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TopicSouth Kashmir

Topic: south Kashmir

Fake pesticides sold during Covid lockdown hit Kashmir apple quality, price

Apples from South Kashmir's Shopian used to sell for Rs 1,300-1,5000 per 10 kg, but the price came down to just Rs 800-Rs 1,000 due to stains thanks to use of poor quality pesticide.

Govt says Kashmiri journalist has been let off after ‘midnight arrest’ by Army & CRPF

Irfan Amin, a south Kashmir-based journalist, was picked up from his house Wednesday night and 'bundled into a vehicle'.

How security forces ensured a peaceful Lok Sabha election in troubled Kashmir

Voter turnout may have been dismal in Kashmir but Lok Sabha polls passed off without any major incidents of violence, thanks to a slew of security measures.

The scars of Burhan Wani & PDP-BJP tie-up: What kept south Kashmir away from voting

Anantnag in south Kashmir, the hotbed of homegrown militancy, recorded a 13.61% voter turnout in its first phase of polling.

In a first, militants shoot Kashmir woman on camera

The Kashmir woman had allegedly tipped off security forces about the whereabouts of Zeenat-ul-Islam, who was killed last month.

How students in terror-hit south Kashmir beat unrest & shutdowns to top Class 10 results

Class 10 students in Kashmir's Pulwama & Shopian districts excelled with highest pass percentage, even though schools there were closed for more than 100 days.

7 Kashmir special police officers resign amid Hizbul threats, govt says it’s propaganda

All 7 policemen are from south Kashmir, the hotbed of homegrown militancy. Sources say more resignations are likely as Hizbul threat looms. 

Woman photojournalist who covered Kashmir encounter labelled as police informer

Masrat Zahra’s photo from encounter site went viral on social media, she has been freelancing for international media houses for the past two years.

Of the nearly 250 militants active in the Valley, 120 are believed to be in South Kashmir

At the funerals of militants, groups of mysterious masked men join the crowd to give ‘gun salutes’ to their comrades

3-ft tall JeM commander who became a nightmare for security forces killed in Kashmir

The “dwarf” militant was the divisional commander of JeM who masterminded several attacks on security forces in the Valley.

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Arvind Kejriwal is paying the price for the politics he created

What Modi govt is doing to Arvind Kejriwal is wrong. But would there ever have been a Modi govt if Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption movement had not destroyed the UPA?

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.