The Latest Breaking News from Kashmir

‘New wave’: Why suspected rebel attacks are rising in Kashmir’s Jammu area

For decades, Jammu was mostly peaceful, even amid clashes in other parts of Indian-administered Kashmir. Not anymore.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2024

Kashmir records highest July temperatures in 25 years amid heat wave

Kashmir has been reeling under intense heat wave with several places in the valley recording their highest July temperature in 25 years on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 28, 2024

India's Strategic Railway Bridge Closes The Gap To Kashmir

Soaring high across a gorge in the rugged Himalayas, a newly finished bridge will soon help India entrench control of disputed Kashmir and meet a rising strategic threat from China.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2024

Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments

The announcement comes two weeks after Indian officials granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made 14 years ago

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India

Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. Tell that to the Booker prize-winning author, says writer Salil Tripathi

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024

India's Modi Leads Yoga Day Celebration In Muslim-majority Kashmir

The exercises in Srinagar, capital of the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory, marked the 10th international yoga day, Modi's own brainchild.

International Business Times · Jun 21, 2024

Arundhati Roy ‘anti-terror’ charge part of a push to silence Modi’s critics

Narendra Modi recently won a third term as Indian prime minister after his BJP was party was returned to power, albeit as part of a minority government leading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Having expected to win another majority from which to pursue his Hindu nationalist – or Hindutva…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024

The prosecution of Arundhati Roy is business as usual for the Modi government – and bad news for freedom of expression in India

Earlier this month, Narendra Modi was elected India’s prime minister for the third consecutive time.

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024

Will India’s Modi break the ice with Pakistan in his third term?

It’s unlikely, say analysts. India has little incentive to seek to improve ties with Pakistan at the moment.

Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2024

India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks

Official from ruling BJP party allows action against Booker winner under controversial anti-terrorism law

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024