Valley

Civilian killed, policeman injured in separate terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir

While the civilian was gunned down in Nawakadal locality of the city, a police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was injured in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district

CAPF companies sent to Kashmir in wake of targeted civilian killings, say officials

The fresh companies were moved into the Valley as part of the strategy of 'enhancing security and visibility' of the forces on the ground

As Kashmir's iconic houseboats sink, owners warn lives, livelihoods and heritage at risk

Houseboats have been in the crosshairs of the authorities, especially since a ban was on their repair and reconstruction on water bodies

Kashmir: Non-local labourers leave after series of killings send shivers through Valley

The killings have spread panic among non-local labourers, at the time when most of them would work in apple orchards and as construction workers in the Valley

Taliban militia step up assault on Panjshir, spokesman claims Rokha district overrun

Some domestic passenger flights to and from Kabul resumed on Sunday, mostly to facilitate transport of humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged country

Kashmiris struggle with shortage of essential items in Srinagar after closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Srinagar is totally dependent on supplies of essentials such as petroleum, LPG, kerosene, vegetables, poultry and mutton, as well as other grocery items, from outside via this road

Manoj Sinha is new J&K Lt Guv: After bureaucrat Murmu, Centre's choice of career politico is intriguing

Much like his predecessor GC Murmu, Sinha's greatest challenge will be to remove the sense of alienation keenly felt in the Valley.

In J&K, mainstream politicos keep mum on restoration of Article 370 as critics carp, followers fume

Of the recently released mainstream Jammu and Kashmir leaders, none has publicly called for restoring Article 370. Their silence has not gone unnoticed.

Joe Biden campaign puts up policy paper seeking 'restoration of Kashmiris' rights', expressing disappointment in NRC, CAA

“These measures are inconsistent with the country’s long tradition of secularism and with sustaining a multi-ethnic and multi-religious democracy,” according to the policy paper ‘Joe Biden’s agenda for Muslim American community’ posted recently on his campaign website.

Kashmiris and the myth of the monolith: How Valley 'experts' disregard internal dissent and resistance to regressive aspiration of azaadi

The hapless Kashmiris who were forced into this proxy guerrilla war in the late 80s and early 90s, have to deal with either the mainstream "narrative" terming them as secessionists or willy-nilly as terrorists, depending which side of the binary one is. Add to that the helplessness of having to prove your Kashmiri-ness time and again whether in public or private life.