Aijaz Hussain, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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Bridge collapse in India kills 134

by Ajit Solanki Associated Press, Aijaz Hussain Associated Press, Krutika Pathi Associated Press, and Sheikh Saaliq Associated PressOctober 31, 2022

MORBI, India — Police in western India arrested nine people on Monday as they investigated the collapse of a newly repaired 143-year-old suspension bridge in one of the country’s worst accidents in years, officials said. The collapse Sunday evening in…

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 breaks down during cremation in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with terrifying speed, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting in line to see doctors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

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Virus ‘swallowing’ people in India

by Sheikh Saaliq Associated Press, and Aijaz Hussain Associated PressApril 25, 2021

Kashmiri men sit on a footpath outside a police station waiting to hear about their relatives who were detained during night raids in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. Authorities say thousands of people, mostly young male protesters, have been arrested and detained in Indian-administered Kashmir amid an ongoing communications blackout and security lockdown. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

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Thousands detained in Kashmir crackdown

by Aijaz Hussain Associated PressAugust 20, 2019

This still image taken from video circulated by Pakistan’s military shows a man who identified himself as the pilot of an Indian military aircraft that was shot down Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, over a part of the mountainous Kashmir region controlled by Pakistan. (Pakistan Armed Forces via AP)

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Tit-for-tat escalates in Kashmir

by Roshan Mughal Associated Press, and Aijaz Hussain Associated PressFebruary 27, 2019

Pakistani protesters carry an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during anti-Indian rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday.

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India strikes inside Pakistan after deadly Kashmir attack

by Riaz Khan Associated Press, and Aijaz Hussain Associated PressFebruary 26, 2019

Kashmiri students browse internet on their mobile phones as they sits inside a restaurant in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. On Wednesday, authorities ordered internet service providers to block 16 social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, and popular online chat applications for one month "in the interest of maintenance of public order." The government has often halted internet service in the region in the past in an attempt to prevent anti-India demonstrations from forming. But this is the first time authorities have shut down social media following the circulation of videos of alleged abuse by Indian soldiers.(AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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India tries social media ban in Kashmir

by Aijaz Hussain Associated PressApril 28, 2017

A Kashmiri woman looks on as Indian policemen check vehicles in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Suspected rebels using guns and grenades sneaked into a crucial army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir early Sunday and killed at least 17 soldiers in the deadliest attack on a military base in the disputed Himalayan region in recent years, the army said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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Attack at Kashmir base kills 17 Indian soldiers

by Aijaz Hussain Associated PressSeptember 19, 2016

Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at Indian paramilitary soldiers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Indian troops and protesters clashed in several parts of the state despite a curfew imposed in the Himalayan region following the killing of a popular rebel commander. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

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18 dead in Kashmir protests

by Aijaz Hussain Associated PressJuly 11, 2016