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Articles of the author SRINAGAR
After a decade, Kashmir to vote in historic elections
On a bright September afternoon, a caravan of colorful cars, festooned with flags, arrives at a village in Indian-administered Kashmir for an election rally. Iltija Mufti, a politician from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), slowly rises from the (...)

16 - 09 - 2024
Surge in attacks brings fear to calmer parts of Kashmir
On 9 June, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir saw one of its deadliest attacks in years. Nine Hindu pilgrims were killed and more than 30 people were injured after militants opened fire on a bus that was making its way to a shrine in the (...)

24 - 07 - 2024
Asif Sultan, the Kashmiri journalist who keeps getting arrested
On 29 February, journalist Asif Sultan arrived at his home in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir after being held on remand in jail for more than 2,000 days. He barely spent five hours with his family before he was called to a local police (...)

12 - 03 - 2024
Kashmir's rare snowless winter sets off alarm bells
In his 17 years of managing a hotel in Gulmarg, a picturesque town in Indian-administered Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad has never seen a season without snow. But this year, things are different: the snow-clad mountains in the region are oddly brown and (...)

19 - 01 - 2024
Heavy snow disrupts life in India's Himalayan states
Heavy snowfall has impeded daily life across many parts of northern India. In Indian-administered Kashmir, a thick blanket of snow covered most of the region, snapping power supplies and causing delays in road, rail and air travel. The famous Dal (...)

01 - 02 - 2023
Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo unity march ends in Kashmir
Rahul Gandhi, MP and a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, is at the end of his 4,000km (2,485-mile)-long "unity march" across India. The five-month-long march began in Kanyakumari in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, and (...)

30 - 01 - 2023
Tension in Kashmir after five civilians killed
Parts of Indian-administered Kashmir are tense after five civilians were killed in two separate attacks in the same area in less than 24 hours. Four people were killed and nine injured after militants fired at three houses in Rajouri district on (...)

02 - 01 - 2023
Movies return to Kashmir with Hrithik Roshan-starrer
Cinema halls have reopened in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time in more than two decades. Moazum Mohammad and Abid Bhat report on the return of the cinema to the conflict-torn region — and what it means for the people. The foyer of the (...)

30 - 09 - 2022
Kashmir fury at India's plan to redraw voting map
A controversy has erupted in Indian-administered Kashmir over a proposal to redraw the region's electoral map, BBC reported. The draft proposes an increase in assembly seats that could raise the influence of the Hindu-dominated Jammu region in the (...)

23 - 12 - 2021
Two dead, 14 hurt in attack on Kashmir police bus
Two policemen were killed and 14 injured after suspected militants attacked a bus carrying security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, BBC reported quoting police officials. Officials said three militants fired indiscriminately on the vehicle (...)

14 - 12 - 2021
India arrests prominent Kashmiri rights activist under anti-terror law
India's counter-terrorism agency has arrested a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist under a draconian anti-terrorism law which makes it nearly impossible to get bail, BBC reported. Khurram Parvez has been accused of "terror-funding" and (...)

23 - 11 - 2021
India moves thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to secure locations after targeted attacks
Indian authorities have moved thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to safer locations, while hundreds have fled the Himalayan valley after a wave of targeted killings, security officials said on Monday. Suspected militants have killed 11 (...)

19 - 10 - 2021
Killing of civilians sparks militancy fear in Kashmir
Siddharth Bindroo, 40, was on his way to a restaurant in Kashmir's main city Srinagar when he received a call. "Papa is dead," said the caller, leaving Bindroo, a noted endocrinologist in the region, shocked. According to BBC, some men allegedly (...)

12 - 10 - 2021
Govt unveils new initiative to revive crafts sector in Jammu and Kashmir
The government of India's newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has unveiled a new scheme to revive the ailing crafts sector in the region. Known as "Karkhandar," the scheme seeks to upscale the learning techniques of trainees and help (...)

28 - 08 - 2021
Development initiatives in India's J&K highlighted in webinar
For the first time Mishri Cherry, a produce of Jammu and Kashmir, was exported from Srinagar to Dubai on July 6, 2021 indicating that J&K is embarking on new export frontiers after benefiting from the developments taking place in the agriculture (...)

06 - 08 - 2021
Webinar shines a spotlight on development initiatives in India's Jammu and Kashmir
A number of prominent Indians based in Jeddah attended a webinar on Thursday to take stock of the recent developments that have taken place in India's Jammu and Kashmir. The webinar, which was organized by Pradeep Sharma, a well-known Jammu (...)

24 - 10 - 2020
$183mn package for Jammu and Kashmir seeks to rejuvenate economic activities
In a bid to boost the business and the other ailing sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, Lt. Gov. of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha recently announced a relief package of 1,350 crore rupees (nearly $183 million). The federal aid is expected to provide a (...)

28 - 09 - 2020
India to limited internet in Kashmir after six-month blackout
Limited mobile data services and internet were being temporarily restored in Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, marking an end to nearly six-month blackout imposed by the Narendra Modi-led government in New Delhi, but social media will stay offline, (...)

25 - 01 - 2020
One dead, 34 injured in grenade attack in Kashmir's Srinagar
One person died and at least 34 were injured on Monday in a grenade attack in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, Indian officials said, in the bloodiest incident since New Delhi stripped the region of special status on Aug. 5. The (...)

04 - 11 - 2019
Kashmir losing migrant workers as militants find new target
A rash of killings by separatist militants targeting outsiders in India's Kashmir has persuaded growing numbers of migrant workers to stay away, rather than risk working in road gangs, building sites, hotels and apple orchards in the restive (...)

01 - 11 - 2019
India, China clash over Kashmir as it loses special status and is divided
India engaged in a diplomatic war of words with China over Kashmir on Thursday as it formally revoked the disputed state's constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories in a bid to integrate it fully into India. Shops and offices (...)

31 - 10 - 2019
Shops shuttered, streets deserted as Kashmir loses special status and is divided
Shops and offices were shut in Indian Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as federal authorities formally revoked the restive state's constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's (...)

31 - 10 - 2019
India moves to divide Jammu and Kashmir state despite protests, attacks
India will formally split up disputed Jammu and Kashmir state into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months. Street protests (...)

30 - 10 - 2019
India, Pakistan trade blame for border shelling
India and Pakistan blamed one another for cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region which killed and injured soldiers and civilians on both sides and made it one of the deadliest days since New Delhi revoked Kashmir's special status in (...)

20 - 10 - 2019
Indian parties shun first Kashmir polls since change of status
India's main opposition Congress said on Wednesday it would boycott local elections in Kashmir, joining two other parties in a setback for government efforts to restart political activity after it revoked the state's special status two months (...)

09 - 10 - 2019
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