By Ajaz Ahmed The year 2016 ushered in a new vortex of death and destruction in Kashmir. It was a new edition of a recurring tragedy that effectively superseded the previous editions. But the contents of this new edition remained the same: thwarted aspirations of a subjugated people, protests followed by brutal repression and killings, […]
By Murtaza Shibli The death of Burhan Wani in July 2016, that provoked Kashmiris into a mass rebellion, severely challenged the narratives of status quo as advanced by India and Pakistan. The events that followed also nullified the respective policy prescriptions of the two countries that had been put in place for the management of […]
By Seema Kazi Kashmir’s 2016 uprising must be placed within the wider context of the persistent rebellions for freedom and justice in Kashmir that, as Christopher Sneddon reminds us in his important book, began to unfold much before the post-1947 India-Pakistan hostilities over Kashmir. The fact that Kashmiris themselves initiated rebellion against a repressive, feudal […]
By Sheikh Qayoom What would the fate of a human being be if his right hand discards an action taken by the left hand? No laurels for reaching the right conclusion—such a human being would be doomed for life. And, what be the fate of a society, an organisation and a political system where the […]
A mob beat a Muslim man to death in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Friday night, suspecting him to be a cow smuggler, reports said. Akbar Khan, 28, and his unidentified associate were attacked in a place called Ramgarh while they were transporting cattle to Haryana, where he lived in Ferozepur Jhirka district. Alwar has witnessed […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday that Islamic scholar Zakir Naik will not be sent back after rumours were spread that Malaysia will deport the preacher. His statement came a day after India confirmed that it had requested Malaysia to extradite Zakir Naik. “As long as he is not creating any problem, we […]
Since May 2018, WhatsApp-borne rumours have allegedly led to at least 19 deaths in India, TheQuint reported. Fake messages, claiming that child traffickers and robbers have entered cities and towns, have had a menacing effect, purportedly responsible for at least 13 incidents of fatal mob-violence across eight Indian states. The messaging app, with close to […]
By Aasif Sultan When obituaries of Kashmir militancy had been written long back, ‘everything,’ in the words of Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, ‘turned upside down in a few days time’ after the killing of Burhan Wani on 8 July 2016. Since then more and more young boys are disappearing into the woods […]
The rupee slumped to an all-time low as a resurgence in crude oil prices and the emerging market selloff took a toll on the currency, reports said. The Indian currency weakened to 68.9100 per US dollar Thursday, past its previous record of 68.8650 reached in November 2016. Brent crude’s sustained gains since the middle of […]
Ten jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) went missing while traveling in a special army train between West Bengal’s Bardhaman and Jharkhand’s Dhanbad railway stations on Wednesday. The train, headed towards Samba Sector in Jammu and Kashmir, contained a total of 83 soldiers. While conducting a headcount during a halt at Mughalsarai railway station, the […]