When she chose to pursue a career in journalism, Sajida Yousuf knew being a journalist was never meant to be easy in Kashmir. The 23-year-old Srinagar resident finished her master’s in journalism from the University of Kashmir in 2019 and subsequently started working as a reporter with a local news …

(By Ather Zia) On August 5, 2019, in the wake of the Indian government’s move to revoke the parts of the constitution that give Indian-administered Kashmir special status, I penned an article for Al Jazeera titled There is reason to fear for the safety of every Kashmiri in India. In …

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Delhi, August 18 (KMS): The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the central government’s counsel to take instructions for the government’s stand on a petition alleging large-scale data breaches on four e-commerce platforms. The petition was filed by Yarlagadda Kiran Chandra, General Secretary of the Free Software Movement of India …

Opposition terms move ‘communal and divisive’ Lucknow, August 18 (KMS): The BJP communal government in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up a training centre for Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos in Saharanpur district’s Deoband town, known for its Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband. Shalabh Mani Tripathi, …

Delhi, August 18 (KMS): Claiming that almost 5% of the government land in Tamil Nadu is under illegal occupation, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Tuesday told the Assembly that a bill will be introduced to reclaim them and cancel fake registrations. Besides, the proposed law would provide for taking …

Delhi, August 19 (KMS): Samajwadi Party leader and four-time MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq has been booked for sedition following his recent remarks about the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, police said on Wednesday. The police said that he was charged under Indian Penal Code section 124A (sedition) following a complaint from …

Muzaffarabad, August 17 (KMS): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry was elected as 28th President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. He secured 34 votes against his rival joint opposition candidate Mian Abdul Waheed, who got 16 votes. The tenure of the incumbent AJK President, Sardar Masood …

Islamabad, August 17 (KMS): The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has appealed to the Arab world, Muslim Ummah, and the international community to intercede and save the people of Jammu and Kashmir from this scourge of war, siege, and brutalization. In an interview with an Arab …

A mourner had a narrow escape from being mowed down by a police vehicle during a Muharram procession in Srinagar on Tuesday.