Ramadan Special: Bandipora’s tribal girl promotes cultural heritage during the holy month of fasting
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Bandipora: Shabnum Bashir, a 21-year-old tribal girl from Bandipora in Kashmir valley, is reviving a forgotten tradition of breaking fasts in open...
From Legacy to Challenge: Iltija Mufti’s Fight to Revive PDP and Retain Bijbehara
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
In 1996, when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed rejoined the Congress, he was assigned the task of fielding candidates for the Jammu...
“How could Imtiaz be a militant, when he had dreams of joining Army,” says...
By Ayushi Malik, TwoCircles.net
Editor’s note: The story is the final story in a three-part series on the three youth from Rajouri district of Jammu...
“Arsalan is innocent,” family of 19-year-old Srinagar youth arrested by NIA demand his release
After a 19-year-old youth from Srinagar was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) under militancy charges, his family has been left distraught. They claim...
Recurrent lockdowns in Kashmir see surge in domestic abuse
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
In August 2019, Insha (name changed) lay dying in her husband’s house after he locked her in a room for seven...
After backlash, AMU withdraws order seeking profiling of J&K students
The circular dated December 27 had caused fear among J&K students as the collected information had to be provided to the Aligarh Superintendent...
‘They Shelled Our Dreams, Not Just Our Homes’: Kashmir’s Border Residents Recount Horror Unleashed...
Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina/ TwoCircles.net
Uri (Baramulla): “War should never be rejoiced. When the shells hit, they don’t ask your identity,” said Farooq Ahmad,...
Encounters leave trail of destruction for Kashmiri families, scores of homes turn to rubble
By TCN Correspondent
Pehley yeh ghar meray liye bas ik makaan tha
Ab yeh jagah meray liye ik aastan hai
It used to just be a house...
Won’t plead for justice anymore: Kashmir’s ‘Mass Rape’ survivors on 29th anniversary
Auqib Javeed , TwoCircles.net
Kupwara: “We were not heard then and we aren’t being heard now,” says 75-years old Mohammad Amin, whose wife(name withheld) was...
Fading Glory: Khrew’s Transformation from Saffron Capital to Sparse Cultivation
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth and Hamaad Habibullah, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Khrew in Kashmir’s Pampore town, which is known for its lush saffron fields, once thrived with abundant...
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...
New J&K Media Policy 2020 is ‘Orwellian’ and ‘Kafkaesque’
By Gowhar Geelani, TwoCircles.net
Though the influential Srinagar-based Kashmir Editors Guild and other major journalist bodies and unions are strangely mum on J&K government’s new...
“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...
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...
“We are worst victims of cross-border shelling,” LOC residents express mixed feelings on latest...
On February 25, the two nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed for a ceasefire along the highly volatile Line of Control (LOC), that...
“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...
“They slaughtered our trees like goats,” Kashmir’s farmers, forest dwellers fear losing livelihood, homes
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Budgam: Abdul Rasheed Wagay, 57, is looking with teary eyes towards the chopped apple trees at his orchard, in Kanidajan area...
‘No transparency in anti-encroachment drive:’ Kashmir traders’ body as govt intensifies ‘state land’ retrieval...
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) held an urgent press conference today and urged the government to bring a formal order in...
Outrage in Kashmir after killing of 2 ‘civilians’, who police claim were working with...
Following the killing of two civilians in an encounter at the Hyderpora area of Srinagar, the family members of the slain duo have rubbished...
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...
“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...
BJP’s Bid for Control Fails: Saffron Party Faces Setbacks in Historic J&K Elections
Tauseef Ahmed and Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Gurez: Celebrations erupted outside the residence of National Conference (NC) candidate Nizar Ahmed Khan, who triumphed over Faqeer...
Structural Barriers to Media Openness in Kashmir
By Tanveer Ahmad Khan and Wasia Hamid
The modern age is one of global interactions wherein local happenings are shaped by the events taking place miles away...
Reports of rights violations in J&K, arrest of prominent Kashmiri activist by NIA concerning:...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) President Syed Sadatullah in a statement said that the affairs of Jammu and Kashmir must be resolved by talks, consultation and...
Kashmir: Claims of probe on Hyderpora encounter leave police, families of slain, political parties...
The claims of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jammu Kashmir Police ordered to probe the controversial Hyderpora encounter, have been dismissed by...
In Kashmir, women diagnosed with PCOS face trauma, infertility
The latest Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS), published in December 2020, found that at least 60% of Kashmiri married women report one or...
