TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS INDIAN SUPERSTITIONS AND ANUSHKA SHARMA
In 2006, a boy was kidnapped and killed by a woman and her two sons to cure her nightmares in Uttar Pradesh State. She was advised by a witch doctor to do so.
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Destiny | A short story by Ayesha Rafique
”Yes yes, why would you listen to me? Now I am getting old but It doesn’t mean I have no more importance”, Salima baghum said proudly.
Zaffar Meraj telling the Untold Story of Muhammad Maqbool Butt
It was one of those chilly evenings of winter of 1984 and I, as usual, was trying to gather news reports for next day’s issue of AINA which I was associated with, then.
Bungus Valley – an unexplored Himalayan charm of Kupwara Jammu Kashmir
Over the years, this valley has remained unexplored but now it is coming up as one of the most exotic places of Kashmir.
Maqbool Butt biography – From birth to death
Last year Iftikhar Gilani, a Delhi based Kashmiri journalist who spent ten months in Tihar wrote in his book that Maqbool Butt’s grave in prison has been built over. There are two other graves waiting for the body of Maqbool Butt.
A comprehensive report on the water resources of Jammu Kashmir.
The state of Jammu Kashmir is a large freshwater resources belt in the Himalayan region, Including Glaciers, lakes, rivers, streams and becks. The state is surrounded by three atomic powers, India, Pakistan and China.
Robert Thorpe and the colonial narrative of Jammu Kashmir History
Disregarding the contribution of local shawl weavers, artisans and labourers and exaggerating Mr Thorpe who wasn’t in principle against occupation per se is a case of distorting history.
Jailed Kashmiri Journalist Asif Sultan won the John Aubuchon International Press Freedom Award
The club lashed out at India for violating the rights of the journalists in Kashmir. A press release dated August 22 by the club announcing the award quotes the club president: “It is completely unacceptable for India to violate the basic human rights of reporters and to deny the people of Kashmir access to unfiltered information through an unfettered press.”
Ban imposed on British Kashmiri’s protest before Indian High Commission in London
Under Section 14 Public Order Act 1986, the Scotland Yard has restricted the protestors from taking the procession to outside Indian High Commission a short distance from the Parliament Square.
Kashmiri Photo-Journalist Dar Yasin wins the global award in Greece
Tensions in Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region divided between Pakistan and India but claimed by both in its entirety, have escalated in recent weeks following a decision by New Delhi to downgrade the Indian-administered area’s semi-autonomy.