China And The UT
After Delhi undid the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and reorganised the state into two federally governed Union Territories in 2019, Beijing had...
The Kabul Spillover?
Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics,...
A Daughter’s Fight
Fourteen years after a chemist from Rawalpora was taken by army and subjected to enforced disappearance, his daughter held his funeral-in-absentia. Fighting twists, turns,...
Bawa Jitto and BSF
Everytime rival armies exchange shells, Kanachak moves to newspaper front pages. The region has fascinating stories that usually get buried under the debris of...
Bleeding Borders
With militancy in Kashmir under massive pressure, it is gradually getting revived in Pir Panchal Valley. There have been a series of fatal attacks...
Tense Separatist Block
As the separatist camp has gone silent after the mass crackdown, there is an increasing number of militant casualties being reported in Kashmir. The...
Frustrated, All
Sopore killings have thrown up new challenges for the security grid and the politicians as the government is desperate to restore its credibility, reports...
Risky Job
The debate over Gogoi gets louder after his ‘human shield’ act fetched him an award. Saima Bhat looks at the other side of the...
Fear, Insecurity
Civilians have remained the main collateral damage of the three decades of turmoil. Amid restoration of peace claims when a series of selective killings...
Bomb Hunters
Historically, landmines have remained the lovely little things in fighters’ arsenals. In fact every conflict zone has its inventory of deaths and destruction that...
Highway Horror
When an explosives-laden car driven by a militant ambushed a convoy driving paramilitary men who were to resume their duties in Srinagar, 49 personnel...
The New AFSPA Debate
In anticipation of the 5-phase elections for the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah indicated withdrawing troops and the AFSPA and it triggered a...
Chasing A Mirage
A group of Baramulla youth crossed over to Pakistan in 1990 to receive arms training. One of them was Tariq. After 22 years, Tariq...
Marked Permanently
6250 pellet victims reached hospitals in last four months, however there were innumerable youth who avoided hospitals and tried to manage the injuries locally....
Gilgit Gambit
A year after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was rolled back, the Chinese army is on the borders in Ladakh and Pakistan...