“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...
Kashmir’s cartoonists depict rot behind gory images of Kashmiri child atop his dead grandfather
Majid Maqbool, TwoCircles.net
The flurry of gory images of a three-year-old child atop his dead grandfather, his arms stretched backwards, after losing his life during...
“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...
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...
“Modi talks about self-sufficient India but in Kashmir, they are doing opposite,” 15000 engineers...
By Shakir Mir
Srinagar: Hilal Rasool (now 45) was a young engineering graduate in 2003 when Kashmir was starting to emerge out of a decade...
Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik sentenced to life imprisonment; shutdown, clashes in Srinagar parts
Ahead of the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a 'terror-funding' case, spontaneous shutdown was witnessed in Kashmir parts, with clashes, sloganeering...
When the Waters Came: Inside the Flood Havoc Across Jammu and Kashmir
By Arsheed Ahmad, twoCircles.net
Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir — The floodwaters crept in silently, under the cover of night. No sirens, no alerts — only the...
The story behind the controversial Palestinian mural in Kashmir
On the occasion of Eid, a protest against the recent Israeli actions in Palestine took place in an area in Srinagar, the summer capital...
‘No Grass, No Growth, No Eid’: Stuck in Lowlands Since Pahalgam Attack, Bakarwal Herders...
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir): Altaf Ahmed Khan and his family begin their seasonal journey every year in April into the...
“We demand DNA results to be out soon or whole village will protest,” say...
By Ayushi Malik, TwoCircles.net
Rajouri: It has been three weeks since the DNA samples of the families of three missing labourers from Rajouri were taken...
Ramadan sees increased violence in Kashmir, reveals data
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
The holy month of Ramadan all over the world witnesses’ festivities and joy among Muslims. For Muslim majority Kashmir, the month...
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...
Meet Wani, the 82-Year-Old Man Who Runs Kashmir’s Last Traditional Oil Mill
Faizan Mir, TwoCircles.net
Inside a dimly lit old two-story mud and timber house patched with tin sheets, 82-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Wani guides an old angled...
“RSS-BJP want Jammu to be Muslim free,” says Gujjar leader after authorities demolish 5...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Stating that BJP and RSS is hell-bent on dislocating Muslims in Jammu, the Gujjar Muslims are anguished over “selective” demolition...
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...
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...
Home Demolitions, Mass Detentions Spark Fear in Kashmir After Pahalgam Attack
TCN Correspondent
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): "Even if my brother was involved in the attack, what has our family got to do with it?" asks Aisha...
800 days in prison: Incarcerated journalist Aasif Sultan’s family cling onto memories, hope
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan has spent more than 800 days in prison under ‘terror’ charges, which his family and media bodies have categorically dismissed....
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi hoists national flag at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk
The Kanyakumari to Kashmir yatra started from the southern tip of the country on September 7 and will culminate today in Srinagar after...
Opinion: Kashmir Files weaponizes grief for propaganda
The gut-wrenching story of Kashmiri Pandits should not be weaponized for stoking anti-Muslim violence.
Alishan Jafri | TwoCircles.net
After a friend shared Chetan Bhagat's recent op-ed in the Times...
This Kashmiri woman distributes sanitary napkins for free
Asma Hafiz, Twocircles.net
Irfana Zargar was settling in after a long day at work when she received a desperate call from a woman asking for...
J&K Elections: How Anti-Delhi Rhetoric Shapes Kashmiri Political Survival Amidst Poll Battles
Aakib Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In April this year, Syed Altaf Bukhari, a prominent Kashmiri politician, openly aligned himself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that supporting the central...
Freedom on a Leash: Sikander Malik’s Journey Through Politics and Surveillance in Kashmir
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In the heart of Kashmir’s evolving political landscape, Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik stood out not just as a candidate, but as a...
Meet Sobia Mushtaq, a self-taught calligrapher from Kashmir
During Sultan Husain Shah’s reign, Mir Ali Haft Qalam came to Kashmir from Iran. He was a noted calligrapher. Bestowed with the title of...
Meet Saima Noor, a Wheelchair-Bound Woman Artist in a Kashmir Hospital
Ilhak Tantray and Mohsin Mushtaq | Two Circles Network
There is a profound sense of melancholy in the dimly lit ward number six of Srinagar's...
TCN interview: “Number of bunkers in Srinagar has remained same, if not reduced,” says...
To understand the current security scenario in Kashmir, the deployment of additional troops, hybrid militancy and the challenges forces face to deal with it,...
