The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation has come up with a new curtailment schedule for winters, terming it as “the lowest curtailment schedule in a decade”. […]
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The journalists in Kashmir are ‘Harassed’ and ‘Questioned’ for doing their job
By Aamir Peerzada Journalism has become especially risky in Indian-administered Kashmir since the federal government stripped the region of its special status in August last […]
Kashmiri’s decry ‘Land Grab’ as India enacts new Laws
Residents fear laws are aimed at a ‘land grab’ to dilute the Muslim-majority character of the disputed region, now directly under New Delhi’s control India […]
BJP workers detained while trying to hoist tricolour at Lal Chowk
Jammu and Kashmir police detained three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers from frontier district of Kupwara as they tried to hoist tricolour at Ghanta Ghar […]
The false promise of normalcy and development in Kashmir
A year after the annexation of Kashmir, the socio-economic situation has gotten worse. Anam Zakaria & Womic Baba This August marks a year since the […]
Kashmir sees rise in militancy as well repression post revocation of its autonomy
SRINAGAR, India—In July, I joined a group of young men plodding glumly through verdant paddy fields in Bijbehara, a picturesque town tucked inside a network […]
Kashmiris fear domicile certificates exercise to change demographics: Saifuddin Soz
Congress leader and former Union minister Saifuddin Soz has said the issuance of a large number of domicile certificates in J&K has led to apprehensions […]
Autumn, Kashmir’s Golden yellow season of plenty, is here
The chirp of the cicada bug, the grain-laden golden yellow rice fields, the dance of the rainbow trout in the crystal-clear waters of the Lidder […]
Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz demands release of all Kashmiri detainees
Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has demanded immediate and unconditional release of all illegally detained Kashmiris lodged in various jails of the territory […]
In Kashmir, different political ideologies have been set aside for a larger goal: Omar Abdullah
Former chief minister Omar Abdullah has said six regional parties, which signed the Gupkar declaration last year pledging to fight unitedly against the constitutional changes […]