Daily Archives: March 26, 2020

Mirza Waheed, Kashmir novelist, wins The Hindu Prize 2019

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): Kashmiri novelist, Mirza Waheed’s novel Tell Her Everything has won The Hindu Prize 2019. The jury, according to a report published in the Hindu for fiction comprised diplomat and author Navtej Sarna, author and columnist Nilanjana Roy, author Pradeep Sebastian, researcher and translator J Devika and …

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India asked to release IOK detainees

Curbs adding to besieged people’s woes Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, APHC leader and the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Muzahamat, Bilal Siddiqi, has appealed to the UN Human Rights Council, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Committee of Red Cross to impress upon India to release the Kashmiri detainees …

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India is plotting to kill hurriyat leaders: Abdul Majeed Malik

Islamabad, March 26 (KMS): APHC-AJK leader and the Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, Abdul Majeed Malik, has expressed concern over the deteriorating health of illegally detained Hurriyat leader, Zafar Akbar Butt, in occupied Kashmir. Zafar Akbar Butt was recently admitted to a police hospital in Srinagar after …

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IOK people urged to adopt precautionary measures

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Grand Mufti, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, and the President of Jammu and Kashmir Anjuman Ittehadul Muslimeen, Masroor Abbas Ansari, have urged the people to adopt precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam in an interview in Srinagar said that the people should …

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India playing with lives of Kashmiri detainees: Bilal Siddiqi

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, APHC leader and the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Muzahamat, Bilal Siddiqi, has strongly condemned India for playing with the lives of thousands of Kashmiri political prisoners amid the outbreak of deadly coronavirus. Bilal Siddiqi in a statement issued in Srinagar said that thousands of Kashmiri detainees …

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IOK faces shortage of ventilators as coronavirus spreads

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, there is acute shortage of life saving ventilators at a time when coronavirus is spreading in the territory. So far, one person has died of the coronavirus while several others have testing positive for the disease. There are around 100 ventilators available in …

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Chemists in panic mode as lockdown hits supply chain in IOK

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the chemists and pharmacists in Srinagar have said that the authorities are not allowing them to move, which is hampering dispensation of medicines. The Indian government has announced 21-day lockdown in India and occupied Kashmir to curb spread of coronavirus pandemic. Only exemption …

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Restrictions intensified in occupied Kashmir

Srinagar, March 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the restrictions on the movement and assembly of people to contain the spread of the coronavirus were intensified in the Kashmir Valley, today, adding to the miseries of already besieged people. The move was made after four more positive cases were detected in the …

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