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By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Three militants, including a 14-year-old, were killed on Sunday after Indian forces attacked a militant hideout in Mujgund near Srinagar, the capital city of Kashmir. The gun battle started on Saturday evening and lasted for around 18 hours before ending on Sunday. “The three slain […]

26th Nov 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian troops kill 6 militants, 1 civilian

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Six militants and an Indian army soldier were killed in Kashmir’s south after the troops attacked a militant hideout on Sunday, police said. One teen civilian was killed by Indian forces during protests by Kashmiris. “Based on a credible input about the presence of militants […]

22nd Oct 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: 5 civilians, 3 militants killed by Indian troops

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Five Kashmiri civilians and three militants were killed in southern Kashmir, police said Sunday. The militants were killed in a gunbattle with the Indian forces and a civilian was also shot dead in Kulgam area, police spokesman Manoj Pandita said. Four more civilians were killed in […]

17th Jun 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: Kashmiri protester killed, 16 injured by Indian troops after Eid prayers

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA): A protester was killed and 16 others injured by Indian armed forces following Eid prayers in southern Kashmir on Saturday, local media reported. On Friday evening, Waqas Ahmad was killed and his sister Ruqaya Bano injured by Indian armed forces in Nowpora area in Pulwama district. […]

15th Jun 2018

UN rights chief calls for probe into held Kashmir abuses

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA):- The UN human rights chief on Thursday called for forming an international inquiry committee to probe the ongoing human rights violations and abuses in Kashmir. Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region, is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed by both in full. A small sliver of Kashmir […]

3rd Jun 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Shutdown, restrictions in Kashmir after civilian killed by Indian soldiers

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Following the death of a civilian protestor after being run over by an Indian armed forces vehicle, the Kashmir region on Saturday observed a complete shutdown, with Indian authorities responding with curfew-like restrictions in the capital Srinagar and other urban areas. Pictures of two protestors […]

19th Apr 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: Protests held in Jammu Kashmir over rape of minor girl

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Protests erupted on Wednesday in universities across Jammu and Kashmir against the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl. According to police, the protests left two students and two police officers wounded. The girl from a nomadic Muslim herder family was grazing cattle when […]

12th Apr 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: 4 civilians, 1 Indian soldier killed in south Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Four civilians, including a minor and an Indian soldier were killed in a gun battle between militants and Indian forces in southern Kashmir on Wednesday, according to a military official and police. “One of our soldiers has been martyred in the gun battle. The operation […]

10th Feb 2018

India: Militants storm into Indian Army camp in Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Militants on Saturday stormed into an army camp in Indian-held Jammu Kashmir, killing at least two soldiers and wounding six others, local media and police sources said. A gun-battle continues as Indian Army brings in heavy reinforcements. The government has issued an alert in the […]

31st Dec 2017

Militants storm Indian paramilitary camp in Kashmir, 6 killed

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Four Indian soldiers and two Kashmiri militants were killed and at least two others wounded on Sunday as Kashmiri militants stormed a paramilitary camp in disputed Kashmir. According to Indian officials, at least two militants entered the 185 battalion paramilitary camp in the southern Pulwana district in […]

25th Oct 2017

Pakistan: Two women killed by Indian fire in Kashmir

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of killing at least two women and injuring six other people in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) — a de facto border that divides the disputed Kashmir valley between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), […]

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 […]

20th Jul 2017

Pakistan: 8 dead in new border clash with India

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Eight people, including five Indian soldiers, two civilians and a Pakistani soldier were killed on Wednesday in new clashes along the Line of Control, a de facto border that divides the Kashmir valley, according to the Pakistani army. The latest incident marks the fourth consecutive day of clashes […]

17th Jul 2017

Pakistan: 4 Pakistani troops killed along Kashmir Line of Control

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Four Pakistani soldiers are believed to have been killed when their vehicle fell into a river along the de facto border region of Kashmir after Indian forces allegedly hit it, according to Pakistan army on Sunday. Pakistani army’s media wing, Inter Services Public Relations, said Indian troops allegedly […]

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 […]

18th May 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: Muslim leader under house arrest ahead of talk

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India, (AA): The spiritual leader of Kashmir’s Muslim majority was placed under house arrest Wednesday as he was due to address a seminar. Umar Farooq, who as the mirwaiz of Kashmir leads around 6 million Muslims, had been due to speak during a week of events to mark […]

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 […]

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 […]

17th Apr 2017

Jammu & Kashmir: India forces seek to quash rights abuse videos as killings continue

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): Indian authorities in Jammu and Kashmir are scrambling to quash a rash of viral videos of alleged human rights abuses, blaming them for fueling the violence in the Indian-held part of the disputed Kashmir region. Meanwhile, Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Sunday against the […]

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 […]

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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.