Celebrated Kashmiri poet Rehman Rahi dies at 98
Rehman Rahi has profoundly impacted Kashmiri culture and literature as a respected poet, forward-thinking critic, and literary theorist.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND...
A year after abrogation of Article 370, Kashmir is tragedy in making
By Firdous Khan
The first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 is around the corner in Jammu and Kashmir. It was on August 5...
“We have no will to live now,” family of slain Rajouri youth Abrar share...
In this three-part series, TwoCircles.net profiles the three youth from Rajouri who were killed in an alleged ‘fake encounter’ in Shopian district of Kashmir...
Meet the college dropout who runs a news portal in J&K
The portal is getting recognised for reporting on issues in Chenab valley which are overlooked by the mainstream media.
Shadab Farooq | TwoCircles.net
JAMMU — When 22-year-old...
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...
Against all odds, this tribal boy from Srinagar cracks one of India’s toughest exams
Tufail Ahmad constantly struggled to get good internet connectivity and worked as a laborer to arrange funds for books.
Auqib Javid | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR — Tufail...
“We have been in lockdown since we were born,” Kashmir’s transgender community face neglect,...
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Anjali remembers the day before Kashmir was put under a military and communications lockdown on August 5 last year. It...
As Kashmir Gears Up for Assembly Elections, What It Means for the Region and...
Aqib Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Mohammad Rizwan, 38, expressed his excitement upon learning that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had finally announced assembly elections for Jammu...
“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...
‘State wants to control media’: Journalists in Kashmir brace for worse
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The Union Territory administration seems to have started a “war” against the Journalists working in the valley as coronavirus...
Shock, anger in Kashmir after brutal murder of young woman
In a case of unprecedented brutality in Kashmir, a 45-year-old man killed a 30-year-old woman in Budgam by chopping off her head, slicing...
Why are tribals from Jammu and Kashmir protesting inclusion of Paharis in ST list?
Members of the Gujjar Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir are on a protest march from Kupwara to Jammu against the government of India's...
“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...
Behind Closed Doors: Kashmiri Women Battle the Silent Burden of PCOS
Shah Khursheed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Bareera, 24, a postgraduate student from Pulwama, remembers the first signs of something being wrong with unsettling clarity. In Class 11,...
Pahalgam Aftermath: Collective Punishment? Military Demolitions Leave Families of Militants Homeless
Arsheed Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Following a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead, the Army launched a series of...
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 |...
Watch: Srinagar’s Heritage House connects youth with Kashmir’s past
Located in Srinagar’s old city, a century-old building is now a heritage museum. Known as Baitul Meeras (Heritage House), the museum was opened...
‘Unlike Other Days, Tourists Were More in Number’: Deadliest Civilian Attack Since 2003 Shakes...
TCN Correspondent
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): When Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and split it...
Kashmiri journalists ‘deprived’ of interactive space, protection as authorities shut valley’s only Press Club
The journalists from Kashmir valley lamented that they have lost a rare institution that stood by them, talked about journalistic rights, and called...
“No one would question innocence of our kids now,” says family, after Army admits...
By Ayushi Malik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: Reacting to the Army’s statement on Friday that they had found ‘prima facie’ evidence that its armed forces exceeded their...
Mental health experts sound alarm as suicide cases rise in Kashmir amid pandemic
Several cases of suicides in Kashmir in the past month and with the pandemic year recording the highest cases of suicides in Kashmir in...
JKSSB exams postponed, aspirants approach SC over hiring of blacklisted agency to conduct tests
The postponement has come amid growing protests by aspirants over the administration’s decision to hire tainted Aptech Limited to conduct the exams.
Ubair ul...
“Our men are innocent, have no connection with militancy,” families of 3 Kashmiri men...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: “I fear that the fate of my husband should not be like those Kashmiris who were implicated in fabricated cases...
Hundreds of academicians, journalists appeal UN Special Rapporteur to stop intimidation of Kashmiri journalists
TCN News
Members of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative Action Network have written to Prof David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of...
Journalists in Kashmir anxious after admin’s “militant sympathizers” remarks
The remarks made by the region’s top administrator in a fact-finding report by Press Council of India (PCI) has caused worry among the journalists...
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...
Kashmiri independent journalist Ahmer Khan, team earn Emmy nomination for film on rise of...
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: A Kashmiri independent multimedia journalist Ahmer Khan, and his team’s film has been nominated for Emmy. Their film, ‘India Burning’...
