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Srinagar: Complete shutdown marked by strict restrictions was being observed in several areas of Srinagar on Friday on the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. On 21 January, 1990 Indian troops had martyred more than 50 innocent people and injured more than hundreds of people
Qaisar Mansoor 21st January is remembered as the darkest day in the history of Kashmir. It is being marked as the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre. Back in 1990, on the fateful day (January 21) at least 50 Kashmiris were killed on-the-spot when Indian
Srinagar: Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid Srinagar has said that the authorities on Friday again prevented people from offering Juma prayers at the historic mosque. The Anjuman Auqaf in a statement in Srinagar said that it was the 25th consecutive Friday when the authorities continued to
Qaisar Mansoor Before the Mughals, India was not one country. There were several states fighting with each other all the time. The Mughals conquered the whole country and united it under their dominion. When the British came they also ruled the whole India but even at that
Karnataka: Nearly a week has passed since Udupi’s Muslim women students began their physical protests outside the Government Women’s College to assert their right to wear a hijab inside classrooms. In December 2021, the teenagers were banned from entering classrooms because of their hijabs by their
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was “delighted” to learn that “a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia is finally underway, according to information relayed to him by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa. According to a statement
William Byrd, Ph.D. Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of a famine and economic collapse. Millions face the prospect of falling into poverty, starvation and even death. On December 22, the U.S. Treasury Department and United Nations Security Council provided sanctions relief for humanitarian assistance flowing
It was lockdown in the Indian city of Hyderabad when activist SQ Masood was stopped on the street by police who asked him to remove his facial mask and then took his picture, giving no reason and ignoring his objections. Worried about how the photographs would
Kabul: In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes. A few months ago, before the Taliban movement seized power in August, she employed more than
Washington: The United States and Britain agreed to launch talks aimed at resolving their trade dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, the countries said in a joint statement. No specific date or timeline was given for the talks but discussions will address "global steel and
Washington: US President Joe Biden will nominate the first Muslim-American woman to serve as a federal judge, the White House announced as he continues his push to diversify the federal judiciary. Nusrat Jahan Choudhury has served as legal director for the Illinois chapter of the American
Accra: A new, interactive digital report shows that the number of hungry people in Africa continues to rise, spurred by conflict, climate change and economic slowdowns including those triggered by COVID-19. The African Union Commission (AUC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),