-The Indian Express "The Guild urges the government to take immediate steps to restore normalcy for the media’s communication links. Media transparency has and always should be India’s strength, not fear," the statement said.   The Editors Guild of India on Saturday expressed concern about the lockdown in kashmir and the “consequent curtailment of the media’s freedom and ability to report”, and asked the government to ensure safety of journalists there and...

-The Telegraph Dreze showed how Jammu and kashmir outscored Gujarat on the basis of a raft of development indices New Delhi: Economist Jean Dreze held up a placard at a protest rally here on Wednesday, displaying stats to contest home minister Amit Shah’s claim that Jammu and kashmir was less developed than the rest of India. Dreze showed how Jammu and kashmir outscored Gujarat on the basis of a raft of development indices. “I...

-TheWire.in Jammu and kashmir has till now been covered by the J&K RTI Act – a more powerful law than the central one in some respects. New Delhi: Following the revoking of Article 370 and ending of Jammu and kashmir’s statehood, the central Right to Information Act, 2005 would now apply to the two new union territories of J&K and Ladakh that will be carved out. Jammu and kashmir has till now...

-The Hindu Where does Jammu and kashmir stand in comparison to other States in key indicators of growth and development Union Home Minister Amit Shah has linked poor healthcare, poverty, lack of doctors and slow economic growth in Jammu and kashmir to amendment to Article 370. However, a look at how the State, now bifurcated into Union Territories, compares with other States in key indicators suggests that these concerns are exaggerated. Life expectancy Jammu...

-The Hindu The Centre is riding roughshod over kashmiri public opinion already beset with disaffection In the face of a massive security build-up in kashmir at the close of July, a seasoned journalist conjectured, “This is just the right time when militants and their masters in Rawalpindi could do with a terror attack in kashmir.” Such were the arguments trotted out by experienced media persons in seeking to account for the extraordinary...