Srinagar, Mar 11: A volte-face by the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Azam Mufti Bashir-ud-Din, on Thursday on his statement terming stone-pelting as ?un-Islamic?.
A statement in Urdu issued by a spokesman of Supreme Court of Islamic Shariat Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Bashir-ud-Din, said, ?Mufti Sahab never gave any statement on stone-pelting and the statement associated with him is baseless. He would give a press conference after his return from New Delhi

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Srinagar, Mar 11: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Thursday said India and the international community should recognise the transition of Kashmiri freedom struggle into a peaceful and a democratic movement.
?India and the international committee should recognise and respect the transition of the Kashmiri freedom struggle into a peaceful and non-violent democratic movement,? Malik told a visiting two-member delegation from the British

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Srinagar, Mar 11: The condition of most widows and orphans in Kashmir conflict is miserable as they face multi-dimensional problems, reveals a research study.
andnbsp;?Accommodation, educational loss, psychological depression, social disorganisation, insecurity, health deterioration, dependence on others, deviance and delinquency are some of the major issues widows and orphans of conflict face,? says ?A Sociological Study of Widows and Orphans?, conducted

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