Lockdown came here weeks before the rest of India: How Ladakh villages are coping with it

The economic strain of a prolonged lockdown is beginning to show.

Ipsita Chakravarty

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Safwat Zargar

· Mar 23, 2020 · 06:30 am

A different lockdown: Kashmir shuts again, this time to combat the coronavirus

Many fear going into isolation with only 2G internet available on mobiles.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 19, 2020 · 07:54 pm

Coronavirus: After international travel bans, Indian states begin to shut borders

Jammu and Kashmir is closed to foreign tourists. Some North Eastern states have enforced a blanket ban on all tourists.

Arunabh Saikia

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Safwat Zargar

· Mar 18, 2020 · 08:27 pm

Coronavirus: 254 Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran on list of positive cases shared by embassy

The foreign ministry refused to confirm or deny the list. Pilgrims say Indian authorities have assured them they would be flown back.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 17, 2020 · 05:47 pm

As coronavirus toll rises in Iran, stranded Kargil pilgrims hold protests to demand evacuation

Though 336 Indians have been evacuated so far, approximately 850 pilgrims from Kargil are still stuck.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 16, 2020 · 09:00 am

In J&K, the government is trying to recover 1 lakh hectares of encroached land

The exercise gained pace after the Centre revoked special status and split the former state into two Union Territories.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 15, 2020 · 09:00 am

Kashmiri couple arrested for alleged IS links was forced to move to Delhi by the lockdown in Valley

Jahanzaib Wani is an IT professional. After the internet shutdown in Kashmir, his company transferred him to Delhi.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 10, 2020 · 06:30 am

In Kashmir, a spree of arrests for alleged ‘misuse’ of social media and masking apps

At least five people including two minors have been taken into custody so far. One of them has been booked under sections of the UAPA.

Safwat Zargar

· Mar 01, 2020 · 09:00 am

Special status for Jammu and Kashmir has gone, but outside investors cannot buy land there

Before August 5, investors could lease land for 90 years but not buy it. That is unlikely to change.

Safwat Zargar

· Feb 23, 2020 · 09:00 am

Flawed Kashmir FIR against social media users has one main objective – to intimidate residents

The sections of the law cited are completely disproportionate to the alleged offences.

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Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Feb 19, 2020 · 09:00 am

Kashmiri leaders aren’t the only ones held under PSA – young men are languishing in faraway jails

The stories of three Kashmiris currently detained in Agra jail.

Safwat Zargar

· Feb 17, 2020 · 09:00 am

‘VPN for terrorism’: In Kashmir, youth allege their phones are checked by the army for masking apps

Internet service providers in the Valley are asking customers for written undertakings saying they will not access VPN applications.

Safwat Zargar

· Feb 09, 2020 · 09:00 am