Free Press Kashmir

01/11/2025

Police often treat dowry complaints as domestic disputes, not crimes.And so the fire burns quietly, repeatedly, in villages and towns.

Gowher Bhat for FPK.

Gold, shame, and silence: The cost of being a daughter in Kashmir

It begins in silence. A match struck somewhere deep inside a house, maybe in Haryana, maybe in Kashmir. A woman screams. Just once, muffled, brief. Neighbours hear it and hesitate. They know, and yet they do nothing. Someone will call the police later. Someone will say it was fate. Seventeen Indian....

30/10/2025

Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that employee termination cases in Jammu and Kashmir should be decided through courts and not on suspicion.

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/termination-of-employees-must-be-decided-through-courts-not-on-suspicion-cm-oma

30/10/2025

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/attempt-to-choke-free-media-bias-in-govt-advertisement-policy-for-newspapers-says-waheed-para-in-assembly-seeks-urgent-review/

30/10/2025

Termination of employees must be decided through courts, not on suspicion: CM Omar

Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that employee termination cases in Jammu and Kashmir should be decided through courts and not on suspicion. Speaking to reporters in Handwara, CM Omar said that every government employee deserves a fair chance to defend themselves before any pu...

30/10/2025

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/no-teacher-recruitment-in-kashmir-since-2019-jk-govt-informs-house/

30/10/2025

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Waheed Parra on Thursday accused the government of adopting a biased and selective approach in distributing government advertisements to media outlets, alleging that only a handful of publications are being favoured while prominent newspapers are being sidelined.

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/attempt-to-choke-free-media-bias-in-govt-advertisement-policy-for-newspapers-says-waheed-para-in-assembly-seeks-urgent-review/

30/10/2025

Srinagar: The government on Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that there has been no recruitment of teachers in the last two years.

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/no-teacher-recruitment-in-kashmir-since-2019-jk-govt-informs-house/

30/10/2025

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has terminated two government teachers in Jammu and Kashmir under Article 311, allegedly for their involvement in militancy-related activities.

https://freepresskashmir.news/2025/10/30/lg-sinha-terminates-two-government-teachers-over-militancy-links-in-jk/

30/10/2025

‘Serious matter’: Sajad Lone, Nazir Gurezi spar in assembly over reservation policy

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Thursday witnessed a heated exchange between People's Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone and National Conference MLA Nazir Ahmad Gurezi over the reservation issue, with several lawmakers from reserved constituencies also protesting against the former. Dur...

30/10/2025

‘Attempt to choke free media’: Bias in Govt advertisement policy for newspapers, says Waheed Para in assembly; seeks urgent review

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Waheed Parra on Thursday accused the government of adopting a biased and selective approach in distributing government advertisements to media outlets, alleging that only a handful of publications are being favoured while prominent newspapers ar...

30/10/2025

In JK assembly, Tarigami seeks fresh media policy for fair ad distribution, protection of press freedom

Seeks fresh media policy for equitable distribution of advertisements Srinagar: The Kulgam legislator, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Thursday sought a fresh media policy for the distribution of advertisements and said that the freedom of press as well as the reporters must be protected. Speaking in th...