View from Kashmir Observer: Scholar-militant Mannan Wani marked changing face of Kashmir militancy

The Phd scholar-turned-Hizbul operative was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday.

Kashmir Observer

· Oct 12, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Barricaded hotels, invisible candidates, killings: What municipal elections look like in Kashmir

Even polling officials are referring to candidates by numbers rather than names lest their identities are disclosed. It’s all to BJP’s advantage.

Ubeer Naqushbandi

· Oct 06, 2018 · 09:00 am

In Kashmir, violence and fear of militants aren’t the only reasons panchayats have failed

In spite of promising greater powers and funding to Panchayati Raj institutions, successive governments have ensured they remain weak and dysfunctional.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Oct 05, 2018 · 09:00 am

Under threat from militants, Kashmir special police officers quitting – through social media videos

‘Mafinamas’ or apology letters are also being sent out to the local press and to mosques.

Ubeer Naqushbandi

· Sep 26, 2018 · 09:00 am

Doomed project? Kashmir’s upcoming panchayat elections seem destined for failure

During the last elections in 2011, voter turnouts in some places were 80%. Much has changed since then.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Sep 16, 2018 · 09:00 am

‘Tit for tat’: A raft of abductions in Kashmir shows the Valley is caught in a cycle of retaliation

Militants kidnapped the relatives of policemen on August 30. They said this was in response to the continued harassment of their families by the police.

Rayan Naqash

· Sep 04, 2018 · 07:30 am

‘He is writing against forces in uniform’: J&K police say they may file a new FIR against reporter

Months before the ‘Kashmir Narrator’ journalist was arrested for ‘harbouring terrorists’, his editor got email from the police about stories in the publication.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Sep 03, 2018 · 01:21 pm

The political governor: Does Satya Pal Malik signal a change in Delhi’s approach to Kashmir?

The state has only had bureaucrats and army generals as governor since the 1960s.

Rayan Naqash

· Aug 25, 2018 · 07:30 am

BJP leader who helped expand the party’s footprint in South Kashmir is shot dead

Police suspect Shabir Ahmad Bhat was killed by militants.

Rayan Naqash

· Aug 23, 2018 · 10:30 am

In Kashmir, bravery award for controversial officer is met with outrage

In January, Major Aditya Kumar’s unit was involved in an operation that left three civilians dead.

Rayan Naqash

· Aug 16, 2018 · 07:30 am

Jammu and Kashmir: At least three injured in a blast in Budgam’s Tosa Maidan area

Tosa Maidan used to be an Army firing range before it was opened to tourists and trekkers.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 12, 2018 · 03:36 pm

Pressure, intimidation, torture: Activists claim Kathua case is being systematically undermined

It goes beyond Talib Hussain, the activist who led protests demanding justice for the 8-year-old girl, allege activists. Other witnesses are being targeted too.

Rayan Naqash

· Aug 12, 2018 · 09:00 am