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Fahad Shah’s arrest reveals a strange pattern in how Kashmir journalists are targeted

On Saturday, February 5, the Srinagar newsroom of the Kashmir Walla, an independent news organisation, was more tense than usual.

Newslaundry · Feb 5, 2022

Many seats redrawn in J&K delimitation draft

National Conference rejects interim report, calls it unconstitutional.

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

Two terrorists neutralised in encounter at Srinagar's Zakura

Two terrorists of terror outfit LeT/TRF were neutralised by Srinagar Police after an encounter broke out in the Zakura area of Srinagar City on Saturday morning, informed IGP Kashmir.

Dynamite News · Feb 5, 2022

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The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

Two TRF militants killed in Srinagar encounter

The security forces were conducting searches in Zakura locality of the city.

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor held for uploading ‘anti-national content’

Fahad Shah, editor of Srinagar-based news portal The Kashmir Walla, is also a contributor to well-known publications outside India

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2022

Release ailing PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, Jammu and Kashmir leaders urge Amit Shah

Wahid Para, held since 2020, was found unconscious in Srinagar prison

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2022

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Acid attack on woman triggers protest in Kashmir

Police have arrested three accused for the Srinagar incident

The Hindu · Feb 2, 2022

Jammu and Kashmir transfers 289-acre land for housing, Dubai realtors likely to invest

It will meet increased appetite for housing in Srinagar city, says govt.

The Hindu · Feb 2, 2022

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 · Jan 31, 2022

Demand for Kashmir's winter meat delicacy 'Harisa' soars in Srinagar as cold wave prevails in J-K

As the harsh winter period locally known as 'Chillai Kalan' continues in the Kashmir valley, the demand of meat delicacy 'Harisa' has seen a rise.

Dynamite News · Jan 28, 2022

Grenade attack by militants in Srinagar, 4 injured

A day ahead of Republic Day celebrations, militants on Tuesday hurled a grenade towards security personnel in the busy Hari Singh High Street area of the city, resulting in injuries to four persons including a police officer and two women, officials said.

Dynamite News · Jan 25, 2022

Four injured in Srinagar grenade explosion on Republic Day's eve

The attack came amid the high alert sounded by the security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir on the eve of the Republic Day

The Hindu · Jan 25, 2022

J&K Government diluting autonomy of medical colleges: doctors’ body

Move for officers to oversee administration of medical colleges only in the UT, marginalises principals and deans of GMCs, says faculty body

The Hindu · Jan 24, 2022

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The Hindu · Jan 23, 2022

Jammu-Srinagar NH closed; helicopter service to Vaishno Devi suspended amid snowfall

The weather office has predicted moderate rain or snow in both divisions of Jammu and Kashmir till the evening of January 23 followed by significant improvement in weather from January 24 to January 28

Newslaundry · Jan 19, 2022

‘Tactic to end solidarity’: How Kashmir Press Club was a ‘second home’, especially for freelancers

On Monday, January 17, several journalists gathered outside the gates of the Kashmir Press Club in Srinagar’s Polo View.

Newslaundry · Jan 6, 2020

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.

Newslaundry · Jan 5, 2020

‘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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Newslaundry · Jan 2, 2020

‘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.

Newslaundry · Sep 23, 2019

‘Lawless law’: How the Public Safety Act has become a tool of repression in Kashmir

The officials issuing detention orders under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir are mere rubber stamps. This is a common refrain among rights activists and lawyers fighting PSA cases. They argue that this law has been misused by the state ever since it received the governor’s assent on…

Newslaundry · Sep 17, 2019

Is the situation in Kashmir normal? No, it isn’t, admits state police chief

In the evening on August 4, the Indian government put Kashmir under a security lockdown and communications blackout to pre-empt protests against the dismantling of its special constitutional status. Over 40 days later, Kashmir is yet to return to “normal”, the state’s police chief Dilbag Singh admitted.

Newslaundry · Sep 5, 2019

In the company of scribes: A reporter’s diary from Kashmir

When they weren’t traversing the valley for stories and reports, journalists in Kashmir could often be found at the Press Club in Srinagar or at the city’s so-called Media Facilitation Centre. While the former remained a territory of choice for most scribes, the latter became a territory of circumstance.

Newslaundry · Aug 23, 2019

Being ‘normal’ in #Kashmir: Walking 18 km to see if one’s parents are safe

August 2 was the last day I spoke to my mother over the phone. It was a hurried conversation as I had a hectic schedule for my day ahead in New Delhi. News stories had begun emerging of curtailing the Amarnath Yatra and my mother, living in Sopore in Kashmir,…

Newslaundry · Aug 21, 2019

‘My child is not a prop for normalcy’: Kashmiri parents aren’t sending their kids to school

The classrooms are empty. So are the corridors and playgrounds. There’s not a soul in the canteen.

Newslaundry · Aug 19, 2019

#Article370: Curfew and curses in Srinagar’s Downtown area

Most reports coming out of Kashmir, specifically Srinagar, have described and distilled the desolate, still and sieged state of the region as “curfew-like”. However, while all of Srinagar remains desolate, parts of it are more desolate than others.

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