MMU refutes news of the forcible conversion; ‘There was no forced marriage, some people trying to harm brotherhood’: S K Dal
Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema J&K (MMU) has refuted the claims appearing in some sections of media that two local Sikh girls had been forcibly converted to Islam...
Need key steps to stop Hanguls from extinction
Several reasons fuel the decline: the animal’s habitat is fragmented, a challenge for a herbivore. This must be restored, on mission mode. Also, very few...
Kashmiris need good administration, not statehood or elections
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led central government has started its first major political outreach in the Kashmir valley on 5 August 2019, when the special...
Asaduddin Owaisi targets PM Modi, Questions basis of Delimitation Process in J&K
Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the centre on the discussions of delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir. On what basis will it be done? All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen...
We need a bold, imaginative approach to peace in Kashmir: Radha Kumar
The roadmap offered by the Modi administration concedes so little that it seems grudging at best and a diktat at worst Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
Sikh body admits missing girl from Kashmir who converted to Islam does not want to return
Jagir Kaur informed that the girl's family and relatives had approached SGPC, requesting them to try and convince their daughter to revert to Sikhism and...
Why GoI is suddenly ‘Looking West’, talking to the Taliban & Pakistan
Talks with Taliban, J&K leaders, thaw with Pakistan are strategic imperatives for the Modi govt. It can’t covet the US as Quad ally in the...
Twitter shows the different map; J&K, Ladakh demarcated from India
This is not the first time that a different map of India has been shown by Twitter. In November 2020, the microblogging website showed Leh...
Maisuma, Batamaloo, Pantha Chowk, Hari Parbat among pockets of densely populated land in Kashmir on the defence ministry’s radar
The defense ministry claims to own the land under an agreement dating back to 1956. But revenue officials say it was under the state government...
Modi’s Kashmir Gamble and Uttar Pradesh Election
Partha S. Ghosh India’s Kashmir policy is part external affairs, part home affairs. Depending upon the predilection of the person in power in Delhi, the...