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By Hilal Mir SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Two police officers were killed and 12 others wounded in a militant attack Monday in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Militants fired on a bus carrying police personnel in the capital Srinagar’s Zewan area, police said in a statement. A total of 14 officers were wounded […]

7th Mar 2021

Indian government forces assault Kashmiri journalists

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Two journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir were allegedly assaulted by the government forces during a protest in the capital city of Srinagar on Friday. Shafat Farooq, a video journalist with the BBC Urdu service and Saqib Majeed, a freelance photojournalist, alleged that they were assaulted while […]

2nd Nov 2020

Jammu & Kashmir: Top militant commander killed by Indian forces

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India (AA): A top militant commander, Saifullah Mir, was killed in a gun battle in the Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Kashmir region’s Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said that Mir, the operational chief commander of Hizbul Mujahideen — a militant outfit active in the […]

10th Dec 2018

Jammu & Kashmir: 3 militants, including teenager, killed in Kashmir

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 […]

6th May 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Indian forces kill 3 suspected militants in Kashmir, mows down a protester

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir, India, (AA): Indian armed forces on Saturday killed three suspected militants in a gun battle in Chattabal area, on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Meanwhile a protester was mowed down by Indian police vehicle in Srinagar. Adil Ahmad Yadoo of Safa Kadal was […]

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 […]

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 […]

26th Aug 2016

India: India defends crackdown, killing of protesters in Kashmir

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): The Indian-backed chief minister of Indian-held Kashmir on Thursday defended recent civilian killings by Indian forces, saying that protesters were a small minority who had attacked police stations and army camps. “Did the child [who was killed] go to the army camp to buy toffee? Had the […]

11th Jul 2016

India: Deadly clashes stoke Kashmiri fury

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): As the death toll has risen in Kashmir, so has the fury that has mounted by the hour and spread throughout the disputed Himalayan region in the wake of the killing of a young Kashmiri militant commander. At least 21 Kashmiri youths have been killed and hundreds […]

22nd Feb 2016

Jammu Kashmir: 5 Indian troops killed as Srinagar standoff enters 2nd day

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir, India (AA): Five Indian security personnel have been killed so far in an ongoing firefight with pro-independence militants who since yesterday have been holed up in a building in Srinagar’s Pampore district. On Sunday, two Indian army commandos were killed, bringing the total death toll among Indian security […]

10th Feb 2016

Indian-held Jammu Kashmir paralyzed by general strike

By Zahid Rafiq SRINAGAR, Jammu Kashmir (AA): Indian-held Jammu Kashmir on Tuesday saw a complete general strike organized to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Afzal Guru, who was hanged by the Indian authorities for his alleged role in a 2001 attack on India’s parliament. Called for by pro-independence leaders, the strike […]

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.

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 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.