Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased

Business Standard  

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir on Aug 5, striking down the long-standing constitutional provisions for the Himalayan region Premium A man rides a bicycle past the closed shops and hotels during restrictions, after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir Photo: Reuters/File A month after the government withdrew Article 370 and locked Kashmir down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests, residents are resisting attempts by authorities to show some signs of normalcy returning in the valley. Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir on Aug 5, striking down the long-standing constitutional provisions for the Himalayan region. To dampen the possibility of widespread protests, India flooded the state — already one of the world’s most militarised zones — with troops, imposed severe restrictions on movements, and cut all telephone, mobile phone and internet connections.

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Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike
1 month ago

Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike

Al Jazeera  

The climbdown in the geopolitically sensitive region comes amid growing anger against the administration. Islamabad, Pakistan – After a four-day wheel-jam strike and the shutdown of markets and civic activities, the government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has announced the withdrawal of a presidential ordinance that restricted “unregistered organisations” from holding protests without permission. Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a core member of the …

PM Modi Has Eliminated Terrorism, Naxalism; Article 370 Will Never Be Restored In J&K: Amit Shah In Maharashtra
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

PM Modi Has Eliminated Terrorism, Naxalism; Article 370 Will Never Be Restored In J&K: Amit Shah In Maharashtra

ABP News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully eliminated terrorism and Naxalism from India, and stressed that Article 370 will never be reinstated in Jammu and Kashmir. "I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that even if his fourth generation comes, Article 370 will not be restored in Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding that …

'We love Jammu and Kashmir, they love Article 370': PM Modi slams Congress over Article 370 resolution
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2 months ago

'We love Jammu and Kashmir, they love Article 370': PM Modi slams Congress over Article 370 resolution

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that democracy has strengthened in Jammu and Kashmir and said terrorism has been curbed there since Article 370 was removed. PM Modi also hit out at the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, without taking names and said, “…We love Jammu and Kashmir, they love Article 370. The remarks of PM Modi …

Jammu and Kashmir legislature passes resolution asking India to restore its special status
2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir legislature passes resolution asking India to restore its special status

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jammu and Kashmir’s regional legislature …

Jammu And Kashmir Election: PM Modi Attacks '3 Families' For 'Destroying Valley'. WATCH
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jammu And Kashmir Election: PM Modi Attacks '3 Families' For 'Destroying Valley'. WATCH

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the "three families" of Jammu and Kashmir politics amid the ongoing assembly elections. In a veiled dig at the Abdullahs, the Muftis, and the Gandhis, PM Modi said that the three families used to snatch the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. A few days ago, when I came to Jammu …

Modi govt. a disaster for J&K security situation, says Kharge
6 months ago

Modi govt. a disaster for J&K security situation, says Kharge

The Hindu  

Condoling the death of five soldiers in a terrorist attack in the Kathua region of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the Narendra Modi government is a “disaster” for the security situation in J&K. “We unequivocally condemn this cowardly terror attack on the Army in the strongest possible terms. This is the fifth… — Mallikarjun …

PM Modi's two-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir begins on June 20: Full schedule
6 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi's two-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir begins on June 20: Full schedule

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commence his two-day trip to Jammu and Kashmir on June 20. During his visit to the Union territory, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of multiple developmental projects and participate in the 10th International Day of Yoga event in Srinagar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi PM Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir will commence a …

‘Challenge Congress to say they will bring back Article 370’: PM Modi
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Challenge Congress to say they will bring back Article 370’: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has challenged the Congress or any other opposition party to bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. While responding to a question on opposition leaders declaring they will bring back Article 370, Modi told News18 that whoever understands India's constitution, federal structure, and what is in jurisdiction, will not say such things. The prime minister …

Modi is visiting Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy in '19
10 months ago

Modi is visiting Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy in '19

The Independent  

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Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy
10 months ago

Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Paramilitary soldiers patrol ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. In 2019, Modi’s …

Narendra Modi in Kashmir Updates: In Srinagar, PM emphasises on ‘Wed in India’
10 months ago

Narendra Modi in Kashmir Updates: In Srinagar, PM emphasises on ‘Wed in India’

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address at Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium on Thursday. Narendra Modi Kashmir visit Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar today to take part in the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ initiative. Thursday's visit marks PM Narendra Modi's first trip to Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. • PM …

India’s Modi visits Srinagar, first since Kashmir autonomy removed in 2019
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Srinagar, first since Kashmir autonomy removed in 2019

Al Jazeera  

The visit comes ahead of India’s national election due by May, the first since the government scrapped region’s special status. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first official visit to the main city of Indian-administrated Kashmir since New Delhi scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Modi’s government stripped the Muslim-majority territory of its special constitutional status, splitting …

Modi makes rare pre-election Kashmir trip, but struggles to ‘win hearts’
10 months ago

