Kashmir

Standing on a fortified Kashmir street, an Indian tourist poses triumphantly for her husband’s camera, clutching the national flag in each hand and flanked by two soldiers carrying rifles. India’s hottest new travel destination is also the site of its deadliest insurgency, where regular skirmishes break out between separatist militants…

Synopsis The conglomerate urged people to visit Eidgah and offer ‘fateha prayers’ on Saturday claiming that the administration won’t allow any commemorative rally as has been the case in the past.AgenciesMirwaiz Umer FarooqHurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Wednesday called for strike on May 21, on death anniversaries…

The Srinagar film director enlists actors Salonie Patel and Gauri Batra to portray friendship in a time of endless conflict Anurag Tagat May 05, 2022 Gauri Batra (left) and Salonie Patel play lead roles in Danish Renzu's new short film 'The Good News.' Filmmaker Danish Renzu explores friendship and identity…

Collage of Pakistan flag and a Taliban fighter. Picture credit: Reuters. Perpetually at conflict with India, Pakistan’s Afghan frontier is of strategic military importance, and both the Pakistani army and intelligence agency, ISI, are readily willing to leverage on that. An Afghan government closely aligned with Karachi will not only…

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq led Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday said that fresh engagement between India and Pakistan indicates positive shift in the relations between the two nuclear neighbors, but it can’t bear fruit unless there is change in ground situation in Kashmir. The Hurriyat claimed that fresh thaw between two countries…

AP PHOTOS: Animal attacks taking their toll in KashmirBy MUKHTAR KHANDecember 1, 2020 GMTSRINAGAR, India (AP) — Amid the long-raging deadly strife in Indian-controlled Kashmir, another conflict is silently taking its toll on the Himalayan region’s residents: the conflict between man and wild animals.According to official data, at least 67…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying for the leadership of Islamic nations, brought up the Kashmir yet again at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. During his address, he said, "the Kashmir conflict which is also key to the stability and peace of South Asia is still a…

India has taken a small step towards restoring meaningful internet access to the disputed states of Jammu and Kashmir, by ordering a trial restoration of 4G services in select areas. The region is disputed by India, Pakistan and China, but was governed by India as a semi-autonomous region until 2019.…

The August 5 decision has led to a state wherein the very basis of a potential step of conflict resolution has been undone While the long-standing ideological commitment of the Bharatiya Janata Party to undo Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is why Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was stripped of…

Women are seen shopping in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, as coronavirus restrictions were eased ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha religious festival. Women have borne the brunt of the ongoing conflict in Kashmir. Photo: EPAThe political situation in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region has taken its toll on women,…