Kashmir

‘Fear is increasing’: Hindus flee Kashmir amid spate of targeted killings
Increase in violence prompts protests and biggest exodus of Kashmiri Pandit families for two decades
Aakash Hassan In Srinagar
05, Jun, 2022 @8:50 AM

Cats, dogs and Musy the donkey: welcome to Kashmir’s first animal rescue centre
A husband and wife team who opened the region’s only sanctuary now care for more than 1,000 rescues and have helped hundreds find homes
Mir Seeneen
18, Apr, 2022 @8:30 AM

Deportation of Rohingya woman from India sparks fear of renewed crackdown
Hasina Begum was separated from her family and forced to return to Myanmar despite her refugee status. Hundreds of others now face expulsion
Aakash Hassan
14, Apr, 2022 @5:30 AM

Editor arrested in Kashmir as press crackdown escalates
Journalist Fahad Shah detained on Friday under terrorism and sedition laws in disputed Indian region
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
06, Feb, 2022 @3:30 PM

Dismay after female leopard shot and dies from injuries in Kashmir
Calls for better protection of endangered species after cat with cubs is paralysed and dies from injuries
Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad
24, Jan, 2022 @2:42 PM

Kashmir independent press club shut down in media crackdown
Authorities close organisation after pro-government journalists and police storm its premises
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
17, Jan, 2022 @3:01 PM

Kashmir stampede at Hindu shrine kills at least 12 people
Night-time tragedy at revered site in Indian-administered Kashmir happened as thousands of pilgrims massed to offer prayers
Staff and agencies
01, Jan, 2022 @7:37 AM

How a terrorism law in India is being used to silence Modi’s critics
The BJP government is exploiting a terrorism prevention law to intimidate dissenters from lawyers, journalists, priests, poets to Kashmiri civilians
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Aakash Hassan in Srinagar
10, Dec, 2021 @5:00 AM

India’s apple farmers count cost of climate crisis as snow decimates crops
Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region’s orchards
Aakash Hassan in Ramnagri, Kashmir
24, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM

Kashmir tensions high after deaths of men ‘used as human shields’
Indian police say four men killed in shootout were militants but families say gunfight was staged and they were innocent civilians
Aakash Hassan in Srinagar and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
20, Nov, 2021 @11:27 AM

‘Evil customs’: why a Kashmiri village abandoned dowries
Dowries, illegal since 1961, still cause 20 deaths a day in India. But Babawayil has had no divorces or violence against women since it banned them
Aakash Hassan in Kashmir
12, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

Two teachers shot dead by militants in Kashmir school
Supinder Kour and Deepak Chand were killed after being identified as a Sikh and Hindu, say witnesses
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Aakash Hassan in Srinagar
07, Oct, 2021 @5:51 PM
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