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...
Life after Article 370: Kashmiri farmers decry not getting benefits from progressive central laws...
Following the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government in August, 2019, a total of 165 laws of the erstwhile state of Jammu...
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...
Internet shutdowns, poor speed adding to students worry in Kashmir
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Waseem (name changed) had prepared for his viva exam scheduled for the next day. However, in the morning when he...
10 facts about Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s greatest 20th century poet
Rehman Rahi's death on January 9 was mourned across Kashmir.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi, a well-known Kashmiri...
Kashmir’s journalist body resolves to withstand ‘policing and intimidation’
TCN News
Srinagar: Condemning the ongoing offensive against journalists launched by J&K Police, the Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) Wednesday said that journalists in Kashmir...
Kashmir’s Political Shake-Up: From BJP Proxies to NC Resurgence, New Parties Struggle for Relevance
Zaid Bin Shabir, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: On March 8, 2020, more than seven months after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government abrogated Jammu & Kashmir’s special...
Jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Altaf Shah dies of cancer at AIIMS
Altaf Shah, the son-in-law of late Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was a prominent member of the separatist group Tehreek e Hurriyat.
Afnan...
Gujjar Lung or Covid-19: Explaining cause of deaths in Gujjar-Bakarwal community in Jammu and...
The Gujjar-Bakarwal live in the hilly areas of the Indian subcontinent, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pakistan, Tibet. The nomadic community...
As J&K Elections Conclude, Kulgam Confronts a Crucial Test of Development and Promised Change
Mubashir Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kulgam (Kashmir): Following the conclusion of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the political landscape in Kulgam, South Kashmir, is undergoing a significant transformation....
Under Pressure: Omar Abdullah’s Hat-Trick in a Changing Kashmir Political Landscape
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
On September 4, around 2:00 p.m., the National Conference office in Ganderbal reverberated with ‘Zyoon Hoo Zyoon Hoo, Nationalan Zyoon Hoo (we...
“It is suffocating in Kashmir,” Pak-origin wives of Kashmiri ex-militants stuck in ‘stateless limbo’,...
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Forty-three-year-old Saira Javid is living the life of a prisoner. Not a single day passes when she doesn’t think of her...
Meet Shiekh Asif from Kashmir, a tech entrepreneur who believes an idea can change...
Twenty-eight-year-old Sheikh Asif from Kashmir’s capital Srinagar never thought that "an idea" will change his life and he will become an owner of a...
“We are begging govt to release our kin,” say families of Kashmiri students held...
After cases were filed against Kashmiri students for allegedly cheering for Pakistan in different parts of the country, their families back home are in...
‘Justice half-done,’ say families of three youth killed in Kashmir fake encounter
An Army court on Monday sentenced an Army captain to life imprisonment for his involvement in a staged gunfight in Shopian in 2020.
Auqib...
“We demand dead body of our kin,” families of 3 slain Kashmiri youth deny...
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: "We just need the dead body of our kin. We aren’t demanding anything,” says 50 year old Sara Bano at her...
“If we don’t click pictures, what will we earn?” Kashmir’s photojournalists rue new police...
After Kashmir Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar issued directions to media on April 7 to “not come close to encounter sites and cases...
Kunan Poshpora: The Silent Night That Still Echoes Cries for Justice
Raqif Makhdoomi, TwoCircles.net
Kunan Poshpora, a village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, carries a story that continues to haunt its people even after 35 years....
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...
‘My journalism seems to be the reason for these travel restrictions’: journalist Aakash Hassan...
Independent journalist Aakash Hassan from Kashmir writes for The Guardian and has covered human rights and politics from the region for reputed media outlets...
Amid Power Offtake to Other States, Electricity Price Has Become the Cost of Life...
Hana Vahab, TwoCircles.net
In the remote village of Hundi in Kupwara, the northernmost district of Kashmir, 15-year-old Wajid dreams of clearing prestigious Union Public Service...
Meet Shariya Manzoor: The boxer girl from Kashmir
Twenty-year-old Shariya Manzoor from a restive region in Kashmir is a boxer whose passion for combat sports has earned her laurels. Her dream is...
New domicile certificates amplify anxieties about demographics in Kashmir
Gowhar Geelani, TwoCircles.net
On July 5, the Jammu & Kashmir administration declared that over 6,600 applicants — an overwhelming majority of them retired soldiers and...
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...
“They are our hope,” Local community and relief orgs’ in Kashmir answer SOS calls...
