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Indian forces kill five suspected rebels in Kashmir

Alleged rebels killed in two operations in the disputed region but family of a slain teenager claims he was innocent.

Al Jazeera

Five militants killed in two Kashmir encounters

Dead include JeM ‘commander’ Zahid Wani, a Pakistani militant Kafeel

The Hindu

Some people continue to mislead, instigate citizens in Kashmir: L-G Manoj Sinha

Manoj Sinha urges youth to join path of development

The Hindu

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Internet services on mobile devices suspended in Kashmir on Republic Day

Suspension of mobile phone and internet services on Republic Day and Independence Day has been a part of the security drill in the Valley since 2005

The Hindu

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists

Journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have long contended with threats and found themselves caught between the authorities and rebels

The Independent UK

Kashmir’s street foods are largely vegetarian and largely unknown

The meat-heavy wazwan isn’t all there is to the Valley’s culinary heritage

The Hindu

10 media associations join hands to seek restoration of Kashmir Press Club

To denounce the shutdown of the Kashmir Press Club, 10 journalist associations in the Valley have joined hands to form the ‘Kashmir Media Coalition’, the Kashmir Reader reported. In a meeting attended by journalists from Kashmir, including Altaf Hussain, Nazir Masoodi and Mufti Islah, the coalition condemned the “takeover” and…

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Journalists join hands to fight for Kashmir Press Club

Press Club of India asks L-G ‘to restore the land and registration’

The Hindu

Kashmir Press Club | A watchdog silenced

The Kashmir Press Club, which has been shut down, provided a sense of security to journalists

The Hindu

When benevolence turns hostile: Why press clubs shouldn’t depend on government patronage

The Kashmir Press Club is dead, killed in its infancy. The dramatic events around this have drawn our attention, yet again, to the dire state of media freedom in Kashmir.

Newslaundry

UK asked to probe Indian officials over Kashmir ‘war crimes’

The request by a London-based law firm made under the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ for crimes against humanity.

Al Jazeera

AP Photos: Vaccine workers trek in Kashmir's snowy mountains

In a Himalayan village in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir young health worker Masrat Farid packed her bag with vaccines on a frigid morning in January as strong winds swept snow through the air.

The Independent UK

UK police asked to probe Indian officials’ role in Kashmir

A London law firm has filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir

The Independent UK

Kashmir journalist arrested under PSA moved to Jammu jail

Sajad Gul booked under the Public Safety Act, which allows the detention of an individual without trial for six months.

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Silence, sycophancy, and some spine: How Kashmir newspapers covered the press club ‘takeover’

On Saturday, days after the process to elect a new council for the Kashmir Press Club was set in motion, the largest association of journalists in the valley witnessed a significant event.

The Guardian - UK

Kashmir independent press club shut down in media crackdown

Authorities close organisation after pro-government journalists and police storm its premises

Newslaundry

Kashmir Press Club stands dissolved: Estates Department takes back the building at Polo View

There were fears among the journalist community in Kashmir that the “armed takeover” of the Kashmir Press Club over the weekend was aimed at throttling press freedom. Many journalists believed that move was meant to deny working journalists a space to work, debate and assemble independently.

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Thirty winters of longing: Kashmiri Pandits are still waiting for justice, and homecoming

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After five months of lockdown, journalists in Kashmir fear for the survival of their profession

It was almost midnight on August 14. At his home in South Kashmir’s Tral in Pulwama, Irfan Amin Malik, a journalist with Greater Kashmir, was getting ready to sleep when soldiers scaled the walls and banged on his door.

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‘Sarkari bulletin’: How the Indian state has used fear and ad money to hollow out Kashmir’s press

What has changed for Kashmiri newspapers since the Indian government’s clampdown in the Valley last August? “It is better if you leave without hearing our answers,” replied an anxious editor at the prominent English daily Rising Kashmir, on a late December evening.

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‘Trauma and torture’: Kashmir lockdown is taking a heavy toll on its journalists

On August 4, Adil, 28, a photojournalist in Srinagar’s downtown area, was at his office in Lal Chowk. Unaffected by the social media rumours and political drama unfolding around him, Adil was researching photo-editing and new camera equipment in the market.

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Daily Dose Ep 190: EU delegation in Kashmir, air pollution, and more

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Umaro Singh.

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Daily Dose Ep 189: EU delegation in Kashmir, Abua Bakr al Baghdadi and more

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Satish Kumar

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What the Ilhan Omar-Aarti Tikoo Singh spat at US Congress hearing on Kashmir says about Indian journalism

The Indian media was willy-nilly in focus at, of all places, the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday when Congresswoman Ilhan Omar pointedly told Aarti Tikoo Singh, a prominent and professionally well-regarded journalist that she ought not to present a sarkari viewpoint.

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‘Bring back Article 370’: Delhi University students protest lockdown in Kashmir

Students of the Delhi University held a protest against the lockdown in Kashmir at the Arts Faculty of North Campus on Thursday. It is over 70 days since the Indian government removed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and put the valley on lockdown.

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