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By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Two militants and two Indian Airforce personnel were killed early Wednesday in a fierce gun battle in Hajin village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The gun battle is still on. The slain Airforce personnel were operating with the Army for operational experience and training in […]

27th Aug 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Militants storm major police base killing Indian forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu-Kashmir, India (AA): Four Indian paramilitary personnel, four policemen and three militants were killed in southern Jammu-Kashmir when a major police base came under attack Saturday, top police official told local media. The incident took place in Pulwama district, located some 26 kilometers (16 miles) to the south of capital […]

3rd Aug 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Two Kashmiri militants, two Indian soldiers killed

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Two Kashmiri militants and two soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in two separate gunfights in the disputed Jammu Kashmir region on Thursday morning. A major of the Indian Army and another soldier were killed when militants attacked a group of Indian forces in Zaipora […]

9th Jul 2017

Jammu & Kashmir shuts down, protests erupt

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): The disputed Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday observed a complete shutdown to mark the first anniversary of the death of local militant commander, Burhan Wani. Fearing pro-independence protests and demonstrations, the Indian authorities had increased the presence of its armed forces and imposed curfew-like […]

26th Jun 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: 2 Kashmiris killed in gunbattle with Indian soldiers

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Two suspected militants were killed and three Indian soldiers were injured during an overnight clash at a school in Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, according to Indian army. The gunbattle between soldiers and suspected militants began on Saturday following an attack on […]

22nd May 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Four Kashmiri militants, three Indian soldiers killed in clashes

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Four militants and three Indian soldiers were killed in a two day lon Sundayg gunbattle close to the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, according to the Indian army on. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between students and government forces in […]

5th May 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian forces launch crackdown on Kashmiri villages

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): A Kashmiri civilian was killed and five others wounded in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The deaths took place as Indian forces conducted the largest search operation in the disputed territory in more than a decade. While thousands of descended upon villages in the Shopian district […]

2nd May 2017

Pakistan denies Indian claim of border atrocity

By Zahid Rafiq and Aamir Latif SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir and KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan Monday strongly denied Indian claims that its forces had committed an atrocity along the border with disputed Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan’s Army did not commit any cease-fire violation on the line of control or an action in the Buttal […]

27th Apr 2017

Indian Hindu priest in UP forms ‘people’s army’ to fight Kashmiris

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): An Indian Hindu priest has formed a so-called people’s army in Kanpur city in northern Uttar Pradesh state to fight against the pro-independence Kashmiri Muslim demonstrators in Jammu and Kashmir. Balyogi Arun Puri Chaitanya Maharaj, the priest who heads the so-called army named Jan Sena, told […]

27th Apr 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Stone-throwing Kashmiri girls defy Indian armed forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (AA): She is 20 years old and ever since she threw stones at the Indian armed forces last week, she says she feels a sense of liberation. As if a weight had been lifted from her chest. “How much brutality can you quietly witness? How many […]

23rd Apr 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: ‘Cow-protection’ Hindu group attacks family

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): An alleged group of cow vigilantes belonging to a right-wing Hindu group attacked five members of a family, including a minor girl who suffered multiple fractures, according to police on Saturday. Regional police chief Shesh Paul Vaid said the family was attacked by “goons” in […]

18th Apr 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Dozens of Kashmiris wounded in clash with Indian forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Indian armed forces injured dozens of Kashmiris Monday when they clashed with thousands of pro-independence students who walked out of their schools, colleges and university campuses in Jammu and Kashmir. The students, who termed the Indian rule in the region as “military occupation”, were reacting […]

10th Apr 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: 6 protestors shot dead by Indian forces

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA)- Six civilians were killed and at least 50 were wounded Sunday in disputed Jammu and Kashmir when Indian forces opened fire on massive pro-independence protests. The protests were against the Indian parliamentary elections for the Srinagar constituency, which saw a meager voter turnout of only […]

29th Mar 2017

Indian armed forces kill 3 civilians in Jammu-Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Indian security forces allegedly opened fire on unarmed civilian protesters, killing three of them and wounding over a dozen others in central Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, according to police. Protesters came under fire when they were allegedly throwing stones at Indian security forces involved in […]

15th Feb 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: 4 Indian soldiers, 4 militants killed

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Eight people, including four Indian army soldiers and four pro-independence militants were killed in two separate gunbattles in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police officials said. In the first gunbattle, a militant and three Indian soldiers were killed in Bandipora district’s Hajin area in the morning. […]

13th Feb 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Civilian killed in pro-independence rallies

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Thousands of unarmed civilians in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir took to the streets in massive pro-Independence demonstrations and clashed with the Indian forces in the region after the killing of four Kashmiri militants and one civilian by Indian forces during a gun-battle on Sunday […]

14th Apr 2016

Jammu Kashmir on edge after Indian army kills civilians

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): The Jammu Kashmir region witnessed a complete shutdown Wednesday, a day after three civilians, including a 70-year-old woman, were killed by the Indian army. Hundreds of people defied a government-imposed curfew and staged protests across the region. The three civilians were killed on Tuesday after the […]

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Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.