Kashmir parties opposed to Modi win seats in local polls
Srinigar, IndiaAP An alliance of political parties opposed to India’s policies in Kashmir has won a majority of seats in local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s semiautonomous status and took direct control last year. The alliance, which is pro-India but favours self-governance in Kashmir, won 112 out of a total […]
Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security
Srinigar, IndiaAP Hundreds of thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir voted Saturday amid tight security and freezing cold temperatures in the first phase of local elections, the first since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s semiautonomous status. Nearly six million people across the region’s 20 districts are eligible to elect 280 members of District Development […]
Forest enclosures, flouted laws and coronavirus: Scarce pastures put Kashmir nomads’ migration in peril
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the struggle of the pastoralists of the Himalayan Kashmir as they find traditional lowland grazing areas becoming increasingly scarce…
Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status
Islamabad, PakistanAP Pakistan’s Prime Minister has rekindled controversy with archrival India this week by pledging to make part of the Pakistani-administered Himalayan region of Kashmir officially part his country. Imran Khan’s pledge to declare the area of Gilgit-Baltistan – which is part of the Pakistani-ruled Kashmir – the fifth province of Pakistan promptly angered neighbouring […]
“Crushing blow”: Pandemic hammers struggling Kashmir tourism
ATHAR PARVAIZ, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic – which comes on top of eight months of tight security restrictions – is impacting tourism in the Indian-administered territory of Kashmir…
Disputed territory: India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears
SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN, of Associated Press, report…
Postcards: Kashmir fells trees in effort to fight coronavirus panic
ASHUTOSH SHARMA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Internet shutdowns “not justified” in coronavirus outbreak
Bangkok, Thailand/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation Internet shutdowns cannot be justified at a time when access to information is critical to containing the deadly coronavirus pandemic, human rights groups have warned. The outbreak has infected more than 245,000 people worldwide and the death toll now exceeds 10,000, according to a Reuters tally. “Internet access is […]
POSTCARDS: NO WEB, NO JOBS – KASHMIRIS BOARD THE “INTERNET EXPRESS”
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how young Kashmiri’s are grappling with the longest internet blackout ever imposed by a democracy…
INDIA: INCREASING DEFENCES EAT AWAY AT FARMLAND ON BORDER WITH PAKISTAN
ASHUTOSH SHARMA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India…