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A major highway is separated by makeshift checkpoint. An officer stops traffic on a road in Kashmir in April 2025.

Beyond Pahalgam: Life Under the Shadow of Control in Kashmir-III

18 Feb 2026

9 min read

In the final installment of this three-part series reflecting on my April 2025 trip to Kashmir, I turn to the stories and realisations that stayed with me long after I left the region. I recount stori ...

A snapshot of a watchtower and fencing that lines a military training camp along a major highway from Srinagar to Anantnag, south Kashmir, in April 2025. The walls, covered in sandbags and barbed wire, are painted with cultural references to the beauty of the valley. A small hole appears to be lookout for a sniper.

News Analysis

Bunkers, Barbed wires, & Barricades in Kashmir: Militarisation is Impossible to Ignore-II

Julia Norman

18 Feb 2026

6 min read

Two military personnel patrol Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, holding semi-automatic weapons in April 2025.

News Analysis

Even as a Tourist, India’s Military Control in Kashmir is Hard to Miss-I

Julia Norman

17 Feb 2026

7 min read

Budgetary allocation for minority community in India during the annual plan for 2026-27.

News

Minority Budget Utilisation Falls to Alarming Levels

KT NEWS SERVICE

13 Feb 2026

4 min read

State Cancer Institute (SCI) Of Sher-i-kashmir, SKIMS, Soura in Srinagar.

News

How Ayushman Bharat Scheme is Failing Basic Healthcare Needs in Kashmir

Zaid Malik

10 Feb 2026

7 min read

Tunnel construction for four-lane Ring Road is ongoing, with heavy machinery cutting through the hills covered with evergreen forest trees in village Kheri near Jammu, winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

News

Jammu Ring Road Tunnels in Eco-Fragile Zone Push Villages to the Brink

Basharat Amin

05 Feb 2026

7 min read

Meat eating is part of the food culture in Kashmir where the demand is met by imports from northern and western states of India.

News

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: The Way Forward-III

Rao Farman Ali

05 Feb 2026

6 min read

50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 May 2013.

Comment Articles

The African Chessboard: A New Scramble for Allegiance

How Africa is asserting with confidence and rewriting the rules of global engagement

Rao Farman Ali

19 hours ago

6 min read

Pakistan faces rising separatist insurgency in Balochistan. Image is representational.

Comment Articles

Lands of Tears: Kashmir's Past and Balochistan's Present

Entrenched in grief and violence, Balochistan craves for a political dialogue and outreach

Murtaza Shibli

20 Feb 2026

6 min read

A file photo of newspapers at a news in Jammu and Kashmir. Image is representational.

Marginalia

Ghost Newspapers That Exist for Government Advertising

Not just a scam, it’s a symptom of an old rotting system that places levers of media control in the hands of political and bureaucratic power

Anuradha Bhasin

19 Feb 2026

6 min read

Video

Young Journalists Grapple With Shrinking Job Market In Kashmir

Asma Bhat

02 Nov 2025

1 min read

News

PaJK Crisis: JKJAAC Movement and Breaking Down The Agreement With Pakistan Government

Anuradha Bhasin

06 Oct 2025

1 min read

Multimedia

Forgotten by Progress: Life in Fakir Gujri is far away from progress made in urban centres of Kashmir

Ubaid Mukhtar

21 Jul 2025

1 min read

News

On Razor’s Edge: Living with Haemophilia in rural Kashmir

Haseeb Ibn Hameed

19 Jun 2025

10 min read

Front and back cover of the book, "I, Witness: India from Nehru to Narendra Modi" by Shahid Siddiqui.

Comment Articles

Memoir That Mirrors A Republic, But Blurs Its Edges

Iftikhar Gilani

15 Feb 2026

12 min read

Kashmiri handicrafts and art objects made by Kashmir artisans in Jammu and Kashmir. The image representational.

Comment Articles

Branding Kashmir: From Raw Heritage to Global Value

Dr Mubeen Shah

15 Feb 2026

5 min read

Dreams, thoughts in Kashmir. Image is representational.

Comment Articles

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

Ayaan Saroori

12 Feb 2026

3 min read

A molecule of acetic acid (vinegar) the author designed.

Comment Articles

Building Blocks of Science

Muhammad Awan

07 Feb 2026

5 min read

Apple laden trees in Hakura Budasgam, Anantnag in Kashmir valley during harvest season in October.

Features

Endangered Apple Empire: A Saga of Invisible Pests and Chemical Warfare

Rao Farman Ali

02 Jan 2026

10 min read

The future of agriculture in Jammu & Kashmir is diverse, digital, and driven by passionate leaders. Honored to be cultivating change from the ground up, women entrepreneurs are part of this field.

Features

The Travelling Bees: From the Hives in the Hills to the Blossoms in the Plains

Rao Farman Ali

17 Dec 2025

7 min read

Weight of parenting and preparing a thinking and inquisitive generation in Kashmir. Image is representational.

Features

The Weight of Parenting: From Silence to Preparing a Thinking, Inquisitive Generation

Rao Farman Ali

05 Dec 2025

8 min read

Kashmir Times

News

Beyond Pahalgam: Life Under the Shadow of Control in Kashmir-III

Bunkers, Barbed wires, & Barricades in Kashmir: Militarisation is Impossible to Ignore-II

Even as a Tourist, India’s Military Control in Kashmir is Hard to Miss-I

Minority Budget Utilisation Falls to Alarming Levels

How Ayushman Bharat Scheme is Failing Basic Healthcare Needs in Kashmir

Jammu Ring Road Tunnels in Eco-Fragile Zone Push Villages to the Brink

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: The Way Forward-III

Opinion

The African Chessboard: A New Scramble for Allegiance

Lands of Tears: Kashmir's Past and Balochistan's Present

Ghost Newspapers That Exist for Government Advertising

Video (Multimedia)

Young Journalists Grapple With Shrinking Job Market In Kashmir

PaJK Crisis: JKJAAC Movement and Breaking Down The Agreement With Pakistan Government

Forgotten by Progress: Life in Fakir Gujri is far away from progress made in urban centres of Kashmir

On Razor’s Edge: Living with Haemophilia in rural Kashmir

Culture

Memoir That Mirrors A Republic, But Blurs Its Edges

Branding Kashmir: From Raw Heritage to Global Value

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

In Focus

Virtual Autism: J&K Needs More Rehabilitation Therapists

Frequent Floods Weaken Jhelum’s Embankments: No Dredging Threatens Lives, Livelihoods in Riverside Villages

PSA detentions: A saga of copy, cut, paste of police orders, ‘vague allegations’, old cases coming to haunt

Aggressive Sandmining in Rambiara Devouring Apple Farms, Farmers’ Livelihoods

Twin Unrests: Ladakh And PaJK Signal Deeper Crisis

Features

Building Blocks of Science

Endangered Apple Empire: A Saga of Invisible Pests and Chemical Warfare

The Travelling Bees: From the Hives in the Hills to the Blossoms in the Plains

The Weight of Parenting: From Silence to Preparing a Thinking, Inquisitive Generation