Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
BEIJING: With relations between India and Pakistan hitting an all-time low China on Tuesday virtually announced its role as a mediator in the Kashmir dispute between two hostile nuclear powered neighbours to fulfill its responsibility as a stabilising force and conflict mediator in South Asia. The Chinese state-run media said that the country was ready […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
West Bank: A young Palestinian man becomes the first victim of an open-ended mass hunger strike by Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails as well as their supporters in the occupied West Bank. The 30-year-old victim from the city of Ramallah, identified as Mazan al-Maghrebi, passed away at his home in Ramallah on Monday due to […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
United Nations: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to vote on a resolution that describes Israel as an occupying power, denying its sovereignty claims over all of Jerusalem al-Quds. The UN heritage body will on Tuesday vote on the resolution, which describes as null and void any decision by the […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
On Friday reportedly the Supreme Court of India (SCI) practically dismissed the petition of J&K Bar Association (J&K-BA) by putting impossible condition that it can order dialogue with Kashmiris to resolve Kashmir conflict if there was a halt to stone-pelting and bloodshed. Like any other Bar Association the J&K-BA is also a body of law-knowers […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
Srinagar: The Department of Politics and Governance, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) today organised an interaction session of Prof. Sumantra Bose, Professor, International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics, with the students at Nowgam-I academic block here. Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, Prof. Noor Ahmad Baba, Department of Politics and Governance, Coordinator, Dr. […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
The BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav held a meeting with the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti at her Fairview residence amid deepening rift between the coalition partners over the handling of the situation. However, Madhav refused to talk to media revealing that the things were not hunky-dory in the coalition. Over the past two weeks, Madhav […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
I do not know what prompted the Bar Association of J&K to approach the Supreme Court for a ban on the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. I am not even privy to the arguments it put forth for imposing such a ban. But if the plea of the Association came as a surprise, the […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
On a chilly April morning, with a backpack filled with political science, psychology and civics books slung on his shoulders, Asif Ashraf, 19, climbed the steps of the makeshift Saddar Court Complex in Bemina, Srinagar. Ashraf is charged with arson, and rioting with a deadly weapon along with Amir Asghar, 25, whom Ashraf met at […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
As we head towards a southern hemisphere winter, many people are wondering if its worth getting the flu vaccine. Generally speaking, if you are vaccinated, youre less likely to get the flu. But thats not the whole story. For most healthy people, its about considering the cost and a few seconds of pain against the possibility that […]
Observer News Service - May 2, 2017
Beijing: China is ready to resolve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan because it has a “vested interest,” an opinion piece in a Chinese daily said on Tuesday. China has so far been neutral over the Kashmir dispute, but the commentary in the Global Times – run by the Communist Party of China – indicates […]