Heavy snowfall, sparse crowd, mixed feelings: Bharat Jodo Yatra comes to an end in Srinagar

Rahul Gandhi skipped any mention of Article 370 while few Opposition leaders were present at the rally.

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What government data says – and doesn’t – about militancy in J&K since the scrapping of Article 370

While there has been a clear drop in militant violence, the figures revealed some worrying trends.

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· Jan 19, 2023 · 06:30 am

In Jammu and Kashmir, corruption derails government job drives

Thousands of candidates spent months studying and training for recruitment exams, four of which were cancelled by the administration in 2022 alone.

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· Jan 12, 2023 · 06:30 am

A Kashmir family waits in dread for news of son ‘missing’ from Army custody

The Army says Abdul Rashid Dar escaped a day after they picked him up for questioning; his family members don’t buy the claim

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· Jan 05, 2023 · 06:30 am

How a politician and a surgeon got together to challenge the redrawing of J&K’s political map

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on the plea filed by the two Kashmiris challenging the validity and setting up of the delimitation commission.

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· Dec 29, 2022 · 09:00 am

‘It’s a fight for our identity’: Omar Abdullah on the next J&K election and more

The former chief minister also ruled out street protests for the restoration of autonomy under Article 370.

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· Nov 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

Kashmiri Pandit killings: Nadimarg massacre trial may resume but those accused of murder are dead

Lawyers believe only seven policemen charged with dereliction of duty for the killings in 2003 may be tried.

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· Nov 18, 2022 · 06:30 am

In Kashmir, the police are increasingly using preventive detention laws against drug dealers

Lawyers say it reflects the failure of ordinary criminal procedures.

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· Nov 12, 2022 · 09:00 am

Changing minds: In Kashmir, more people are seeking mental health care

This may be partly driven by clinics at the district level and more mental health professionals.

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· Nov 06, 2022 · 06:30 am

Kashmir saw a bumper apple crop this year. So what’s troubling the apple trade?

While there was a public outcry over apple trucks stranded on the highway, there are other reasons for the logjam.

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· Oct 23, 2022 · 06:30 am

The steady decline of Ladakh’s nomadic herders

Military tensions, ecological concerns and a tourism boom, all threaten to wipe out the Changpa tribe’s traditional occupation.

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· Oct 19, 2022 · 09:00 am

Will felling thousands of willow trees help save Kashmir’s Wular Lake?

Believed to be Asia’s second largest freshwater lake, it has shrunk dramatically over the last century.

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· Oct 18, 2022 · 06:30 am