Baba Umar, Srinagar 13 March 2012 The streets of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, have witnessed much killing in the past two decades of conflict. However, as the violence has ebbed, residents are facing an unusual enemy – stray dogs. The canines have been storming its streets, chasing cars, pulling down bicycle riders and often.
Dog bites man’ is not supposed to be news. But in Kashmir, a barbaric man-animal conflict is playing out in the streets of Srinagar. Baba Umar reports. ON A chilly winter evening on 20 January, a carefree Mudasir Ahmad Wangnoo, 12, was returning home from tuition classes in Baagwanpora, downtown Srinagar, when he suddenly came face-to-face with two dozen.
As Islamabad goes into overdrive to improve relations with New Delhi, Hurriyat (G) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is opening communication lines with civil society. Baba Umar reports THE VOICE of Syed Ali Shah Geelani has become tremulous over the years but it remains defiant. “Whether Pakistan supports our cause or not, I have unshakeable faith in Allah,.
The J&K government’s rehabilitation policy for former militants who crossed the LoC is an unfulfilled promise, says Baba Umar IN THE Urpara village of south Kashmir’s Shopian province, Abdul Rashid Dar, in his late 30s, is tilling the earth around the apple tree stumps in his orchard with a spade. His mother feeds the cattle while his father sips nun.
Forest officials are losing the battle against a well-oiled timber mafia that is stripping the Kashmir Valley of its green cover, reports Baba Umar A DIRT track snakes through a picturesque hill that is home to white poplar and willow trees. Camouflaged army trucks ferry gun-toting soldiers. Curious children with apple cheeks peek at passersby from mud huts: The.
British journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark specialise in investigative journalism and have worked for UK’s The Sunday Times and The Guardian for nearly 18 years. Honoured with ‘Foreign Correspondents of the Year’ award in 2004 and ‘British Journalists of the Year’ award in 2009, they’ve co-authored three.
The J&K Public Safety Act is being misused rampantly to arrest young boys. Baba Umar reports WHEN Mohammad Rafiq Sheikh, a Class X student of DAV Public School in Srinagar, was picked up by unidentified men on 2 February, he couldn’t have imagined the ordeal that awaited him. Initially, Rafiq was detained at Zakoora Police Station, where he was booked.
As the Afghan endgame nears, Kashmir could feel the blowback. Baba Umar tracks how the LeT is trying to light the powder keg with new tactics and strategies ONE IS a tailor. Another is a college student. They are young, bold and come from different localities of Sopore town in north Kashmir. But the dots that connect the disparate group imply that they are.
The battlecry for Azadi has inspired more than a dozen Hindu youth to join the ranks of pro-Pakistan militant organisations. Baba Umar traces an unusual phenomenon IN ZOHAND village, perched on a mountaintop of Doda district in Jammu & Kashmir, Nilkant Kumar, 65, snakes his way through corn and walnut fields to reach his son’s grave. With a pensive look,.
The NC’s refusal to delegate power to the elected community leaders is undermining grassroots democracy, report Baba Umar and Riyaz Wani CHIEF MINISTER Omar Abdullah hailed last year’s panchayat polls in Jammu & Kashmir — held after a hiatus of 33 years — as a victory of democracy. Even the militant leaders grudgingly admitted the polls.
