kashmir crisis

File photo of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Picture: Collected
South Asia

‘Placed under house arrest’, tweets Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti claimed on Tuesday that she has been put under house arrest. In a tweet, Mufti said that the administration has told her that...

File Photo: Barbed wire is seen laid on a deserted road during restrictions in Srinagar, August 5, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Diplomats check India's easing of Kashmir clampdown

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) are seen lowering the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah, some 20 km east of Lahore, in this December 14, 2006 file photo/ Reuters
South Asia

India seeks to implicate Pakistan in dossier to UN Security Council members

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) are seen lowering the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah, some 20 km east of Lahore, in this December 14, 2006 file photo/ Reuters
South Asia

India summons Pakistani diplomat over Kashmir gun battle

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint meeting of the US Congress with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (right) and Vice President Joe Biden (left) in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2016. Photo: Foreign Policy/Getty Images
Panorama

A Biden-Harris administration would mean a harder eye on Kashmir

Photo: An Indian security personnel stands guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 23, 2019/ Reuters
South Asia

Three killed in India-Pakistan fight along Kashmir border

A masked Kashmiri protester jumps on the bonnet of an armoured vehicle of Indian police as he throws stones at it during a protest in Srinagar [Dar Yasin/AP]
World+Biz

Kashmir lockdown pictures win Pulitzer prize

Photo: An Indian security personnel stands guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 23, 2019/ Reuters
South Asia

9 killed in Indian Kashmir gun battles

Farooq Abdullah, a lawmaker and leader of National Conference, speaks to media after his release at his residence in Srinagar March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
South Asia

India frees top Kashmir politician after months of detention

Photo: Kashmiri journalists display laptops and placards during a protest demanding restoration of internet service, in Srinagar, November 12, 2019. Reuters/Danish Ismail
South Asia

Social media ban lifted in Jammu and Kashmir after 7 months

India can offer many explanations for its decisions on Kashmir - a complex history, a desire to integrate the country under one law, terrorism, and misuse of social media. But there is no good reason to detain leaders who have sworn by the Constitution. Photo: Hindustan Times
Thoughts

Why jailing Kashmir’s leaders is undemocratic and unwise

File Photo: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at the Security Council stakeout at the United Nations headquarters in New York, US, August 1, 2019. File Photo: Reuters
South Asia

India rejects UNSG’s offer to mediate on Kashmir

Arundhati Roy presents her book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness at the Parco della Musica Auditorium in Rome. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
South Asia

Arundhati talks about unjust treatment of Muslims in India, militarisation of Kashmir