Tag: Jammu and Kashmir
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In Poonch, the Lack of a Road Hampers Education
Governments come and governments go, but in half a century, none has built a road to this government higher secondary school in Poonch.
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Kashmiri Youth In Tourist Town Tackle Waste
An environment lover in J&K’s Anantnag district is recruiting volunteers to help clean his town of trash.
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Seeking Justice for Medical Negligence in Kashmir
Private hospitals have become money minting machines, says a Srinagar couple who lost their newborn baby to medical negligence.
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All Is Lost To A Mindless Massacre
Along with dead bodies, much more was buried in the Nadimarg Massacre in Jammu and Kashmir more than 15 years ago.
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A Highway in Kashmir Threatens to Cut Across the Fortunes of Farmers
Apple and peach farmers in Budgam fear losing their land as the road of development lays down concrete through their orchards.
70 Years On, West Pakistan Refugees Continue to Live a Life of Irony
In Jammu and Kashmir's Lassipora, the West Pakistan refugees say they're at the risk of being displaced because of the government’s double-dealing.
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Are Awareness Programmes Enough to Declare a Village Cashless?
Lanura and Manzigam were the first villages in Kashmir to go ‘cashless’, but they don’t even have efficient roads, electricity and water supply, nevermind internet connection.
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Locked and Defunct: How Panchayats Work in Pulwama
Ever since the Panchayati Raj Act was adopted, the panchayat buildings in this Pulwama village are regularly painted and maintained; only to open for elections.