Amnesty Report: ‘Dark’ Murder of 17-year-old Irfan Ganai
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More recently, army authorities have refused to cooperate with police investigations in the case of 17-year-old Irfan Ganai’s death on 30 June...
Amnesty Report: Torture Case of 16-year-old Girl
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In Sheila’s (name changed) case, the Jammu and Kashmir state police refused to register a complaint or conduct an investigation into her...
Amnesty Report: The Zahid Farooq Sheikh Case
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Just a year after the Supreme Court granted the army permission to try its personnel by a court martial in the Pathribal...
Amnesty Report: Challenges to Decisions on Sanction
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Three families have directly challenged the decision of the MoD to deny sanction for prosecution in recent years: that of Manzoor Ahmad...
Amnesty Report: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act – A history of challenges
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In 1997, the constitutional validity of the AFSPA was challenged in the Supreme Court of India in the Naga People’s Movement of...
AFSPA Remark: PDP Takes Dig at BJP’s Jitendra Singh
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The coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party Wednesday shrpaly reacted to the statement of BJP MoS in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh with regard...
AFSPA Completes 25 Years of Shielding Human Rights Abuses in Kashmir, Says Amnesty
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Twenty-five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir, the law continues to feed a...
Annual Amarnath Yatra Begins Amid Tight Security
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Over a 1000 devotees have left for the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir from Jammu marking the beginning of the 59-day annual...
‘Unhealthy’ Lal Singh Condemned For Inappropriate Collar Fixing
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Mufti Sayeed’s health minister, Chaudhary Lal Singh, known for creating controversies owing to his 'irate' behaviour has again invited a bad press over his...
‘Latest Machinery to be Deployed to Address Issues of Water-Logging, Clogging of Drains’
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The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh Tuesday said the Government would put in place a comprehensive mechanism to address issues of...
Police Find Missing Baramulla Boy in Jammu
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Police have recovered the boy who was missing since 24th of this month, in Jammu today.
According to a police statement, “it was...
Kashmir Floods: Geelani Terms Rs 500 Crore Bill by Army as ‘Dacoity’
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Terming the charging of Rs 500 crore bill by Army for the flood assistance to the Jammu & Kashmir in September 2014...
PDP Minister Admits Jammu Muslims Face Discrimination
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A day after government allowed Dangal Management Committee to hold annual Shinj (wrestling match) at a local Muslim graveyard in Bagh Jogian...
263 Cases of Violence Against Women Reported in Kashmir Every Month, says Mirwaiz
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Chairman Hurriyat Conference (m) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday said that as per the statistical data on an average every month 263 cases...
Wakf Board Reconstituted
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Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Tuesday reconstituted the Board of Directors of J&K Wakf Board by nominating nine new Members to the...
