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Written by Nishant Shekhar | New Delhi | Updated: February 3, 2020 9:39:22 pm Vidhu Vinod Chopra directorial Shikara will hit screens on February 7.Why did you decide to go with the title Shikara? Shikara is a cultural symbol of Kashmir. The movie is about Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus and while…

Image caption Those that survived the avalanches have been cut off from outside help "There was nothing but horrible signs of death under the snow," Shakila recalls. "My 11-month-old daughter was on one side of me, and the dead body of my sister-in-law on …

India is capable of making Pakistan "bite the dust" in less than 10 days in any new war with its arch-rival, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars, and last February came close to a fourth with tit-for…

Written by Suvir Kaul | Updated: January 29, 2020 9:22:06 am Protest march by Kashmiri Pandit Children to National Human rights commission at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Express archive photo)In August 2010, at a time when Indian security forces systematically shot down stone-throwing protestors all over Kashmir (112 were…

The silenced YouTube stars of Indian-administered Kashmir

Srinagar/New Delhi, India - India's newly recruited Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has courted controversy after he claimed that so-called "deradicalisation" camps are operating in India, drawing a comparison with the internment of Uighurs in China. "Like what we are seeing in Kashmir ... we saw radicalisation happening,"…

A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File   | Photo Credit: PTI Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan counters that August 5 saw a State dismembered The government on Thursday said the President’s order of August 5, abrogating the special rights of Kashmiri people under Article 370,…

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Wednesday for the United Nations to help mediate between nuclear armed India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland,…

I was born and raised in Srinagar's old town, where I would often watch street clashes play out between Indian security forces and Kashmiri protesters. The photographers who came to cover the protests in my neighbourhood were always men. Whenever I saw them, I imagined myself like them, taking pictures…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Maj-Gen Ghafoor raised eyebrows with some of his tactics It is not often a military spokesperson doubles as a national celebrity, about whom internet memes are made and whose name trends on Twitter. But Pakistan's Maj-G…