Firdous Qadri Scores of women on Sunday staged a protest in Srinagar against the Fashion show being organized amid covid-19 by a group named J-K Youth Society at Tagore Hall in Srinagar. The women marched from Nehru Park to SKICC, where the event was held in which dozens of youth participated as models, designers, dancers, rap artists, and stand-up comedians. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat a woman protestor said such events have no place in a society like Kashmir. "We have not been forced to come here by anyone, but we will speak against what is against our culture and religion." She said that in the name of clothes, shamelessness and vulgarity are being promoted in Kashmir. "Such fashion shows are promoted to spread vulgarity in our younger generation which is against the basi...

Days after Jammu Kashmir Police issued an order banning the 'live' coverage of encounters between the Government forces and militants, various journalists alleged that they were stopping from covering the encounters that raged in South Kashmir's Shopian and Anantnag districts. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat over the phone, a journalist who wished to maintain anonymity said that a group of journalists was barred from covering the encounter that raged on Saturday evening in the Semthan area of Bijbehara in Anantnag district. "An official came and warned us to not come close to the site of the encounter, he asked to not do any coverage and said if the law (ban on live coverage) is not followed, legal action would be initiated against the journalists found in contravention with the law," he...