Modi makes rare pre-election Kashmir trip, but struggles to ‘win hearts’

Al Jazeera  

The Indian leader’s development pitch for the disputed region leaves Kashmiris asking when political grievances will be addressed. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – In his first speech in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir since scrapping its semi-autonomous status in 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed the move had brought development and prosperity to the region’s residents. The 2019 break …

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at Narendra Modi’s government policies and how they have affected Kashmir since the region’s semi-autonomous status was taken away. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first visit to Kashmir since his government’s controversial 2019 decision to scrap the region’s special semi-autonomous status. Here’s a look at key changes brought to Kashmir by Modi’s government …

Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi to visit Srinagar on March 7
10 months, 1 week ago

Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi to visit Srinagar on March 7

India TV News  

PM Modi in Jammu Kashmir: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Kashmir Valley on March 7, his first visit to the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. During his visit to Kashmir on March 7, the Prime Minister is expected to announce the score of developmental projects and also interact with the beneficiaries …

Article 370 was biggest hurdle in JK's development, says PM Modi
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Article 370 was biggest hurdle in JK's development, says PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and was abrogated in 2019, was the biggest hurdle in the development of the erstwhile state. Modi also said that after the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir, which is now a Union Territory, has witnessed balanced development across regions and in …

‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy
1 year ago

‘Clear threat’: Kashmiris on India top court upholding removal of autonomy

Al Jazeera  

For the residents, fears of demographic change triggered by Modi government’s 2019 move are slowly becoming a reality. People in Indian-administered Kashmir have reacted with fear and anger to a Supreme Court judgement upholding the government’s decision to remove the partial autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority region. “There’s now a clear threat to the people in Kashmir,” Irshad Ahmad, a …

From the India Today archives (2019) | The Modi government's road to 'Naya Kashmir'
1 year ago

From the India Today archives (2019) | The Modi government's road to 'Naya Kashmir'

India Today  

The sprawling Dal Lake, surrounded by emerald green mountains, is both the heart and the soul of Kashmir. He and other key officials in the state regard all these factors as clear indicators that the Modi government’s epochal decision to end J&K special status is proceeding according to plan. For mainstream parties such as the National Conference and the Peoples …

Article 370: How International Media Covered SC Verdict On J&K's Special Status
1 year ago

Article 370: How International Media Covered SC Verdict On J&K's Special Status

ABP News  

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 decision of the Centre to abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, even as it ordered elections to the Union Territory by September 30, 2024. British public service broadcaster BBC, in an article with the headline "India Supreme Court upholds repeal of Kashmir's special status", …

India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status
1 year ago

India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. The 2019 move resonated in much of India, where the Modi government was cheered by supporters for fulfilling a …

How abrogation of Article 370 has helped India diplomatically
1 year, 5 months ago

How abrogation of Article 370 has helped India diplomatically

Hindustan Times  

Prior to August 5, 2019, the fault line triggered by Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was a 70-year-old vulnerability of India which was diplomatically exploited by the international community—friends and foes alike. Given that Article 370, a temporary provision in the Indian Constitution, created an impression that the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, which included Ladakh, now a …

Four Years After Removal of Article 370: Jammu & Kashmir Shining With Modi Govt’s 3D Vision - News18
1 year, 5 months ago

Four Years After Removal of Article 370: Jammu & Kashmir Shining With Modi Govt’s 3D Vision - News18

News 18  

Windows usually open in Jammu and Kashmir to breathtaking views. But the repeal of Article 370 four years ago, coupled with central government measures and the crumbling of Pakistan’s economy, has presented the region with a window which is not just pretty but could prove to be destiny-altering. Separatists and pro-Pakistan elements had weaponised temporary provisions Article 370 and Article …

Article 370 gone, Jammu and Kashmir shines with 3D vision of development, delimitation, domicile
1 year, 5 months ago

Article 370 gone, Jammu and Kashmir shines with 3D vision of development, delimitation, domicile

Firstpost  

J&K is slowly emerging out of its decades-old cycle of Islamist terrorism, intifada-style stone-pelting and halted growth. The Modi government’s vision is unfolding with 3Ds — development, delimitation and domicile Windows usually open in Jammu and Kashmir to breathtaking views. Separatists and pro-Pakistan elements had weaponised temporary provisions Article 370 and Article 35A to fan separatism and derail J&K’s integration …

‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal

The Independent  

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India top court hears petitions challenging Kashmir special status removal
1 year, 5 months ago

India top court hears petitions challenging Kashmir special status removal

Al Jazeera  

The Supreme Court begins hearing petitions challenging the constitutionality of the scrapping of Article 370 of India’s constitution that guaranteed semi-autonomy to the disputed region. India’s top court has begun hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Indian-administered Kashmir’s semi-autonomy. The five-judge constitutional bench …

