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Stamp of support: Postal cover on Kashmir's famed hand-knotted carpet thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Two years after the Modi administration stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its limited autonomy, political activity in the disputed region is in a deep freeze, businesses are struggling, while people’s rights are being suppressed through stringent laws. On this day two years ago, India’s Hindu-nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped the region’s special status guaranteed by India’s constitution decades ago and turned the country’s only Muslim-majority state into a federally controlled territory. The move included the removal of a ban on permanent settlement of non-Kashmiris in the region, a step that locals fear is aimed at bringing demographic changes in the region. ....
Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy aljazeera.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aljazeera.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two years of Kashmir unrest, political void and a sinking economy – Voice Of Vienna voiceofvienna.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voiceofvienna.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Srinagar, July 8 A 35-year-old taxi owner was forced to sell two of his three vehicles to feed his family of seven members because the last two years have brought practically no business to him. For want of tourists, many taxi drivers are forced to work as labourers or sell vegetables, fruit or trinkets to make ends meet. A shikara owner switched over to selling vegetables because nobody was visiting Kashmir and an IT specialist lost his job because Internet connections stood snapped after the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, came into force. These aren’t stray stories but are reflective of the crumbling economy of Kashmir over the last two years. After repeated lockdowns, no home has remained untouched be it over the distress sale of apples, failure to deliver export orders, closure of markets, lack of tourist footfall, pack up by the IT industry or the suspension of movement hitting the transport sector. ....