Editorial by The Indian Express Lakshadweep, an archipelago to the west of Kerala in the Arabian Sea, has turned restive following Administrator Praful Khoda Patel’s misdirected interventions. The unease has found resonance in Kerala, triggering solidarity campaigns on social media urging MPs to petition the President against Patel. Even several …
Read More »Analysis: India’s Once-In-A-Century Budget Runs Into Trouble as Virus Strikes Back
By Aftab Ahmed India’s annual budget in February was lauded by many and raised hopes it would drive a sharp economic revival, but there are now fears that its promise may fall flat as it did not account for a crippling second wave of COVID-19 infections. The budget aimed to …
Read More »Newspaper asks India to reconsider cash-for-kill policy in IIOJK
‘Criminalizing media won’t hide your crimes’, says editorial Srinagar, April 15 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, media freedom has always remained under threat considering the constant curbs, either through official or unofficial measures. This was said in an editorial published in Srinagar-based web portal The Kashmir Walla. …
Read More »Kashmir dispute poses threat to regional peace
Tral, Awantipora shut for third straight day Srinagar, December 24 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, senior APHC leader and the Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai has reiterated his call for unfettered and unconditional access to the human rights organizations to independently monitor the grim human rights situation …
Read More »Indian new tactics
The people of occupied Kashmir have been facing the worst kind of Indian state terrorism in their just struggle for freedom from India’s occupation of their homeland. New Delhi has given its troops and police personnel unbridled powers under draconian laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Public Safety Act …
Read More »Ban on social media – another anti-people action in IOK
In occupied Kashmir, the puppet authorities have imposed ban on internet services suspending twenty two social networking sites for a period of one month. The Home Department of the occupied territory in an order issued on April 26, 2017 directed all Internet Service Providers that “any message or class of …
Read More »IOK rattled by students’ anti-India protests
Indian occupied Kashmir is on the boil due to widespread protests by students from the second half of April 2017. The students’ protests were triggered by the raid of Indian Army personnel on Government Degree College, Pulwama, subjecting the students to torture on April 15. The use of brute force …
Read More »Kashmir: A Road to Peace or Disaster?
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Washington, February 18 (KMS): India and Pakistan have had more than 150 official rounds of talks in the last seven decades to discuss conflicts and differences between them. The by-product of every round of talk was an agreement to meet again to talk. In consequence, the …
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