J&K

No astute statesman with a futuristic vision would have agreed to a ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir in 1948 in circumstances in which India did. It was a political and not a military decision. The aggressor got recognition as a party to the dispute plus the legitimacy of a foothold in the strategically crucial area […]

SRINAGAR: The Election Commission on Friday declared a three-phase Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, starting on September 18 and concluding with counting on October 4. Nearly 88 lakh voters will be eligible to cast their ballots for 90 constituencies, including nine reserved for the first time for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and seven for SCs, […]

SRINAGAR: A senior delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, is arriving in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to assess preparations for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory. Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will join the CEC during the trip. According […]

SRINAGAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted coordinated searches at various sites in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and Haryana as part of its money laundering investigation tied to a cryptocurrency scam in which investors lost over Rs 7 crore worth of funds. The ED agents under the direction of Joint […]

SRINAGAR: Seven inmates were injured and two critically injured following a gas cylinder explosion inside Kupwara Jail in North Kashmir on Wednesday. According to reports, the injured were immediately taken to a local hospital. The blast occurred in the kitchen of the district jail in north Kashmir, an official stated. The seven injured inmates were […]

Bandipora: A senior Army officer announced that a terrorist affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, marking a significant achievement for security forces. The terrorist, identified as Umar Lone, a resident of Pattan in Baramulla district, was killed in an encounter on Monday. “Lone had been active […]

Kashmir has long been a favorite location for Bollywood, but for the past three decades, filming there has been challenging due to regional tensions. Following the abrogation of Article 370, normalcy has begun to return to Kashmir. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian, actor Jackie Shroff discusses life in […]

Srinagar: On Wednesday, the scrutiny of nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat concluded at the Office of the Returning Officer 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency. Out of 39 nomination papers received, 29 were deemed valid by Returning Officer Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, in adherence to Election Commission guidelines. Among the approved candidates are Aga Syed […]

When analysts, commentators, and Kashmir experts write that abrogating Article 370 and converting J&K into two Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh was fraught and that statehood should be restored, native Kashmiris like me wonder what is next.

Abrogation of Article 370 has been upheld, Kashmir is fully integrated into India, the ambiguous, confused identity of Kashmiri Muslims has been solved and they now have the chance to reverse the damage that these thirty years of jihad inflicted on the social fabric of the region.