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Best of BS Opinion: Job crisis in rural India and need for peace in Kashmir

Rural India is witnessing the highest labour participation rate in over a year, but it is not finding jobs

Bonhomie at Biarritz: Modi charms Trump but can he keep him on India's side

India hopes the goodwill created in France survives when PM Narendra Modi travels to the US in September.

Pakistan minister says President got notice from Twitter over Kashmir post

India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was an internal matter

Railway project to link Kashmir with rest of India put on fast track

The project is now being directly monitored by the Prime Minister's Office for its faster completion

Will restore normalcy in J&K within a few days: Govt to Supreme Court

The apex court said it would be right to give govt more time to restore normalcy in the region

Pakistan deploying fighter jets to Skardu near Ladakh; India keeping an eye

The Indian intelligence agencies along with the Air Force and Army are keeping a close watch on the movement of the Pakistani Air Force, says report

Tune into empathy

What levels of empathy do Indians and particularly Hindus have for their compatriots in Kashmir?

Mookerjee to Modi: How the RSS dream of 'integrating' Kashmir was fulfilled

Here are full texts of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh's 1952 resolutions on Kashmir which were drafted before Mookerjee's death in a Srinagar jail

Ascent of Real Kashmir football team gives a weary region reason to cheer

You have 5,000 waiting outside the stadium on match days. The support is unreal, said Muhammad Hammad, Real Kashmir defender

More than 100 separatists held in Kashmir raids in pre-election crackdown

The government has warned that it will use all options in its power to avenge the attack claimed by Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed

Trump rakes up Kashmir again, says ready to assist if India, Pak want

In his meeting with Pakistan PM Imran Khan last week, Trump had offered to help resolve the Kashmir issue

Lt Col M S Dhoni joins army troops in militancy-affected south Kashmir

The former Indian cricket team captain will be staying with his 106 TA Battalion (Para) till August 15 and undertake duties with the troops, Army officials said

'Pilgrimage tourism': Govt boosts Amarnath Yatra in conflict-torn Kashmir

Amarnath Cave, covered by snow almost all year round, contains an ice stalagmite that is considered a physical manifestation of Lord Shiva, a Hindu god

Centre deploys 10K troops in Kashmir to boost counter-insurgency operations

Officials said that 100 more Central Armed Protection Forces companies are expected to be sent to the valley

Trump offers his help to mediate between India, Pakistan on Kashmir

Imran Khan says Trump would have the prayers of millions of people if he succeeded.

Pakistan, terror funds and Kashmir

Global sanctions against Pakistan for not doing enough to curb terror financing will not deliver any relief to India

A Kashmir diary

Shiraz, the last single screen hall in Srinagar which today is a dilapidated shell, shut down a quarter century ago soon after the troubles began

Kashmir needs political engagement, not military solutions: Jairam Ramesh

Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the Kashmir issue is a political problem and agencies such as the IB and R&AW should play a lesser role in it. The Congress leader made the remarks at the launch of a book -- 'Kashmir as I see it' -- penned by Ashok Dhar, the founder-director of the Kolkata chapter of the Observer Research Foundation. "It is not a military problem, but a political problem. So when Satyapal Malik became the governor (of Jammu and Kashmir), I was elated... that the first time there was recognition that retired civil servants and army officers do not hold the key, and this a process based on political engagement," Ramesh said. "There are people who believe that infrastructure development is the key and that bringing investment in the state will solve the problem. I think now we have come to realise that this is a political problem," he said. The Congress leader said intelligence agencies need to play a secondary role to the ...

Geelani, Salahuddin praise for Al Qaeda fighter raises questions in Kashmir

Kashmiri separatism for years has insisted it had no links with global Islamist fundamentalist movements like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.

Kashmiri youth are gasping for air in a congested political space

The Modi regime's adamant refusal over the years to hold talks with the political elements in the Valley in order to ease the atmosphere has been a persistent cause of sullenness and despair