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(The Print ) The hoisting of the saffron flag has led to tension at Amagarh fort in eastern Jaipur

(By Shefali Rafiq) The newly coated metal dishes are readied and kept aside in the room of Zoona Begum. She is hopeful that one day, she will serve her sons and husband — detained at Central Jail in the capital for the last two years — in them. Begum has been …

(By Umer Asif) Sitting on a hospital bed in Srinagar with his right eye shut, 23-year-old Shahnawaz Hussain is now half-blind. But he can recall the evening of Tuesday, when a lead pellet hit his eye, turning his world black. His face has several pellet marks as a policeman had …

(Rushda Fathima Khan) “We witnessed the passing away of Father Stan Swamy in custody. Now, Atiq Ur Rahman, a student leader suffering from a serious heart condition face negligence  even in the midst of a life-threatening disease, reveals failure of our democratic society as well as the rule of law,” …

 When she chose to pursue a career in journalism, Sajida Yousuf knew being a journalist was never meant to be easy in Kashmir. The 23-year-old Srinagar resident finished her master’s in journalism from the University of Kashmir in 2019 and subsequently started working as a reporter with a local news …

(By Ather Zia) On August 5, 2019, in the wake of the Indian government’s move to revoke the parts of the constitution that give Indian-administered Kashmir special status, I penned an article for Al Jazeera titled There is reason to fear for the safety of every Kashmiri in India. In …

Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The sensitive and delicate comments by distinguished Indian Ambassador to Turkey, Ambassador Sanjay Panda, “Period after revocation of autonomy game-changer for Kashmir” (AA, August 6, 2021) need to be supplemented by some observations from the viewpoint of the people of Kashmir itself. These deserve to be …

(The Wire) Sanjay, who received a grievous crush injury during industrial work, was looking for a safe alternative livelihood in housekeeping in Gurugram when he and his relative were attacked by local men.

(The Wire) As much as the prime minister of India flashes his OBC card, the mood of the poorer people of UP is less about social solidarity than about being able to earn and live well.

(Money Control ) Despite a foreign policy setback and national security concerns, India will have to rework its engagement strategy in Afghanistan. This will not be easy, but New Delhi does not have any option