Supreme Court to hear on July 11 pleas challenging Article 370 abrogation
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court to hear on July 11 pleas challenging Article 370 abrogation

India TV News  

Hearing on Article 370: Supreme Court will hear on July 11 a batch of pleas challenging the scrapping of Article 370 from the Constitution, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Petitions against Article 370 abrogation Several petitions challenging the Centre's decision to abrogate the provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation …

For holding dialogue with India, Imran Khan wants PM Modi to restore Kashmir's special status
1 year, 11 months ago

For holding dialogue with India, Imran Khan wants PM Modi to restore Kashmir's special status

India Today  

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has said that the only way forward in relations with India is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi restores the special status of Kashmir. Now the only way forward in holding talks with India is first the Modi administration restores it," Khan told PTI on Tuesday evening while interacting with foreign media at his Lahore's …

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: India's northward journey of development will be complete after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan, parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, while referring to the 1994 resolution passed in Parliament on getting back the territories “under illegal occupation” of the neighbouring country. Singh, who was addressing the Shaurya Diwas function here that mark India's first military …

In Kashmir, India’s home minister says no to talks with Pakistan
2 years, 3 months ago

In Kashmir, India’s home minister says no to talks with Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

India’s Home Minister ruled out talks with Pakistan and says he is ready for dialogue with Kashmiris during his trip to the region. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has rejected the possibility of dialogue with arch foe Pakistan over Kashmir during his second visit to the Indian-administered part of the disputed region since its autonomy was …

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked
2 years, 4 months ago

2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST Before the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated by a vote in Parliament on August 5, 2019, the Kashmir Valley saw a massive build-up of troops, and the administration asked non-locals, including Amarnath pilgrims, tourists, and students, to leave. The Centre’s move, for long a project of the BJP and the …

DC Edit | 3 years after J&K changes, don’t delay polls any more
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | 3 years after J&K changes, don’t delay polls any more

Deccan Chronicle  

Today marks the third anniversary of the sweeping constitutional changes the Narendra Modi government forcibly effected to end the constitutional autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This harks back to 1990 when the Indian State in J&K had collapsed in the face of a terrorism storm fuelled by Pakistan. If the reasons of the State advanced to strip …

Has India’s Kashmir policy under Modi failed?
2 years, 6 months ago

Has India’s Kashmir policy under Modi failed?

Al Jazeera  

With violence refusing to abate, the much-touted ‘muscular’ policy pursued by the BJP is not working, say experts, as they urge political engagement. The spiralling wave of violence has prompted critics to wonder whether the Modi government’s “muscular policy” towards the country’s only Muslim-majority region has failed. “This policy is not going to work in Kashmir, at the end they …

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

Time to ring in the polls in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It’s what Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not say during his visit to Palli village in Jammu this week that was more important than what he did in a nearly 40-minute-long address to the public gathering. But the constitutional change effected in August 2019 was very much on his mind, as he used Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and “ghati” in …

India’s Modi touts development projects in visit to Kashmir
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s Modi touts development projects in visit to Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Himalayan Kashmir on Sunday for his first public event since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control in 2019. He said that the territory was put on a path of unprecedented development since 2019 but made no political commitments to the region’s people, who have been without …

PM Modi in J&K today: 10 points on key visit, 1st since scrapping of Article 370
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi in J&K today: 10 points on key visit, 1st since scrapping of Article 370

Hindustan Times  

In the first visit since the scrapping of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to launch development projects worth over ₹20,000 crore. A paramilitary personnel stands guard near the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit on April 24 at Palli village of Samba, in Jammu. They were part of a …

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters
2 years, 11 months ago

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters

The Diplomat  

Kashmiri villagers are seen through the bullet ridden iron mesh of a window of the residential house where suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 2, 2021. With stability inside of Pakistan and the surge of violence in India against Muslims, along with the revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy by …

Anxiety in Kashmir as India panel proposes to redraw election map
3 years ago

Anxiety in Kashmir as India panel proposes to redraw election map

Al Jazeera  

Controversial proposal to raise assembly seats in Jammu causes anger among Muslims, who form the majority in the disputed region. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A controversial proposal to redraw the electoral map of Indian-administered Kashmir has caused anxiety and anger among the region’s Muslims, who say the move is aimed at “disempowering” them. On December 20, the panel told its …

Rahul Gandhi on two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit from today
3 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi on two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit from today

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Srinagar from today during which he will inaugurate the party's Jammu and Kashmir headquarters and meet Congress workers. Rahul, who will reach Srinagar in the afternoon, will attend the wedding of the son of J&K Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir in the evening. This would be Rahul's first visit …

