Abhishek Saha is a senior correspondent. He reports for the Kashmir bureau.
Articles by Abhishek Saha
‘Brave boy, brilliant student’: Family, friends remember Kashmiri army officer
Many, including Ummer Fayaz’s younger sister, said there seemed to be no perceivable threat to his life. He had come home on many previous occasions, but faced no challenge from militants due to the nature of his work.
Updated on Jun 01, 2017 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Sursona (Kulgam) | Abhishek Saha
Banned Pak channels, cultural programmes continue to run on Kashmir cable networks
The order, signed by home department principal secretary, says equipment of cable TV operators could be confiscated if they breach the ban.
Updated on May 09, 2017 08:14 PM IST
Srinagar, Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
Fled Myanmar but fear grips Rohingya refugees in Jammu as fresh threats emerge
After having fled persecution in their native land of predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, violence seems to have followed the Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir.
Updated on May 08, 2017 12:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jammu | Abhishek Saha
Pakistani channels, Zakir Naik’s Peace TV go off air in Kashmir after govt order
Cable networks in Kashmir Valley stopped the transmission of most of the 34 channels including Pakistani and Saudi television stations that the government ordered was halted.
Updated on May 07, 2017 06:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
J-K: Police find clue of 3 militants from diary, phone recovered during operation
The phone and diary yielded reference to three local militants and a number of over-ground workers who had helped the militants in reaching the spot and carry out the attack.
Updated on May 06, 2017 09:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha, Srinagar
Kashmir fears more violence as separatists call for protests after Friday prayers
Kashmir braced for more clashes on Friday morning as the Valley’s joint separatist leadership called for after-prayer protests, a day after a civilian driver was killed and three soldiers injured in an ambush in Shopian district.
Updated on May 05, 2017 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Army convoy returning after search op attacked by militants in Kashmir’s Shopian, civilian killed
Hours before, security forces had called off a massive day-long cordon and search operation in twenty villages of Shopian district in Kashmir.
Updated on May 05, 2017 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Anti-militancy operation in south Kashmir ends, no contact with militants
In at least two villages, Turkawangan and Sugan, clashes were reported between the personnel and civilians.
Updated on May 04, 2017 06:44 PM IST
Srinagar, Hindustan Times | Ashiq Hussain and Abhishek Saha
In Kashmir, nomads battle cow vigilantes to keep alive traditional practice
The nomads, mostly Muslims by faith, hit the headlines last month after a video of a family – who were travelling with their herd through Reasi district of Jammu – being mercilessly thrashed by alleged cow vigilantes went viral and sparked national outrage.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Hirpur/ Thanamandi/Rajouri | Abhishek Saha
‘Nothing can justify it’: Kashmiris debate Kulgam killings on social media
The social media in the Valley is abuzz with users debating the rationale behind the seven killings, as all of them were Kashmiris.
Updated on May 03, 2017 07:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Ashiq Hussain and Abhishek Saha
Secret browsers, encrypted messages: How Kashmiris are dodging social media gag
The state government directed internet service providers to block 22 social networking platforms to clamp down on tensions spurring clashes between security forces and civilians. However, a day after the ban was imposed, people found a way around the gag.
Updated on May 28, 2017 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar/New Delhi | Gulam Jeelani and Abhishek Saha
Social media ban: Some Kashmiris baffled, others suggest ways to defy it
The Jammu and Kashmir home department ordered a suspension of 22 social media platforms - Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, QQ, WeChat, QZone, Tumblr, Google+, Baidu, Viber, Line, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram, Reddit, Snapfish, uploading video on YouTube, Vine, Xanga, Buzznet and Flickr.
Updated on May 28, 2017 10:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Students clash with security forces, 24 hurt as protests rock Srinagar again
Clashes rocked Srinagar on Monday as students fought pitched battles with security forces as colleges reopened after a 5-day shutdown. Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons to break up the protests
Updated on May 03, 2017 07:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Ashiq Hussain and Abhishek Saha
Students clash with security forces, 24 hurt as protests rock Srinagar again
Clashes rocked Srinagar on Monday as students fought pitched battles with security forces as colleges reopened after a 5-day shutdown. Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons to break up the protests
Updated on May 18, 2017 07:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Ashiq Hussain and Abhishek Saha
Kashmir crisis: PDP leader shot dead, fresh clashes break out in Srinagar
The attack came just hours after Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and pressed for a dialogue with separatists in the state.
