Shadow militants: A 17-year-old’s initiation into violence in Kashmir prompts a question – why?

A shy teenage boy with no police record is now accused of killing his neighbour, a sarpanch.

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· A day ago

Shadow militants: How Srinagar became the new staging ground for militancy in Kashmir

Over the last decade, South Kashmir was the centre of local militancy, Now, high profile killings are carried out in the political capital of the Valley.

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· Yesterday · 06:30 am

Shadow militants: Why a policeman’s killing has shaken a battle-hardened Kashmiri village

Kashmir is witnessing a new militancy where combatants remain in the shadows and neighbour turns on neighbour. This report is the first part in a new series.

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· Aug 16, 2022 · 06:30 am

Kashmir’s Centaur Hotel was a witness to history. Now it stands sealed and deserted

The long-term employees of the hotel are fighting for their right to keep working there.

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· Jul 08, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘We are trapped’: Why village defence groups that fought militancy in Jammu are caught in a bind

A new government policy has left them dismayed – it promises less money than they used to earn before.

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· Jun 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

Targeted police killings reflect the changing nature of militancy in Kashmir

Pistol-bearing militants have attacked policemen and their families.

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· Jun 11, 2022 · 06:30 am

A Kashmiri actor was shot dead inside her home. Her family can’t fathom why

The police say militants killed her but her family never sensed any threat to her life.

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· May 30, 2022 · 06:30 am

A killing has put the spotlight on a tiny, little-known minority in Kashmir

On April 13, militants killed Satish Kumar Singh, a member of the tiny Dogra Rajput community in the Valley.

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· May 22, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘No crossfire’: In Kashmir, young shopkeeper's family refutes police version of his killing

Shoaib Mohammad Ganie’s brother says he saw him being surrounded and then shot.

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· May 20, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘Naya Kashmir’? Kashmiri Pandits in J&K are angry with the BJP after yet another killing

Many Pandits moved back to the Valley after government assurances of security. That rehabilitation scheme may now be unravelling.

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· May 17, 2022 · 06:30 am

Three Kashmiri students walk out of jail nearly a month after getting bail in sedition case

No person was ready to be the guarantor for their surety even as they got bail on March 30 in a case related to celebrating Pakistan’s win in a cricket match.

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· Apr 26, 2022 · 01:45 pm

Once again, migrant workers are fleeing Kashmir after a spate of attacks

This is the time of the year when migrants stream into the Valley for a season of work.

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· Apr 09, 2022 · 06:30 am