Explained: Why is resentment growing in Ladakh three years after UT status?

Leaders from two regions of Ladakh - Kargil and Leh, have put forth four agenda points for the Centre to fulfill.  TCN Staff Correspondent  SRINAGAR...

Explainer: Why next assembly elections will be significant for Jammu and Kashmir?

The next elections will be significant as the BJP-led government has made several constitutional changes in the region. Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND...

Who is Gulam Ali Khatana, BJP’s Rajya Sabha nominee from J&K?

51-year-old Ghulam Ali Khatana from Jammu has worked with the RSS affiliated Muslim Rashtriya Manch and has held several positions within the BJP.  Ubair Ul...

Fresh killing renews fear among Kashmir’s minority Hindu community

The killing of a Kashmiri Pandit man in Shopian district of Kashmir last week evoked a sharp condemnation from the Union Territory administration and...

Political row in Kashmir as non-locals get voter rights

Any Indian citizen, including non-locals who live or work in Jammu and Kashmir, will be eligible to register to vote and participate in the...

‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...

A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...

Social divide widens in J&K’s Pir Panjal amidst ST reservation politics

Gujjar-Bakarwals and Paharis, the two distinct ethnic groups of Jammu and Kashmir are at loggerheads with each other due to the changing political dynamics...

Anger, protests in Kashmir after killing of migrant Kashmiri Pandit

Killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in Kashmir valley has evoked sharp reactions in the Pandit community with several calling for the mass resignation of...

Why Delimitation Commission’s report to redraw electoral boundaries in J&K is ruffling feathers??

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the recommendations by the Commission will disempower the erstwhile state while the political observers believe...

Explained: Why is Kashmir’s historic grand mosque frequently shut down by authorities?

Kashmir valley's grand mosque of Jamia Masjid in Srinagar was shut for congregational prayers on the Muslim festival of Eid on May 3. In...

Kashmir marred by series of attacks ahead of PM Modi’s visit

This will be the prime minister's first visit to the newly carved Union Territory (UT) post abrogation of Article 370—which granted special status to...

“Aim to disempower Kashmir,” Why Delimitation Commission’s draft report stirs controversy in restive region

The political parties under the banner of People Alliance for Gupkar declaration (PAGD) expressed their dismay over the draft report of the commission...

Do renewed attacks on police, increase in civilian killings belie govt claims of ‘all...

For the citizens of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, notwithstanding the perception of an increase or decrease in violence, the situation has...

International Human Rights Day: Khurram Parvez’s arrest casts shadow over human rights work in...

The arrest of prominent human rights defender Khurram Parvez under UAPA has brought to halt the human rights work in Kashmir. Auqib Javeed |...

“Not able to attend online classes,” students, businessmen in Kashmir decry new ‘unscheduled, unannounced’...

The unscheduled internet shutdowns in different parts of Kashmir, especially capital Srinagar, have hit the students and businesses hard.  Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles.net  SRINAGAR - For...

“Senseless violence in Kashmir should stop,” targeted killings create wave of fear, migration

The killings of civilians in Kashmir, especially of non-Muslims, has created fear among the minority community. According to reports, many Kashmiri Pandit families have...

“Being a lawyer in Kashmir is walking on two-edged sword,” journey of a lawyer...

Working as a lawyer is not easy in a region like Kashmir, where multiple levels of threat not only impede justice but restrict the...

Why Kishanganj in Bihar is being targeted as ‘Kashmir’?

Kishanganj is a Muslim majority district in Bihar. Lately, the district has been in focus after Hindutva leaders started comparing the region with ‘Kashmir...

“We celebrated abrogation of Article 370 but we didn’t know Jammu will be its...

Two years after the BJP government abrogated Article 370 of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region where it promised the abrogation...

“We are still begging for meals 30 years after migration,” Why are Kashmiri Pandits...

On September 18, hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits held a protest demonstration at Jagti township in the outskirts of Jammu city against the delay in the payment...

Devotees slam authorities in Kashmir for not allowing prayers in major mosques, shrines

The predominantly Muslim region has been under an unprecedented lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020. While the lockdown restrictions have gradually...

