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