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Mattan (J&K), Feb 18: A Muslim couple from Rajasthan were among the dozens of devotees who offered water to the Hindu god Shiva at Martand Sun Temple in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on the occasion of Mahashivratri on Saturday. “It’s an auspicious occasion for both Hindus (Mahashivratri) and Muslims (Shab-e-Me’raj) and it is not as if we Mohammedans (Muslims) cannot visit a temple, Zoya Khan, who hails from Kurukshetra in Haryana. “It is a day of prayers for us […]

Towers of 132 KV Mirbazar Kulgam transmission line feeding Grid Station collapses due to heavy snowfall in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. -Excelsior/Sajjad Dar

6 go missing in Kishtwar, 41 flights cancelled at Sgr Power infra badly damaged, many areas hit Fayaz Bukhari/Gopal Sharma SRINAGAR/ Jammu, Feb 23: While heavy rain and snowfall paralysed normal life across J&K affecting air and vehicular traffic during last 24 hours, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was partially restored tonight after remaining closed for 15 hours in Ramban and Banihal sectors, whereas, six persons went missing from snowbound Morgan Top in Marwan area of Kishtwar district last night. At […]

Abdul Hameed Mir, 45, was detained by the authorities around the same time when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government unilaterally announced changes in the constitutional and legal status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, effectively wiping out the semi-autonomy enjoyed by the region for generations. Picked up from his house in the Kupwara district of Kashmir, Mr Mir had been in prison for more than 18 months without charge when he...

Kashmiris detained in the aftermath of India’s decision to strip the region of its special status have been controversially moved across the country, making access for families and lawyers all-but impossible. Namita Singh reports in the final part of our series from Kashmir on the growing demands for them to be released