Peerzada Ashiq

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Peerzada is the Srinagar-based Special Correspondent of The Hindu. For over 12 years he has vastly covered all aspects of the Kashmir conflict from life to leisure to politics. With a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication and Journalism and Masters degree in English Literature, he loves to read about conflict-related literature, about culture and history of people and places.

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Students of Vishwa Bharti Girls Higher Secondary School, Rainawari Srinagar, protest against the school administration for allegedly not allowing students to enter the school premises wearing ‘Abaya’, in Srinagar.

Students protest Srinagar school’s move to allegedly ban ‘Abaya’

Ms. Lekhi visited a number of sites in Kashmir, including the Semthan Excavation Site in Anantnag which is of “immense archaeological significance”.

Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi visits Kashmir University, calls for ‘fresh perspectives, complete narrative’ on history

Sharda Peeth is located at Neelum Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir across Teetwal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district along the Line of Control. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Pooja performed in J&K’s Teetwal, committee to push for Sharda corridor to PoK

According to the police, J&K is witnessing cross-LoC narco-terrorism, in spite of the fact that the Centre suspended the cross-LoC trade and travel in J&K in 2018 for the same reasons.

Affidavits on non-involvement in drugs mandatory for students’ school admissions in Kupwara district

Workers clean Dal Lake in Srinagar on June 5, 2023

Dal Lake: a polluted wasteland that can no longer support native species

BRO personnel during the restoration work on the Amarnath Yatra track, in Pahalgam, on June 3, 2023.

Amarnath yatra’s twin tracks to be widened with railings: BRO

A Kashmiri butcher selling mutton waits for customers at a market in Srinagar.

Centre bars J&K government from fixing mutton prices, revokes previous order

‘Dastaan-e-Bahaar’ was organised by Mehboob Iqbal Shah, co-founder of the Artisane Art and Cultural Centre, an off-shoot of the ‘House of Ali Shah’ established in 1860. Photo: Special Arrangement

Kashmir’s fading Sufiyana Mausiki, Tchakri songs attract a spotlight

River Jehlum in Srinagar. File

Centre directs officials to upscale efforts for ‘better utilisation’ of river waters in J&K under Indus Water Treaty

A G20 delegate visits the Polo View High Street Market in Srinagar, 24 May 2023.

G-20 delegates tour Srinagar city in an attempt to see ‘changed Kashmir situation’

The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), which bring together politico-religious groups from the Union Territory of Ladakh, on Tuesday extended their support to the 10-day protest fast by Sonam Wangchuk, an award-winning educationist, for the granting of Sixth Schedule status to the region.

Leh, Kargil bodies extend support to Wangchuk’s 10-day fast

Artisan work at a stall during a G-20 event at Sher-e-Kashmiri International Convention Centre in Srinagar, on 23 May 2023.

Left in awe by scenic beauty and handicrafts, several G-20 delegates pledge to boost Kashmir tourism

Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, arrive outside a meeting hall for Group of 20 nations in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on May 23, 2023.

Jammu & Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha flags issue of State-sponsored terrorism at G20 meet in Srinagar

Foreign delegates being welcomed at the Srinagar Airport, while on the way to the G-20 meeting.

G-20 meeting will expose false narratives on J&K: Jitendra Singh