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(The Wire) The importance of the change of scene in Patna is that prime minister’s bluff has been called.

By Mohammad Umar Bhat In May 2008, Indian backed government of Jammu and Kashmir transferred 99 acres of forest land to Amaranth Shrine Board in the occupied Kashmir valley to set up shelters for Hindus. People of Jammu and Kashmir demonstrated against the land transfer and demanded revocation of the …

(The Wire) According to a 2019 study, the level of opioid abuse in J&K is among the highest in the country. It is the easy access to drugs of all kinds in the valley that is pushing youngsters down this abyss.

Bhat Yasir/ Syed Muskan Srinagar, August 09 (KMS): A Kashmiri youth from Ganderbal’s Dodurhama, who’s also pursuing a master’s degree in Kashmiri literature, recently rose to the limelight after his novel ‘Khaban Khayalan Manz’ got published last month. We talked to him about the dwindling readership of Kashmiri literature. The …

Editorial: Bol News This August 5 marked the completion of the third year since the extremist Hindu government of India revoked the nominal autonomous status of Occupied Jammu & Kashmir, illegally making this Muslim-majority region part of the Indian union territory. This was done by New Delhi in violation of …

Hassan Aslam India has been rampantly abusing and violating the international law in IIOJK. Pakistan, through universal jurisdiction – a part of customary international law – can counter India’s war crimes in Kashmir using its legal prowess. Ask a common man and he will tell you this: international law lacks …

Syed Ali Mujtaba So far, five Muslims have been arrested for allegedly causing heavy floods in the Hindu majority areas of Silchar by waging ‘Flood Jihad’, a brand new concept invented by Hindu right to target Muslims. The ‘accused’ were arrested on July 3 and were let off after keeping …

(The Wire) The police filed FIRs for the killing of villagers only after their kin filed petition, provided an account riddled with inconsistencies, detained the petitioners before their testimony was recorded, yet the Supreme Court chose to believe the state and punish those who knocked on its doors.

Dr Muhammad Khan Relegation of Kashmir’s statehood on 05 August 2019 was a worse event than Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir on 27 October 1947. Lowering the status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) into union territories and their annexation with India was illegal, immoral and a …

Ershad Mahmud Since the revocation of Article 370 of the Indian constitution three years ago on August 5, 2019, Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir has become a land where the silence of graveyards, not of peace, reigns supreme. Indian authorities are content that daily demonstrations and political activities have come to …