“Will affect livelihood,” Kashmir photographers unhappy with new order banning drones

On July 4, a week after the Jammu drone attack, which was the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, the district administration...

Why the followers of Hindutva in India support Israel?

The common force uniting Hindutva and Zionism is their shared understanding of the nation and the treatment of minorities. While Zionism sought to violently...

“To whom should we plead?,” families of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails across India...

The demand for the release of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in different jails across India was raised after a Hurriyat leader Shahid-ul-Islam tested positive in...

Indian Americans welcome USCIRF report placing India in religious freedom blacklist for second year...

Bipartisan Federal Commission recommends India’s designation as Country of Particular Concern (CPC), urges US Congress, State Department to impose sanctions. TCN News The Indian American Muslim...

Two students help underprivileged children in Kashmir get smartphones for online classes

Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: After being shut for six months due to an unprecedented military clampdown last year in August, schools in Kashmir closed again...

“Black year for Kashmir Tourism Industry,” Kashmiri houseboat owners decry lack of govt support...

By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net Srinagar: Bilal Ahmed recalls the day before India revoked Kashmir’s special status on August 5 2019, followed by unprecedented security and...

“Journalists coming on media tour no different than tourists,” Kashmir media reacts to govt’s...

By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net  Srinagar: On the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, two images stood out in Kashmir. One was of an Indian...

How Indian society has been desensitized to the plight of Kashmir

By Nazma Parveen, TwoCircles.net  Kolkata: August 2020 marks one year to the dilution of Article 370 in Kashmir, which stripped it of its statehood by...

Kashmir Reading Room releases report marking one year of abrogation of Article 370

TCN News Kashmir: Kashmir Reading Room has released a report marking one year of the de-operationalization of Article 370, and unilateral revocation of Kashmir’s special...

UN experts call for urgent action on “alarming” human rights situation in Jammu and...

TCN News Geneva: As India marks one year of abrogation of Article 370, United Nations (UN) Human Rights Special Rapporteurs have called on the international...

A year after scrapping of Article 370, Jammuites question move as new Domicile Law...

By Ayushi Malik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: A year after Government of India abrogated Article 370 and touted it as a step towards “full integration” of the...

Post Article 370: Immediate Police Reforms needed in Jammu & Kashmir

By Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat It has been more than 7 years since Omar Abdullah led  government in Jammu & Kashmir, before tabling J&K Police...

Janta Curfew: Unlike India, Kashmir had been forced to do it for 6 months

As COVID-19 brought the world to a halt, troubles faced by the people in Kashmir can be imagined, though to a much lesser extent By...

“Being Kashmiri and a Muslim is enough for Police to frame you”: kin of...

By TCN Correspondent Srinagar: On March 8, a Kashmiri couple was arrested by the Special cell of Delhi Police from their rented accommodation in Jamia...

Govt’s name-changing spree in Kashmir “too small an issue” for people

Auqib Javeed, Twocircles.net Srinagar: Backed by BJP at the Centre, the Union territory administration in Jammu and Kashmir is on name changing spree for the...

Vacant Hotels, Empty Shikaras dot the Kashmir landscape as Govt fails to woo back...

 Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net   Srinagar: Despite advocating normalcy by uplifting the ban on social media, the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration has failed to woo...

Un-ending Tragedies IV: To meet her jailed son, this Kashmiri mother is begging door...

By TCN Correspondent SRINAGAR: This year marks a new beginning for 42-years-old Zamrooda. A resident of Batamaloo area of Srinagar and originally a homemaker, now has...

200 days since abrogation of Article 370 : Alienation, clampdowns, denials and detentions continue...

Auqib Javeed, Twocircles.net Srinagar:  On August 5, the Indian government withdrew Article 370 of India's constitution, which gave the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir...

Un-ending Tragedies III: ‘We embraced and wept’, Father on meeting jailed son after 60...

In the first week of August last year, the stage was set for the government of India to remove the special status of the...

TCN SPECIAL- Abrogation of Article 370 Aftermath: How a Kashmiri mother struggles to meet...

In the first week of August last year, the stage was set for Union government of India to remove the special status of the...
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