The last election of J&K state: Meet four candidates in the fray

Three are in exile from their villages.

Safwat Zargar

· Yesterday · 09:00 am

Before the phones came back to life, Kashmiri families could not even mourn their dead

Sad tidings reached too late. And death certificates could not be handed out under an internet blackout.

Safwat Zargar

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Ipsita Chakravarty

· Oct 17, 2019 · 09:00 am

J&K government misled Supreme Court about Srinagar media centre timings, say journalists

The government made the erroneous claim in its response to a writ petition filed in the top court by ‘Kashmir Times’ Editor Anuradha Bhasin.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 15, 2019 · 11:44 pm

Farooq Abdullah’s sister, daughter among women detained after protests break out in Srinagar

Among those detained were Farooq Abdullah’s daughter Safiya Abdullah, his sister Suraiya Abdullah, and Hawa Bashir, the wife of former J&K chief justice.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 15, 2019 · 02:29 pm

‘A prison by the lake’: How political detainees in Srinagar hotel are kept under surveillance

Friends and relatives claim Kashmiri leaders are under pressure to sign bonds swearing off political activity. The government denies it.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 13, 2019 · 09:00 am

In full-page ads, Kashmir government finally admits that shops are closed, public transport stalled

The announcements on the front pages of ten newspapers urge residents not to tolerate coercion from separatists.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 11, 2019 · 09:38 pm

In Kashmir, boys aged 14 and 16 held under dreaded Public Safety Act and sent to Uttar Pradesh jails

Using the law to detain minors is illegal.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 06, 2019 · 09:00 am

In Kashmir, Imran Khan’s UN speech was welcomed with processions, pro-azadi songs

At least one youth has received serious pellet injuries in the aftermath of the speech.

Safwat Zargar

· Oct 02, 2019 · 09:00 am

In Kashmir, Modi government banks on panchayats to remake politics – but the system is broken

Sarpanches say they feel “deceived by the government”.

Safwat Zargar

· Sep 30, 2019 · 09:00 am

Meet the leader of a new political party in Kashmir: ‘We believe our future lies with India’

The president of the brand new Jammu and Kashmir Political Movement (I) said a leader in Delhi influenced his political career but declined to name him.

Safwat Zargar

· Sep 22, 2019 · 09:00 am

Meet the amateur pellet doctors of Srinagar who treat protestors too scared to go to hospital

Their surgical tools include blades, Dettol-soaked cottonwool and cycle spokes.

Safwat Zargar

· Sep 19, 2019 · 09:00 am

In Kashmir’s apple town, fruit growers are caught between government and gunmen

After a five-year-old child was injured in an attack in Sopore, few will venture to the forbidden fruit mandis.

Safwat Zargar

· Sep 14, 2019 · 09:00 am