Survival
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263After flying thousands of kilometres, migratory birds land in Kashmir to be shot with pellets and bullets
Recently, viral pictures of blood stained whooper Swans generated hue and cry among netizens and nature lovers who were angry that after...
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‘What happens next’ makes many fretful in frosty meadow
Despite ongoing games fleetingly shifting focus in Kashmir’s winter wonderland, the administration is adamant to clear “encroachers”, even as it’s sitting on...
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Homeland howl: ‘Only the dead visit us’
On Human Rights Day, Free Press Kashmir reports the captive case of Kherun Nissa of Turtuk region of the erstwhile Jammu and...
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Enforced Disability: No help in sight for pellet survivors of Kashmir
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed as “a day for all” by the World Health Organisation. But the forcibly...
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Anxiety grips indigenous nomads over ‘enforced homelessness’ in Kashmir’s jungles
As the JK Admin is uprooting its “first line of defense” from Kashmir’s forests, the anxiety of enforced homelessness is gripping nomads...
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Eviction of indigenous Gujjar, Bakerwals from forests is illegal as per Indian and International law
As the administration in Jammu and Kashmir starts its eviction drives to push the Gujjar and Bakwerwals out of their traditional homes,...
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‘Where will we go’: Nomad Gujjar Bakerwal tribes fear losing livelihood as Admin demolishes structures in forests
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Administration has started demolishing temporary Kaccha houses of Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes in Kashmir’s Pahalgam area. Gujjars...
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‘Land available for agricultural purpose shrinking very rapidly in Kashmir’
Production of rice up by 700 per cent due to new varieties introduced by the department Srinagar: In the past three decades,...
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‘For investment purposes’: JK Admin transfers 24,000 kanals of land to Industries and Commerce Dept
EDIT NOTE: The headline earlier incorrectly mentioned 2.4 lakh kanals. Jammu: Merely a few days post the Ministry of Home Affairs repealed...
