Four men from a godforsaken northern Kashmir hamlet—where tap water is still a distant dream—went to clean a disused well for a wedding preparation. They returned dead and the merrymaking moment at once became a mass-mourning
When even strangers feel a personal loss over a certain human departure, it perhaps reflects the level of tragedy. That’s how Shopian’s apple of an eye who had in him a streak of brilliance is being remembered after his sudden death
Two leaked advisories have created fresh anxiety in the Kashmir valley where the lockdown-ridden people are predicting hot summer, even as the administration is terming the couple of circulars as the usual governance documents
Naseema Banoo, police said, was arrested in a “criminal case with FIR no 30 of 2018 registered under sections 13B, 17, 18, 18B, 19, 39 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act”
A nerve-wracking wait recently ended for a Srinagar family when they received the last call of their son’s fateful moment. What happened before and after that is perhaps the silent suffering faced by those whose sons suddenly disappear and appear one last time at the encounter sites
Hours after the Galwan Valley’s violent clash left 20 Indian army men dead, a battery of reporters hit the Ladakh road to cover one of the biggest stories in the world right now. Barred and pushed back, they ended up reporting the seething showdown at the banks of the pristine water body instead
Given this, security of the CPEC against the Indian threat of taking back Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan is undoubtedly one of the reasons for PLA intrusions. This is evident from the fact that China has put talks on the Galwan valley off the diplomatic table
China wants to strengthen its position at the strategic points of Line of Actual Control (LAC). They may bargain for that. However, I don’t think India will give up so easily. The government needs to take it seriously and strength its position across the borders
Chinese troops who used to enter earlier as well have now taken a large portion of land in the eastern Ladakh. Since borders are inaccessible, one can’t tell what’s actually happening.
In the biggest showdown since the 1962 Sino-India War, the ‘dragon’ and ‘elephant’ are currently locking horns over the strategic zones in the cold desert. As sabre-rattling is escalating, the locals are getting fearful over the full-blown conflict and their lost pasturelands
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