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Peerzada Ashiq

Srinagar

Special Correspondent at The Hindu

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  • 1 week ago | thehindu.com | Peerzada Ashiq

    Several Imams on Friday (April 11, 2025) read out a joint resolution against the Waqf Act during congregational prayers in Srinagar, even as Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest. The Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also hit the streets in Srinagar to express their displeasure over the Waqf issue.

  • 1 week ago | thehindu.com | Peerzada Ashiq

    One unidentified militant was killed in the Chenab Valley’s Kishtwar district, as the anti-militancy operation entered the third day on Friday (April 11, 2025). “One terrorist has so far been neutralised. Despite hostile terrain and adverse weather, relentless operations by our brave soldiers continues,” a spokesman of the Army’s White Knight Corps, in-charge of the Valley, said. A gunfight erupted between hiding militants and security forces in the upper reaches of Chhatru, Kishtwar, on April 9.

  • 2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Peerzada Ashiq

    In Srinagar’s historic Gadi Kocha spice market, the heady smell of dried cockscomb and dandelion mix with the aroma of pear and apple, and the sinus-hitting turnip. Jute sacks, used as curtains to shops, protect these delicate ingredients. Abutting the shops is Zaina Kadal the wooden bridge built by Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen in the 15th Century. This is Srinagar’s city centre.

  • 2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Peerzada Ashiq

    Two days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to J&K, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dismissed two government employees for alleged anti-national activities and the police conducted raids on separatists and attached properties of alleged militants in the Union Territory. Meanwhile, the Indian and Pakistani armies held a flag meeting in Poonch.

  • 2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Peerzada Ashiq

    Security forces engaged militants in two separate gunfights in the Udhampur and Kishtwar districts of the Jammu region on Wednesday (April 9, 2025), officials said. In Udhampur, the encounter began in Jopher village after the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police received specific information about the presence of suspected militants. “A special operations group (SOG) team was dispatched to the spot. During the search, a gunfight started.

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11 Apr 25

MMU-affiliated Imams read resolution against Waqf Act in J&K mosques https://t.co/JJcxzwisMX