Total:73
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2018-12-13 11:32
413 killed in Kashmir violence this year
TEHRAN -The deadly cycle of violence and killings in Indian controlled Kashmir continues with around 413 persons, including 237 militants, 94 civilians and 81 armed forces personnel, killed this year so far.
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2018-12-09 10:30
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
"Optimists see Indo-Pakistani dialogue post India's general elections"
Relations between India and Pakistan, the two South Asian estranged neighbors, continue to fluctuate. Kartarpur corridor project had opened a window of opportunity for the two countries to bury the hatchet and strengthen ties, but the BJP government in India hasn’t shown much enthusiasm.
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2018-12-04 10:04
‘Indo-Pakistani friendship key to resolving Kashmir’
TEHRAN _ The veteran Kashmiri politician and former Chief Minister of J&K, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has urged India and Pakistan to forge friendship in order to resolve the contentious issue of Kashmir.
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2018-12-02 08:50
Deadliest month for militancy in Kashmir
THERAN_ As an indicator of worsening security situation in Indian controlled Kashmir, this month has been the deadliest so far this year with increase in casualties.
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2018-11-29 02:33
Assassin of Kashmiri journalist gunned down
TEHRAN _At least two militants including the one allegedly involved in the murder of prominent Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari were killed in an encounter with security forces in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday.
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2018-11-27 10:20
‘Unity week’ marked with fervor in India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan
TEHRAN _The ‘Islamic unity week’ (hafte wahdat), which marks the birth anniversary of Holy Prophet (pbuh), was observed across the world with tremendous fervor. Marked first time in Iran in mid-1980s, the ‘unity week’ has become a permanent annual event in many Muslim countries.
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2018-11-22 08:07
By Syed Ali Safvi
‘Muslims in Kashmir stand united against forces that seek to divide them’
TEHRAN _As the world gears up to observe the Week of Unity coinciding with the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), it has become extremely important to follow in letter and spirit the teachings of the greatest man to have ever lived and assiduously espouse the cause of Islamic unity, peace, tolerance and brotherhood and promote intra-faith dialogue.
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2018-11-15 10:58
200 militants killed in Kashmir this year
TEHRAN _ Security situation in Indian controlled Kashmir continues to be volatile with increase in armed fights between Indian security forces and militants.
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2018-11-06 07:47
‘Mainstream space shrinking in Kashmir’
TEHRAN -The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah says people in the trouble-torn valley are losing their appetite for the mainstream parties as political space has “shrunk” for them due to the worsening security situation.
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2018-10-28 17:22
Kashmir Black Day observed in Tehran
TEHRAN - In observance of the Black Day, talks and seminars were held in Tehran as well as other big cities in Iran on Saturday in support for the cause of people of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K).
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2018-10-21 16:28
“Break silence on Kashmir”: Separatists
Separatist leadership in Kashmir have urged world bodies to break their “silence”—condemning the civilian killings in Kashmir region, said a report in Greater Kashmir.
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2018-10-14 09:03
Kashmir shuts down after militant’s killing
Indian-controlled-Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Friday and Saturday, after PhD scholar-turned-militant Mannan Wani and his associate were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir’s Handwara. The call for shutdown had been given by the separatist leadership.
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2018/10/10
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global media and Muslims: Selective coverage, selective outrage
TEHRAN -“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? William Shakespeare’s lines in The Merchant of Venice hold true today.