Amid the present Covid-19 crisis, over two dozen NGO’s in J&K, especially in Kashmir valley, are working in the region by providing medicines, oxygen,...
Bakerwal Children Still Struggle for Education
Shaizan Nadaf and Kaisar Ali/ TwoCircles.netAashiq Hussain Chopan, 14, and seven other children in tattered clothes sit on a mat under open...
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...
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...
India’s Lithium Discovery Triggers Worry for People of Jammu
Gafira Qadir | Twocircles.net
“We thought it was our chance to become rich, so we celebrated the news but the happiness did not last for...
‘It Destroyed His Five Years’: Drug Addiction Shatters Dreams of Countless Families in Kashmir
Tauseef Ahmad/ Abdul Basit | Two Circles
Five years ago, Hanan Majeed (name changed), 21, a Kashmiri youth from Baramulla district fell victim to addiction...
Part II: Gujjar-Bakerwal community in Jammu and Kashmir face depleted livelihood, exclusion, fear of...
The Gujjar-Bakarwal community live in the hilly areas of the Indian subcontinent, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pakistan, and Tibet. 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...
‘He Promised to Return Next Week’: 12 Years On – A Kashmiri Family’s Endless...
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The last time 58-year-old Zareefa Begum spoke to her son, Manzoor Ahmad Kumar, was on February 12, 2013. He had called...
“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...
Why are three Kashmiri students in jail after court granted them bail?
On March 30, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to all three students who were booked for sedition. They are still behind bars as...
Cafés in Kashmir’s Smaller Towns: Crucial Hubs for Social Interaction and Community Engagement
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: At 3 p.m., a steady stream of young girls begins to filter into Taste of Tibet, a café nestled...
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...
Using pellets, force on Shia mourner’s points to declining religious freedom in Kashmir
By Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Muharram processions in Kashmir this year became sites of protests in which over 200 people...
Families of Kashmiri ‘militants’ killed in encounters with forces demand probe, insist their kin...
In recent months, at least three Kashmiri families have demanded probes into the killing of their slain kin who are accused to be 'alleged...
Amid lockdown, this Sikh youth is enthralling Kashmiris through music
By Zahoor Hussain
As most parts of the world are locked down to contain spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus, Harkrishan Singh Sanam, a 25-year-old...
“This is sheer injustice,” say sacked JK govt employees accused of ‘anti-national’ links
After the government in Jammu and Kashmir terminated 11 of its employees on July 9 accusing them of 'anti-national' activities, the order has left...
Where letters still sail: Kashmir’s floating post office bridging tradition and modernity
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: At a time when technology connects people from every corner of the world, the unique floating post office in the serene waters...
Fear Grips Kashmir: Surge in Militancy Threatens Stability After Elections
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Following the landmark, peaceful elections held in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in six years since the revocation of its...
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...
“They are using humans as shields”: LoC villagers appeal for ceasefire
TCN Reporter, TwoCircles.net
Kupwara: Watching the debris of his house that he had made over years of hard work along with his three sons, Mohammad...
Year 2022: Over 180 militants killed in J&K, notable drop in recruitment
In 2022, Kashmir witnessed a spate of targeted killings, leaving scores of civilians, including Kashmiri Pandits and migrant labourers, dead.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR...
‘How Will We Support Our Family?’: Tourism Collapses Overnight After Deadly Pahalgam Attack
Sadaf Shabir and Fahim Mattoo/TwoCircles.net
Lal Bazar (Srinagar): Grief erupted through the quiet streets of Lal Bazar on April 23 morning. A young man, Mazoor,...
“Move to detain us aimed to please Hindutva vote bank in Jammu,” say fear-stricken...
At-least 168 Rohingya refugees living in Narwal area of Jammu in India were taken to detention centres on March 6. The move whipped up...
“Jailed but innocent,” acquittal of Kashmiri man after 11 years in false case puts...
On June 22, a 44-year-old Kashmiri man Bashir Ahmad Baba reunited with his family 11 years after he was “framed” in a case in Gujarat and jailed...
‘Govt doesn’t care about religious minorities in Kashmir:’ Kashmiri Pandit leader after fresh killing
In the latest attack, a Kashmiri Pandit man was shot dead by suspected militants in the Pulwama district on Sunday.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
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Media has collectively failed in Jammu and Kashmir: Anuradha Bhasin in exclusive interview
By Ayushi Malik, TwoCircles.net
On October 4, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, the executive editor of Kashmir Times, a daily English newspaper published from Jammu, alleged that...
