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19 Feb 2013 4 minute read

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India hangs Kashmir man on 'circumstantial evidence'

... Afzal say that there was no concrete evidence against him. India’s Apex Court noted the evidence was only ‘ circumstantial ’, but ... Roy comments, ‘The hanging of Afzal Guru is a stain on India’s democracy.’ Over 200 academics, writers and filmmakers have written ...

14 Aug 2012 3 minute read

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India clamps down on Kashmir’s online dissenters

... region, a people’s movement seeking liberation from India resulted in massive civil uprisings and the government resorted to ... bypassed the government’s free speech shutdown and left India red-faced. They have responded with a slew of restrictive measures and ...

25 Oct 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Theatre of deceit in Kashmir

... Usman Bin Haider Ahead of the visit of Rahul Gandhi, India’s future prime-ministerial candidate , to Kashmir University, where ... the students were told, mandatory to use the term ‘our India’ while asking questions. With the script in place, the stage was set ...

19 Aug 2014 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Kashmir-Palestine: the bond of solidarity

... Down with Israel slogan. In the same breath, he cries: ‘Go India! Go back’. Kashmir children taking to the streets, protesting ... porous; a source of paranoia for aligned oppressive states, India and Israel. The Kashmir region has witnessed a series of spontaneous ...

15 Apr 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

Kashmir to acquire ‘Israel-style settlements’

... – Hindus who had fled amidst armed insurgency against India’s rule in the region. The ‘clandestine’ migration of ... Mujahideen, who were fighting for Kashmir’s freedom from India, were targeting minorities, why didn’t Sikhs and Christians leave, too? ...

14 May 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

Dilemma of justice under Indian rule in Kashmir

... on the day of blasts, but he continues to languish in India’s Tihar jail. In 2012, his mother and friends filed an online ... fellow-inmate. The campaign was halted soon after. India’s war on Kashmir is not only a military war, but also one of narratives ...

26 Jun 2012 3 minute read

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Kashmir report: too little, too late

... Kashmir issue gone begging. It is clear yet again that for India the current state of affairs is not only an option but a permanent ... resolution process to it is actually a tactic to maintain India’s current dominance of the region. Interestingly, Kashmir Chief ...

6 Nov 2014 3 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Curfew and killings in Kashmir

... protests. Dissenting voices echoed: we want freedom, go, India, go back! Srinagar, the capital city, remains under curfew. It is the ... which the army had opened fire. After the killings, anti-India and pro-freedom protests broke out in Nowgam and other adjoining areas. ...

26 Sep 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Two concerts, one Kashmir, no peace

... – ‘should seek to collaborate, perhaps unwittingly, with India in Kashmir’. Mehta’s ‘apolitical’ event had, in fact, strong ... was instrumental in helping Israel improve its global image. India had a similar mission with the conductor’s performance in Kashmir. ...

1 Jun 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

Blinded in ‘paradise’

... of ‘change’. Michael Steiner, the German ambassador to India, recently met Kashmir’s chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, ... from the custodians of ‘paradise’ – a reminder of India’s brutal desires. Hamid, a 10th-grade student, was, according to ...

11 Aug 2015 4 minute read

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Kashmir’s wave of ‘quality militancy’

... Are new generations of armed youth challenging India’s dominance? Uzma Falak reports from the region. As the taxi ... mujahideen – have taken up arms, declaring a war against India’s rule in Kashmir; marking a ‘new wave’ of armed rebellion with ...

7 Oct 2014 3 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Kashmiris rise up in the fight against the floods

... city of burgeoning military pickets, a city dotted with anti-India graffiti whose liberation-seeking youth have fallen prey to draconian ... ‘unruly’, ‘druggies’ and ‘trouble-makers’ by India, became the major recourse in the fight against the floods. They ...

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