IIOJK in focus

India’s illegal actions can’t change reality about Kashmir dispute

#KashmirDisputeAndUNResolutions Islamabad, July 30 (KMS): Kashmir dispute is a reality and India cannot deny it or remove it from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) agenda through its illegal actions. A report released by Kashmir Media Service, today, said, the self-determination of people is a basic principle of the UN …

Read More »

Body of elderly woman found in Baramulla

Srinagar, July 30 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, body of a 45-year-old woman was found in Baramulla district on Friday morning. The body of Fareeda Begum was found in an orchard in Gutiyar area of the district. She had gone to her orchard in Gutiyar and did …

Read More »

Indian priest commits suicide inside temple in Jammu

Jammu, July 30 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a priest committed suicide by hanging himself in Jammu district. The priest, identified as Brij Mohan, a resident of Indian state Madhya Pradesh, hanged himself to death inside his room at a temple complex at Akhnoor in Jammu. His …

Read More »

In spats with twitter, India’s govt begins messaging shift to rival Koo

New Delhi, July 30 (KMS): Twitter Inc is fast losing its sheen as a favoured communications tool for many Indian government departments and ministers keen to promote home-grown rival Koo while the U.S. firm comes under fire for non-compliance with India’s laws. The most high-profile example has been India’s new …

Read More »

Dalit children more likely to be stunted, shows study

New Delhi, July 30 (KMS): India has the highest number of stunted children in the world, (40.6 million children, as per NFHS data) representing one-third of the global total of stunted children under the age of five, is well known fact. Now, a data narrative published by Ashoka University’s centre …

Read More »

Kishtwar cloudburst leaves trail of destruction

Jammu, July 30 (KMS): Devastated by the deaths of their loved ones and loss of property in the cloudburst and flash floods of Wednesday, Honzar village in Kishtwar was in a state of mourning with hopelessness growing about the survival of 19 missing persons, sources said. Even as the search …

Read More »

‘Two years of BJP governance is marked by corruption scandals’

Bengaluru, July 30 (KMS): The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government, which came to power through “defections”, completed two years in office with a long list of corruption scandals that dashed the hopes of good administration and the promise of a double-engine government for Karnataka, alleged Leader of the Opposition and …

Read More »

Interfaith marriage stopped, woman forced to leave court

Lucknow, July 30 (KMS):  An interfaith wedding was stopped, by activists of Karni Sena, at a court in Ballia district of Lucknow by labelling it a case of “forced conversion and love jihad”, the police said. The workers of the Hindutva outfit then forced the woman to go to Kotwali …

Read More »

Assam issues advisory against travel to Mizoram

  Guwahati, July 30 (KMS): Assam government has issued a travel advisory asking people not to travel to Mizoram and advised people from the state working or staying there to “exercise utmost caution.” The two States also traded accusations over deployment of security forces along the interstate border on Thursday, …

Read More »

Father waits for justice

Srinagar, July 30 (KMS): A little over a year has passed but an anxious father is still awaiting justice for his son and two others who were killed in a fake encounter by an army officer in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. And the wait gets longer as the army is …

Read More »