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Topic: Kashmir

Army Major at centre of Kashmir human shield row detained after clash over woman at hotel

The altercation took place after the Srinagar hotel manager refused to allow the woman to meet Major Leetul Gogoi who had booked a room there, police said.

Pak raises India’s ‘violation’ of Indus Waters Treaty with World Bank

Islamabad has objected time and again to the Kishanganga hydro project which was inaugurated by Modi during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir last week.  

Last Laughs: What the Walmart-Flipkart deal overshadows & the problem with Rahul’s PM dreams

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Killing of Kashmiri professor—has govt outreach failed with more educated youth turning to militancy?

In the Shopian encounter Sunday, five suspected militants were killed, including an assistant professor. Has the government outreach failed with more educated youth turning to militancy? Experts weigh in.

Burhan’s social media-savvy militancy chapter ends with aide Paddar’s death

Paddar was killed with four other suspected militants, including a sociology professor at the University of Kashmir, in an encounter at Badigam in south Kashmir’s Shopian.

In a first, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq admits Hurriyat has ‘lost connect’ with people of Kashmir

Moderate leader says the separatists are concerned about the youth picking up guns, blames the Centre for pushing them against a wall.

Shopian school bus attack not the first in Kashmir, kids in Valley targeted since 2016

25 schools were torched in the Valley soon after the encounter of Burhan Wani in 2016. On 1 April this year, a school bus was also attacked by protesters.

‘The Making of Early Kashmir’ rediscovers the Valley’s grand Sanskrit heritage

Little is known about Kashmir beyond the media's tales of violence. Shonaleeka Kaul’s book looks at the state that was once a premier centre of Sanskrit scholarship.

Last Laughs: Modi-Xi talks in China and the historic step by Kim Jong-un & Moon Jae-in

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Kashmiri soldier who joined Hizbul ‘never showed inclination towards militancy’, say kin

Family members of Idrees Mir say they were clueless about him joining a militant group until his picture brandishing an AK-47 went viral on social media.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.