Updated on May 15, 2017 10:52 AM IST
Srinagar, Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha and Toufiq Rashid
‘I feel happy that I helped her’: Photojournalist who saved Kashmir girl injured in protests
Many are comparing Dar Yasin with Syrian photographer Abd Alkader Habak, who was captured in a now-iconic photograph picking up a young boy and running to safety after a bomb hit a convoy of buses.
Updated on Apr 26, 2017 01:29 PM IST
Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Photojournalist drops camera to save girl hit by stone during Kashmir protest
The image of Dar Yasin running with the girl in his arms was captured by another young photojournalist and has gone viral, striking a chord with hundreds of Kashmiris.
Updated on Apr 26, 2017 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
‘Scared of camera’: Kashmir internet shutdowns seen as an attempt to choke voices
The internet becomes the first casualty whenever the situation in Kashmir turns from restive to volatile.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 10:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
J-K police file FIR against army for tying man to a jeep as human shield
An FIR has been registered against the Indian army for using a civilian as a human shield strapped to a jeep. Police said the FIR was filed on April 13, three days after a video of the incident surfaced on social media.
Updated on May 03, 2017 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Suspected militants kill 2 in Kashmir, including a lawyer, in separate incidents
According to reports, three gunmen barged into public prosecutor Imtiaz Khan’s house and shot him dead.
Updated on Apr 17, 2017 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Toufiq Rashid and Abhishek Saha
Srinagar youth who was shot dead was no stone-thrower, say neighbours
Besides strict curfew-like restrictions, separatists have called a strike across the Valley against what they called the killing of an innocent.
Updated on Apr 16, 2017 09:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha
Two fresh videos of ‘rights violations’ by security forces go viral in Kashmir
In one of the videos, four persons dressed in Indian army fatigues are seen mercilessly beating a young boy after pinning him down on the road
Updated on Apr 15, 2017 09:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha and Ashiq Hussain
Our job is very difficult here: CPRF soldiers react to colleagues’ heckling in Kashmir
A series of videos purportedly showing local mobs heckling and roughing up CRPF personnel might have outraged many but security forces say they exercised maximum restraint to avoid civilian casualties.
Updated on May 26, 2017 07:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha, Srinagar
Why Gautam Gambhir should not speak on Kashmir | Opinion
Cricket player Gautam Gambhir’s tweet about Kashmir displays an absolute lack of understanding about the problems in the strife-torn state.
Updated on Apr 15, 2017 08:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
Good Samaritans pitch in for 1-year-old Ayat’s heart surgery in Delhi hospital
Year-old Ayat’s family could not afford the life-saving surgery that she needed soon after birth
Updated on Apr 20, 2017 03:26 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha
Srinagar bypoll: Pellet horror returns to Kashmir
Of the seven people killed in the polling-day violence, one succumbed to pellet injuries
Updated on May 26, 2017 07:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Abhishek Saha
Delayed surgery increases health risks for kids with congenital heart defects
India’s overburdened public health system is often unable to provide timely life-saving surgeries to many children born with congenital heart defects. You can help
Updated on Mar 26, 2017 09:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Abhishek Saha & Rhythma Kaul
Kashmiri film chronicling a journalist’s fight against drug abuse screened in Srinagar
The film has been screened at a conference centre as all theatres in the city were shut down during the upsurge of militancy in the state in 1989-90.
Updated on Mar 20, 2017 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha, Srinagar
Media vs police: Cop attacks Kashmir photographer, threatens to shoot him
A police officer threatened to shoot a prominent Kashmiri photographer during an altercation with journalists outside the residence of separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 16, 2017 10:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Abhishek Saha, Srinagar
This image of grieving 9-year-old boy becomes a symbol of Kashmir’s suffering
The Kashmiri boy catapulted to public gaze, however, considers himself no celebrity. For nine-year-old Burhan Fayaz, the picture just captured his angst and despair at losing his best friend, Amir. “I am still sad,” the student of Class 3 in Begumbagh’s government primary school said.
Updated on Mar 16, 2017 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Begumbagh (Pulwama) | Abhishek Saha