Tag: Indian-Occupied Kashmir

Streets deserted as India divides occupied Kashmir

--New Delhi to directly rule over Jammu and Kashmir, Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region   SRINAGAR: Shops and offices were shut in Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK) on Thursday...

EU team to visit occupied Kashmir today to see ground situation

A 23-member delegation of European Union Members of Parliament left for Indian occupied Kashmir on Tuesday morning to see first-hand the ground situation in the region...

Kashmiris practicing peaceful civil disobedience, says new fact-finding report

A new report released by a team of four academics, activists and journalists has chronicled the ways in which Kashmiris have been dealing with...

Qureshi boycotts Indian counterpart’s speech over Kashmir lockdown

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday boycotted the opening statement of his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar at the meeting of SAARC Council of...

Indian general says army ready to invade AJK

Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday revealed Indian government’s intentions of attacking Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as he said that his...

Kashmiri mother tells her son to not come home for Eid

Kashmiris finally got to make telephone calls to their family members on Thursday, days after the Indian government suspended all communication in the occupied...

Complete shutdown in occupied Kashmir against Indian elections

--Over two dozen Kashmiri prisoners shifted to Haryana jail   SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, routine life remained crippled on Thursday due to complete shutdown against the holding...

Hindu leader gunned down in IoK hospital

SRINAGAR: Unknown gunmen burst into a hospital in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) and killed a regional leader of a Hindu group linked to the ruling...

Kashmir will be free from India by 2020: Mehbooba Mufti

Former Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) chief minister and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti has said that Kashmir would cease to be a part of India...

Indian troops martyr two more Kashmiris in Budgam

SRINAGAR: Indian occupational forces in a fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Budgam district on Friday. The youth were martyred during a...

India martyrs four in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Indian troops have killed at least four people -- three in Shopian and one in Kupwara district-- in occupied Kashmir on Thursday in...

Indian soldier kills three colleagues in held Kashmir

An Indian soldier shot dead his three colleagues before attempting to shoot himself in Udhampur district of occupied Kashmir on Thursday. Ajit Kumar, a Central...

Aggressive policies, ban on dissent promoting ‘worst violence’ in Kashmir: JRL

The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday said that the "aggressive policies" of India and a "ban on political dissent" are...

Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims seek refuge in mosques fearing mob attacks

JAMMU: At least 6,000 Kashmiri Muslims have taken refuge in different mosques of Indian occupied Jammu district fearing attacks by Hindu nationalist mobs in...

India jumps the gun, withdraws Pakistan’s MFN status

--Modi govt promises 'strong response' to Kashmir bombing that killed 44 paramilitary soldiers on Thursday --Jaitley says there's 'incontrovertible evidence' against Pakistan even though Indian...

Indian troops martyr five youth in IoK

SRINAGAR: Five Kashmiris were martyred in the Kulgam district on Sunday by Indian occupation forces. An operation was initiated by the Indian army’s 9 Rashtriya...

Pakistan to present evidence against Kulbhushan Jadhav on Feb 19: Qureshi

-- Hearings will take place from Feb 18-Feb 21 at the Peace Palace in The Hague   ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that Pakistan...