At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Srinagar, IndiaAP A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said. The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the […]
Mounting losses: Floods and early snow risk killing off Kashmir’s nomadic culture
MEHRAN BHAT and SHAFQAT KHURSHEED, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the challenges facing tribal nomads of Jammu and Kashmir amid more extreme weather conditions…
India sets up holding centre for Rohingya in Kashmir
Srinagar, IndiaAP Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding centre, police said Sunday, in a process that they say is for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the region. The move began Saturday following a directive from the region’s home department to identify Rohingya living […]
INDIA: INCREASING DEFENCES EAT AWAY AT FARMLAND ON BORDER WITH PAKISTAN
ASHUTOSH SHARMA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…
Barricades and books: life in restive Kashmir neighbourhood
Srinagar, IndiaReuters Few people step outside Anchar, a neighbourhood ringed by steel barricades and razor wire in Indian Kashmir, where police have imposed a weeks-long regionwide clampdown to stifle protests. The densely-populated, working class area in the main city, Srinagar, is a pocket of resistance to India’s removal in early August of special status for […]
China, Pakistan slam India’s move to change Kashmir’s special status
Srinigar, India/Islamabad, PakistanReuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to change the status of Kashmir ran into fierce opposition from China and its ally Pakistan on Tuesday as the disputed territory lay under a telecoms blackout to forestall protests for a second day. In a move to tighten its grip on Jammu and Kashmir, parts […]