News stories by Umar Shah

SRINAGAR, India, Oct 29 (IPS) - In central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, 40-year-old Javaid Ahmad Hurra remembers vividly how his small hamlet used to be lush and green when he was a child. It is now subtly turning into a concrete jungle, with cement structures dominating the scenery.

SRINAGAR, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hospitals in Kashmir's summer capital are packed to capacity these days, their wards overflowing with pellet gun victims injured during violent clashes with government forces.

SRINAGAR, India, May 10 (IPS) - Trudging barefoot on his two-acre piece of land, 57-year-old Mukhtar Ahmad has little hope of growing any crops this year due to the sudden dry spell that has struck Kashmir's winter.