As world fights coronavirus, Kashmir struggles for information and education
By Sajid Bukhari
Government of a country whose constitution has promised ‘Right to Equality’ under Article 14 even to foreigners, has segregated 1.25 crore residents...
Widespread anxiety in J&K amid intensified anti-encroachment drive
The administration has recovered thousands of acres of state land throughout the Union Territory, and hundreds of structures erected on the encroached territory...
This super teacher is on a mission to transform the lives of children in...
Kanchan Sharma, a retired lecturer, has been running a school for the slum children for over a decade now.
Mubashir Naik and Irshad Hussain |...
Voices From the Void: J&K’s Long-Awaited Assembly Polls Stir Hope and Uncertainty
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Ghulam Nabi Bhat, a dedicated 65-year-old voter, has always prioritised casting his vote and has never missed an election. However,...
‘Kashmir is graveyard of probes, not expecting justice from courts,’ says family of slain...
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Budgam: Kashmir has the distinction of being known as as the graveyard for inquiries and probes of civilian killings at the hands of...
23-year-old Kashmiri girl becomes first from her village to crack civil services
By Asma Hafiz, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Twenty-three-year-old Nadia Beigh hailing from Punzwa village in Kupwara district of North Kashmir is the first girl from her village...
Book Review: Connecting Kashmir’s past with the present
The book Kashmir: Looking Back in Time-Politics, Culture, History by Khalid Bashir Ahmad is an attempt at connecting Kashmir’s past and present. The book...
‘Film on Kashmiri Pandits has further widened the wedge between two communities,’ says top...
A prominent Kashmiri Pandit leader Sanjay Tickoo in an interview with TwoCircles.net castigates the hate generated by the film The Kashmir Files.
Auqib Javeed |...
‘God Has Finally Answered Our Prayers’: Fresh Snowfall Revives Dying Business in Kashmir
Irshad Hussain / Mubashir Naik , TwoCircles.net
After a months-long dry spell, the Kashmir valley finally received the much-anticipated first snowfall of the season in...
‘What good will the film do for us?’ several Kashmiri Pandits question The Kashmir...
For several displaced Kashmiri Pandits, the film’s depiction of Kashmiri Muslims as villains is untrue and will not help the battered community in their...
Gujjar-Bakerwal Communities: Neglected Voices in Jammu and Kashmir Elections
Kounsar Bashir and Safoora Hilal/TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir approaches the third and final phase of its Assembly elections — marking the first polls...
Economic and ecological disaster predicted as 16 million poplar trees are ordered to be...
Auqib Javeed,TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The Union Territory Administration in Kashmir has started a massive axing and looping programme of Russian female poplar trees locally know as...
“Land is our only source of income,” Kashmir village erupts against land transfer to...
On November 29, scores of villagers from Pulwama assembled in Press Enclave Srinagar and protested against the "allotment of their agricultural land to CRPF"...
Enthusiastic Voting, Creative Floating Polling Stations Mark J&K Elections’ 2nd Phase
As per the Election Commission, the voter turnout stood at 54.11%
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: For 25-year-old Asiya Khursheed, the second phase of ongoing assembly...
From Homemaker to Entrepreneur: Asiya Begum’s Inspiring Journey in Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Rooftop...
Tauseef Ahmad, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: In a region where unemployment among youth is a pressing issue, Asiya Begum, a 29-year-old woman from North Kashmir, has emerged as...
Members of Kashmiri Hindu, Sikh minorities reject Domicile law, say ‘law brought without consent...
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Stating that the new Domicile law is not only a threat to Kashmir Muslims but for the minorities of the erstwhile...
“Falsely booked,” claims family of Malik Noor Fayaz of Doda in prison for ‘killing...
The family of 51-year-old Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, who is currently in prison for the killing of a BJP member and his brother in...
‘No One Will Trust Them Anymore’: Jamaat-e-Islami Faces Backlash for Electoral Shift
Mohammad Aatif Ammad Kanth, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was founded in 1941 by Syed Abdul Ala Maududi. Inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, the organisation was...
Kashmir residents upset over closure of Valley’s biggest mosque for 26 weeks
The year 2021 witnessed the highest number of restrictions on Friday prayers at Jamia mosque in Srinagar. The mosque remained shut for at...
400+ international civil rights advocates, organizations demand immediate release of Kashmir journalist Aasif Sultan
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) together with over 400 civil society activists and organizations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...