Hindus in Indian Kashmir on Sunday suspended protests after the government agreed to temporarily provide land to a Hindu trust managing a key pilgrimage in the Muslim-majority region.
The simmering anger that has manifested itself on the Jammu streets since the beginning of this month is the culmination of the region’s perceived “neglect and dominance by the Kashmir Valley .”
What makes Jammu agitation so distinct from Kashmir agitation? questions Rauff Mustafa.
Elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil are to be held Saturday. For smooth conduct of elections for the LAHDC Kargil, as many as 892 polling staff and more than 1,000 police personnel including para military forces have been deployed in Kargil district.
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) Elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil are to be held Saturday.
During the week that I spent in Leh, every time I’d look out from my balcony, I’d see three teenagers hanging around the hotel lobby. They’d sit aimlessly, waiting for that elusive odd job to come their way. Odd jobs, not oddly so, didn’t seem to come their way often.
When I decided to go to India this summer, my parents, naturally, were worried. I originally attempted to assuage their fears by telling them a small white lie: India is not dangerous, only the Kashmir region is.
The first shooting schedule of Vinod Chopra Films next mega venture ‘3 Idiots’ was commenced on 26th August 2008 in Mumbai. The first scene started with a bang in an aircraft with R. Madhavan.
Pakistan’s Indus river was fundamental to India before partition and retains its importance to this day, says Alice Albinia in this extract from her book, Empires of the Indus
The current situation in Jammu and Kashmir has caused great alarm and some papers have blamed politicians of different…