Kashmir Journalists

The Pakistan government's lawyer told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday that the kidnapped journalist is under the custody of police in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and cannot be presented because he is on "foreign land".

A journalist from Jammu and Kashmir who alleged immigration officers in Delhi were "rude" to her is seen in CCTV footage not cooperating when the officers requested to get her bags scanned, the Delhi customs said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The recent address of Yana Mir,a social activist and journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, at the UK Parliament has become a hot topic.

Yana Mir, a social activist and a journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, was honoured in the UK Parliament with the Diversity Ambassador award.

Journalist and political commentator Majid Hyderi who was arrested last week by Jammu and Kashmir Police on charges of criminal conspiracy and extortion has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Monday.

The case against arrested journalist Peerzada Fahad Shah and Kashmir University scholar Abdul Ala Fazili was probed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), which successfully brought it up to the stage of framing charges, an official said.

The Union Home Ministry said the government has taken several steps to protect the lives of people, including media persons, as security and intelligence agencies remain deployed across Jammu and Kashmir to thwart terrorists and their handlers

Eight journalists working in Kashmir have received threat from terrorists online and four of them have reportedly resigned from their jobs, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha today.

Police on Tuesday arrested a journalist from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a 2017 case, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police today started massive searches at ten locations in connection with threatening of journalists by terror outfit The Resistance Front.

The Editors Guild of India today voiced "deep concern" over recent threats issued to journalists working in Kashmir by suspected terror organisations, and the subsequent resignation of five mediapersons from their respective media outlets.

In the backdrop of recent threats to Kashmir-based journalists, an intelligence report noted that LeT terrorist Mukthar Baba, who now operates from Turkey.

Police say The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, is behind the threats. A First Information Report, or FIR, under anti-terrorist law UAPA has been registered and investigations have been launched.

Police on Saturday filed a case against terrorists and handlers belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and one of its offshoots for sending threat letters to journalists in Kashmir.

The situation for civilians in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a "new turn for the worse" under the Lieutenant Governor's rule with activists and journalists targeted with sedition and anti-terror laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and

The Pakistan government's lawyer told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday that the kidnapped journalist is under the custody of police in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and cannot be presented because he is on "foreign land".

A journalist from Jammu and Kashmir who alleged immigration officers in Delhi were "rude" to her is seen in CCTV footage not cooperating when the officers requested to get her bags scanned, the Delhi customs said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The recent address of Yana Mir,a social activist and journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, at the UK Parliament has become a hot topic.

Yana Mir, a social activist and a journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, was honoured in the UK Parliament with the Diversity Ambassador award.

Journalist and political commentator Majid Hyderi who was arrested last week by Jammu and Kashmir Police on charges of criminal conspiracy and extortion has been booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Monday.

The case against arrested journalist Peerzada Fahad Shah and Kashmir University scholar Abdul Ala Fazili was probed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), which successfully brought it up to the stage of framing charges, an official said.

The Union Home Ministry said the government has taken several steps to protect the lives of people, including media persons, as security and intelligence agencies remain deployed across Jammu and Kashmir to thwart terrorists and their handlers

Eight journalists working in Kashmir have received threat from terrorists online and four of them have reportedly resigned from their jobs, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha today.

Police on Tuesday arrested a journalist from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a 2017 case, officials said.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police today started massive searches at ten locations in connection with threatening of journalists by terror outfit The Resistance Front.

The Editors Guild of India today voiced "deep concern" over recent threats issued to journalists working in Kashmir by suspected terror organisations, and the subsequent resignation of five mediapersons from their respective media outlets.

In the backdrop of recent threats to Kashmir-based journalists, an intelligence report noted that LeT terrorist Mukthar Baba, who now operates from Turkey.

Police say The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, is behind the threats. A First Information Report, or FIR, under anti-terrorist law UAPA has been registered and investigations have been launched.

Police on Saturday filed a case against terrorists and handlers belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and one of its offshoots for sending threat letters to journalists in Kashmir.

The situation for civilians in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a "new turn for the worse" under the Lieutenant Governor's rule with activists and journalists targeted with sedition and anti-terror laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and