »NIA presents challan against 8 Kashmiris in false killing case
Jammu, March 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) today presented challan against eight Kashmiris in a false case on the charges of killing of RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his Personel Security Officer, Rajinder Kumar, in Kishtwar. The challan was produced against Osama Bin Javed, Haroon …
Read More »Release of Samad Inqilabi from jail demanded
Srinagar, March 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the family members of illegally detained Chairman of Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, have demanded his immediate release as he is unwell in jail. Abdul Samad Inqilabi’s brother in a statement issued in Srinagar said that few days ago the Islami Tanzeem-e-Azadi Chairman …
Read More »Art 370 abrogation: India to bear long-term consequences: Tewari
New Delhi, March 20 (KMS): Congress Member of Indian Parliament, Manish Tewari, has said that the BJP government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and divide Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories will have long-term consequences and called upon the government to listen to the voice of Kashmiri people. Manish …
Read More »Another anti-Kashmir Act
India orders implementation of 37 central acts in IOK New Delhi, March 20 (KMS): In a bid to totally annex occupied Jammu and Kashmir with India, the Modi government has ordered implementation of 37 Central Laws in the territory. The order issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (Department …
Read More »Victims of Chittisinghpura massacre remembered in IOK
Srinagar, March 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Social Peace Forum has remembered the members of Sikh community who were massacred by Indian troops in Chittisinghpura on this day in 2000. Thirty-five members of Sikh community were killed in disguise by Indian troops in Chittisinghpura area of …
Read More »Pakistan condemns fresh restrictions in IOK amid outbreak of coronavirus
Islamabad, March 20 (KMS): Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui condemned the inhuman and brutal repression of the people of Indian occupied Kashmir by the security forces amid outbreak of coronavirus. Addressing the weekly press briefing at the Foreign Office on Thursday, the spokesperson said that, as Indian Occupied Kashmir …
Read More »Kashmir now under virus lockdown
Srinagar, March 20 (KMS): Kashmir has been put under virtual lockdown as authorities scrambled through the previous night to come up with a strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus in the Valley, a day after a woman with travel history to Saudi Arabia tested positive for the disease. Public …
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