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Kashmir's last cinema
The only functional cinema hall in Srinagar, the Neelam cinema looks more like a war torn military post, with coils of razor wire and bunkers. Nusrat Ara visits the hall on a quiet Sunday
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When a movie inspired Kashmir rebellion
In Kashmir 1931 is remembered for the first rebellion against monarchy in recent history. The same year, in Libya, rebel leader Omar Mukhtar was hanged by Italian colonists. A half a century later, a Hollywood movie on Omar Mukhtar, stoked a fresh rebellion in Kashmir. Faisul Yaseen reports.
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No ambulance for Kashmir's injured
In Indian administered Kashmir, where thousands of small and big blasts have caused tens of thousands of casualties, the state healthcare system boasts of one ambulance, mostly attached with the state head.
For the rest of folk there are a few carrier vans disguised as ambulances, most of which lack even basic emergency facilities.
Peerzada Arshad Hamid reports.
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Kashmir saffron losing ground
The slopes of Pampore, a town on the banks of river Jehlum in Indian administered Kashmir, are struggling to preserve its prized possession - Saffron, the costliest spice in the world. The karevas that once produced upto 16 metric tones of Saffron each year are left with a 6 metric tonnes annual production. Nusrat Ara reports.
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Facts underground
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons have located upto a thousand unnamed graves across the northern district of Indian administered Kashmir, which hold bodies claimed by police to be of foreign militants. The group which released a report ‘Facts Underground’ last week in Srinagar suspects the graves may hold answers to over estimated 10,000 disappearances in Kashmir. Faisul Yaseen reports.
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