カテゴリー: Kashmir
In my tribe, the Dard Shin, girls’ dreams are often over by 13. It is time we cleared a path towards them all fulfilling their potentialI sit my office in Srinagar surrounded by the steady, safe hum of the secondary school where I work. As academic hea…
The accidental explosion comes days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red FortAt least nine people were killed and 32 injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a pol…
Investigators believe an explosion that killed 13 people may be linked to group operating in the disputed regionPolice have carried out raids and made several arrests across the Indian region of Kashmir in the aftermath of a car explosion in Delhi that…
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ long seasonal treksDawn had just broken across the trail through the Pir Panjal mountains when Fatima Deader felt the first labour pains. She and…
Sonam Wangchuk, who has been agitating against the government, was on his way to speak at a press briefingA renowned environmentalist at the forefront of a protest movement in the Indian region of Ladakh has been arrested amid a wider crackdown on diss…
Indian players refuse to shake hands with Pakistani counterparts after Asia Cup match, in sign that traditional onfield camaraderie is erodingAs nationalistic rivalries go, few run as deep as India and Pakistan. But even as the neighbours fought wars a…
At least 34 people died and more than 200 were missing after heavy rain caused a flash flood in Indian Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the town of Chashoti in Kishtwar district, a stopover point on a pilgrimage rout up to …
Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territoryThe government in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has banned 25 books, including works by the Booker-prize winning author Arundhati Roy, accusing …
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back “We threw seeds into the lake hundreds of times, but nothing grew. It’s only now, after the silt was cleared,…
Sardaar Ji 3 is breaking box office records despite not being released to its most famous actor’s home audienceHe is number one in the UK list of top 50 Asian celebrities in the world, has headlined arenas in the UK, US and across Europe as part of his…
Incident next to Gujarat border comes two weeks after four-day conflict between the two countriesIndian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man who they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the force has said.Th…
Trump’s interventions have infuriated India, which has emerged from conflict not as triumphant as it had hopedAgainst the odds, the ceasefire that followed Indian and Pakistan’s almost-war has held; fragile, uneasy but still unbroken. Yet in the afterm…
Residents of India-administered Kashmir worry root cause of conflict remains and return of violence is inevitableA week after fleeing artillery fire from across the border, Rina Begum returned to find her home in Kashmir devastated. The walls were crac…