Saturday, December 6, 2025

Topic: Pahalgam

Where shells fall first: Memoir from Line of Control

Just ten minutes after I, along with five members of my family, escaped through the narrow lane of our locality, an artillery shell landed with full force on the same path. Zain and Zoya (nickname of Urwa), the 12-year-old twins you may have heard of by now, were the first to be martyred. Three others were injured—one of them was a friend whom I had greeted at his doorstep as we fled, urging him to do the same.

“Misleading narratives against India”: India bans 16 Pak YouTube channels, including Cricketer Shoaib Akhtar’s

Following the Pahalgam militant attack, the Union Government has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels, including major outlets like Dawn News, Samaa TV, ARY News, and Geo News, for spreading provocative, communally sensitive content and for pushing false and misleading narratives against India, its Army, and security agencies.

The burden of the narrative: Pahalgam, identity, and the crisis of accountability

The people of Kashmir, long caught between competing nationalisms and global indifference, deserve more than to be scapegoated or silenced. They deserve dignity, autonomy, and the right to be seen not through the lens of fear, but through the prism of justice.

AIUDF MLA arrested by Assam Police after alleging govt conspiracy behind Pahalgam attack

Aminul Islam, an MLA of the opposition party All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), has been arrested over his comments on the militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and Pulwama.

BJP workers assault journalist in Kathua for asking questions on security lapses in the Pahalgam attack

A senior journalist was assaulted by BJP workers while covering a protest against the Pahalgam militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, after reportedly raising questions regarding the potential security lapses under the BJP-led Union government.

Over 1500 detained in Kashmir after Pahalgam attack, security beefed up across the region

Following the militant attack that killed 26 people in Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, security forces launched a large-scale crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, detaining hundreds of individuals for questioning.