Restoring governance and normalcy in J&K
3 years, 5 months ago

Restoring governance and normalcy in J&K

Hindustan Times  

In Jammu and Kashmir, on August 5, the second anniversary of the effective abrogation of Article 370, nothing of the kind that separatists were expecting happened. On a recent visit to the Valley, two weeks before the August 5 anniversary, I met a man who was trembling on his numb legs and moving with the help of a stick. “Suddenly …

Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy
3 years, 5 months ago

Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy

Al Jazeera  

Troops patrol streets in the main city of Srinagar while most shops remain shut to mark the disputed region’s loss of special status in 2019. Businesses in the main city of Srinagar, however, on Thursday said Indian security forces broke the locks of some of their establishments, asking them to remain open in order to “project normalcy” in the restive …

PM Modi to hold first talks with Kashmir leaders since removal of autonomy
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi to hold first talks with Kashmir leaders since removal of autonomy

Live Mint  

Srinagar: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold face-to-face talks with top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the first such meeting since his government revoked the region's autonomy in 2019, detained thousands and imposed a lockdown. India said carving its only Muslim majority state into two federally administered territories in August 2019 was needed to spur development …

Kashmir’s status quo is fragile, PM’s all-party meet key to stopping a dangerous drift
3 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir’s status quo is fragile, PM’s all-party meet key to stopping a dangerous drift

Firstpost  

Although killings of terrorists have also been high — 174 ethnic-Kashmiri jihadists were shot last year, up from just 34 in 2016 — levels of violence remain higher than in the five years before the 2016 uprising, data from the South Asia Terrorism Portal shows The leaflet was glued onto the signboard that welcomes students into the Government Boys High …

Modi meets Kashmir leaders for first time since autonomy revoked
3 years, 6 months ago

Modi meets Kashmir leaders for first time since autonomy revoked

Al Jazeera  

Indian PM calls for measures to speed up elections for disputed region under direct rule since 2019. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has met pro-India politicians from disputed Kashmir for the first time since he removed the region’s semi-autonomous status and imposed a widespread crackdown almost two years ago. “We’re not ready to accept it, but we won’t take law …

Decoded | Modi and Kashmir: The story so far
3 years, 6 months ago

Decoded | Modi and Kashmir: The story so far

India Today  

Jammu and Kashmir is postcard perfect. HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED: August 2014 Two-and-a-half months into power, the Modi government stunned Pakistan by calling off diplomatic talks after its high commissioner met Kashmiri separatist leaders in Delhi ahead of official talks. Mehbooba Mufti charged, in turn, the Modi government of adopting a ‘muscular policy’ in Kashmir as against status quoist ‘conciliatory …

Kashmir leaders to urge India’s Modi to restore region’s autonomy
3 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir leaders to urge India’s Modi to restore region’s autonomy

Al Jazeera  

Kashmiri politicians set to meet Indian PM on Thursday for the first talks since he revoked the region’s special status two years ago. Kashmiri politicians will urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore Indian-administered Kashmir’s autonomy when they meet him on Thursday for the first talks since he revoked the region’s special status two years ago, party officials told …

Pakistan will oppose any move by India to 'divide Kashmir' and change its demography, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi
3 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan will oppose any move by India to 'divide Kashmir' and change its demography, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s statement came on a day the Centre invited 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to participate in a meeting to be chaired by Narendra Modi on 24 June Islamabad: Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister …

Beyond the ceasefire in Jammu & Kashmir
3 years, 7 months ago

Beyond the ceasefire in Jammu & Kashmir

The Hindu  

ON a bright sunny day in early March, the sleepy village of Karmara situated on the Line of Control in the hilly Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir basks in the exuberance of sprawling yellow mustard fields, a gushing pristine stream and stray clouds scudding lazily across the blue sky. Deepak Sharma, an official in the relief section of the …

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir
3 years, 10 months ago

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — U.N. human rights experts have urged India to ensure that the rights of people in Kashmir are safeguarded after New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomous status and imposed a slew of administrative changes through new laws. Two experts for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement that the changes …

UN experts: Loss of Kashmir autonomy undermining minority rights
3 years, 10 months ago

UN experts: Loss of Kashmir autonomy undermining minority rights

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern over India’s decision to strip Kashmir’s limited autonomy in 2019 and the subsequent passing of new laws, which they warned “could curtail the previous level of political participation of Muslims and other minorities”. “The loss of autonomy and the imposition of direct rule by the Government in New …

Grabbed a blanket and ran: Omar Abdullah reacts after earthquake
3 years, 10 months ago

Grabbed a blanket and ran: Omar Abdullah reacts after earthquake

India Today  

Soon after an earthquake struck North India, former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah who lives in Srinagar, said that he 'grabbed a blanket and ran' as soon as he felt the tremors on Friday night. The vice -president of the National Conference, tweeted, "Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in …

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