Srinagar June 02 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian authorities booked near a dozen people under black law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in Kupwara, Shopian and Pulwama districts. Indian army and police arrested over a hundred youth including below 20-year old boys and students in central, …
Read More »Cop injured in firing incident in Tral
Srinagar, June o2 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a policeman was injured in an incident of firing at SOG camp at Tral in Pulwama district on Wednesday. The injured policeman has been identified as Amjad Ahmad. However, it was not immediately known under what circumstances does the …
Read More »Indian SC moved against granting of citizenship to non-Muslims
New Delhi, June 02 (KMS): The Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML) has moved the Supreme Court to stay an order issued by the Indian Home Ministry on May 28, empowering the collectors of certain districts to grant the Indian citizenship to the non-Muslim migrants from the neighbouring countries …
Read More »Indian army chief on 2-day visit to IIOJK
Srinagar, June 02 (KMS): Indian army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane would be in Srinagar on a two-day visit starting Wednesday (today) to review the ground situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “The Army chief would be in Srinagar today to review the situation on ground along with …
Read More »8 dead, 6 injured as roof collapses after cylinder blast in India
Lucknow, June 02 (KMS): At least eight people lost their lives and six others suffered injuries after the roof of a two-storey building collapsed due to a cylinder blast in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh. The deceased include three children. The incident took place in Tikri village in the …
Read More »India’s Delta variant threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCR
Geneva, June 02 (KMS): The highly-infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India threatens to rapidly spread in the sub-region, including among refugees, the UN refugee agency has said as it warned of vaccine shortages in the Asia-Pacific region, including for asylum-seekers. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej …
Read More »Kumbh Mela: How a superspreader festival seeded Covid across India
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan On 12 April, as India registered another 169,000 new Covid-19 cases to overtake Brazil as the second-worst hit country, three million people gathered on the shores of the Ganges. They were there, in the ancient city of Haridwar in the state of Uttarakhand, to take …
Read More »India mosque demolition: Report filed on Muslim leaders false, court finds
New Delhi, June 02 (KMS): An Indian court has ruled that a local government administration in Uttar Pradesh filed a “false and unfounded” police report against eight Muslim leaders who had opposed the “illegal” demolition of their mosque. The bulldozing of the Masjid Gareeb Nawaz Al Maroof in May, carried …
Read More »BJP wants to continue its proxy rule in IIOJK
Jammu, Jun 02 (KMS): Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Chairman Harsh Dev Singh has said that Bahartya Janata Party (BJP) government in New Delhi wanted to continue its proxy rule in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and retain all powers to itself. Asserting that Bahartya …
Read More »Punjab Governor discusses Kashmir issue with US dignitaries
Lahore, June 02 (KMS): Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar discussed Pak-US relations, Palestine and Kashmir issues, Indian terrorism and other issues during his meetings with members of the US Congress, US Senator and mayors. The US dignitaries appreciated the sacrifices of the Pakistani Armed forces and the people of Pakistan …
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