The real danger isn't in how these lethal technologies, including pellet guns, are exported and shared; the greater peril is in the precedent their use against civilian protesters sets

Ten kilometres from India’s Parliament, Daya Basti exists in a perilous triangle of railway tracks where 15,000 people live boxed into a legal and physical limbo. Children risk their lives daily crawl...

India, its government insists, is the “mother of democracy”, even as it has turned its one Muslim-majority region into a police state and killed its press.

A return, in memory, to the Jammu Rohingya settlement, the eviction notices, detention centres and quiet legal manoeuvres that have flattened it all amidst whipped up and misplaced anxieties of demo..

Landmark Verdict Against ‘Thought Crime’ Detention in case of Kupwara academic arrested for possessing books and having a hereditary connection to militancy

The story explores a complex generation that simultaneously frustrates, inspires and challenges older norms. It examines how today’s youth confront injustice, economic uncertainty and social upheaval ...

The story traces how the Line of Control carved deep wounds into the lives of people in Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan, turning neighbours and kin into foreigners overnight. Through the online gathering ...

Since 1954, The Kashmir Times has stood up for democratic rights, equality, peace and justice. KT is the oldest daily newspaper from J&K with Ved Bhasin (1929-2015), as founder. Editor: Prabodh Jamwal...

Set against the haunted landscape of Kashmir’s Line of Control, this adaptation of Mirza Waheed’s The Collaborator explores memory, complicity and survival through a film that constantly feels on the ...

The article argues that Kashmir’s intractable conflict cannot be resolved through slogans, military means or purely emotional and diplomatic posturing. Tracing the region’s complex constitutional hist...

The article examines the controversy around the title of the biography ‘Healer in Exile’, about renowned Kashmiri physician Dr Sushil Razdan, to explore how a single word can reshape memory, politics ...

Umair Ahmed Khan’s novel The Valley of Unfinished Songs is a structurally ambitious, emotionally unsettling exploration of Kashmir’s overlapping traumas rather than a simple tale of exodus or militanc...

Since 1954, The Kashmir Times has stood up for democratic rights, equality, peace and justice. KT is the oldest daily newspaper from J&K with Ved Bhasin (1929-2015), as founder. Editor: Prabodh Jamwal...

Jammu and Kashmir’s latest CAG audit exposes a stark disconnect between robust economic growth and weakening fiscal self-reliance. Despite an 11.18 per cent rise in GSDP in 2024-25, the Union Territory’s finances are increasingly propped up by New Delhi, with Grants-in-Aid from the Centre forming nearly 72 per cent of revenue receipts. Own tax revenue grew just 2.5 per cent and fell as a share of GSDP, while unrealistic revenue forecasts, rising debt, and ballooning committed expenditure on salaries, pensions and interest are squeezing out capital investment and raising serious concerns over long-term fiscal sustainability.

A CAG performance audit of Jammu and Kashmir’s lakes reveals a systemic collapse in conservation, with 315 of 697 natural lakes having vanished and 203 more significantly shrunk between 1967 and 2020. Despite a draft law pending for over 22 years, there is no dedicated legislation, no single nodal authority, and responsibilities are scattered across nine under-resourced institutions that have failed to survey, demarcate, or protect most water bodies. Only six lakes receive any structured conservation funding, encroachments and construction have been allowed on hundreds of hectares of lake land, and even flagship projects like Dal Lake’s restoration are marred by malfunctioning sewage treatment plants, incomplete projects, and unproductive expenditure, underscoring a governance vacuum that is accelerating ecological loss.

Kashmir Scope this week. Dear Readers, Welcome to the first ‘Kashmir Scope’, a weekly newsletter, offering you a curation of news and views about Jammu and Kashmir and other general interests, besid...

Three days after Kashmir Times editor Anuradha Bhasin criticised the Modi government’s counterterror measures following a deadly Delhi terror attack, she was accused of conspiring with secessionists. ...

The tragic cloudburst in Kishtwar on August 14, 2025, during the Machail pilgrimage, underscores the growing threat of extreme weather events in the Himalayas. With 65 lives lost and hundreds affected...

The only purpose the debate on Pahalgam attack, Operation Sindoor and the three-day escalation between India and Pakistan has achieved is to showcase that India is still a functioning democracy where ...

True story of G K Reddy: journalist, editor, and India's man inside Pakistan, who held ministerial meetings, drafted propaganda—but quietly fled in a military plane, switched identities, and handed se...

“…Stories that had not made it into the papers, the stories behind the stories, stories so sad, so funny, so true that there was no place for them in the papers.” Deftly pre-empting the question of wh...

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Aamir Bashir's film 'Maagh: The Winter Within' poignantly captures the chilling reality of Kashmir's oppression. Through the story of Nargis and Manzoor, the film illustrates the pervasive impact of e...

Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

Since 22 April, when militants carried out a deadly attack in Pahalgam district killing 26 civilians – most of them Hindu tourists – Kashmir has faced one of it

The declaration of the 'Democratic Republic of Balochistan' by London-based Baloch activists echoes the failed insurgency of Kashmir in the 1990s. Despite the parallels in their struggles for independ...

In the wake of the Pahalgam attack that resulted in 26 fatalities, authorities have detained over 90 individuals under the Public Safety Act (PSA), some based on past records from their adolescence. A...

Rohingya refugees in Jammu face increased crackdowns, including arbitrary detentions and fears of deportation. Gouramya, a refugee detained without charges, highlights the community's ongoing struggle...

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In the picturesque yet tense town of Uri, Kashmir, residents brace for potential conflict between India and Pakistan. Despite the beauty surrounding them, fear permeates the air as families adopt surv...

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Giving courts the last word is part of what got us into this mess. It won’t get us out.

Opponents of the exercise will do well to note that population will not be the only weapon in BJP’s arsenal for redrawing India’s electoral map.

Agha Shahid Ali's poignant poetry captures the essence of Kashmir, a region mired in conflict and longing. Born in 1949, Ali's work bridges personal and political realms, reflecting the brutal reality...

In an unusual cricket tournament held inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the famous cricket team of Jail No: 3 faced a significant setback when five key Pakistani inmates were transferred to a high-security w...

Donald Trump's presidency has reshaped international relations and the global order through unconventional means. By leveraging a unique form of power that neither fits the traditional definitions of ...

The Achan waste dump in Srinagar has become a dire environmental and public health crisis. Originally a pristine wetland, it was converted into the city's sole landfill in 1983. Unscientific waste dum...

The Bollywood movie 'Dunki' explores the extreme risks and challenges faced by illegal immigrants as they traverse dangerous routes to reach the West. The story highlights the determination and courag...

Kashmir, a region of breathtaking beauty, remains mired in conflict and historical turmoil. The mountains of the Karakoram and Pir Panjal ranges stand as silent witnesses to decades of unrest, with th...

Once a pristine water body, Dal Lake in Srinagar has shrunk from 22 to 18 square kilometres and is facing an environmental crisis due to rampant sewage dumping. Despite significant financial investmen...

Donald Trump’s presidency begins with a whirlwind of executive orders and legal battles, but his biggest challenge may come from within his own MAGA supporters. A fierce ideological clash between tech...