‘Free Waqar’ online campaign gains momentum Amnesty International gives its stamp by recognising it as an instance of rampant police and state repression in Kashmir March 29 , Baba Umar New Delhi Organisers of the global ‘Free Waqar’ online campaign… Continue Reading →
Around 150-180 hysterectomies at Valley’s 40 private nursing homes every month alarms authorities Riyaz Wani Srinagar Rafiqa, 50, from Qamarwari locality of Srinagar has had a massive weight gain and undergoes wild mood swings—a source of constant trouble for her… Continue Reading →
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns arrived on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmiron Monday afternoon. This is for the first time that the special rapporteur has been allowed by the Indian government to… Continue Reading →
Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth, who has headed several human rights investigations and missions around the world, was in Mumbai to address an Observer Research Foundation talk on ‘Human Rights in the Changing World Today.’Yogesh Pawar caught him on the sidelines of… Continue Reading →
George Joseph’s determined reportage from J&K is testimony to the importance of a journalist’s role in a conflict situation. Aasha Khosa writes My dearest husband, friend and colleague George Joseph passed away on February 27. While our daughter and I… Continue Reading →
By News Desk Updated Sunday, 11 March 2012 1 JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has given jobs t 1,925 Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu) migrants under the Prime Minister’s Relief and Rehabilitation Package announced in 2008. Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister… Continue Reading →
Suprateek Chatterjee, Hindustan Times, March 03, 2012 Exactly two months after alleged Maoist Arun Ferreira was granted bail, post a widely criticised four-year-long incarceration, comes playwright Ramu Ramanthan’s politically-charged play Comrade Kumbhakarna. The Hindi play, inspired by the 2007 arrests… Continue Reading →
Ananya Dutta, 9th FEb 2012, The Hindu In a dark anteroom of the Presidency University canteen here, a handful of students huddled around a screen on Wednesday watching Jashn-e-Azadi, Sanjay Kak‘s 2007 documentary on Kashmir that was not allowed… Continue Reading →
7H FEB, 2012 In a bid to ensure more people to people contact, India is contemplating easing visa regulation for Pakistan nationals. With the cabinet note on the issue set to be tabled in a few days, it might be… Continue Reading →
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