Second worker dies in Kulgam terror attack; death toll reaches two

Two migrant workers from Chhattisgarh, Deepak and Bhopendra, have lost their lives after suspected militants opened fire on laborers at a brick kiln in Kulgam, south Kashmir — a reminder that the most vulnerable often bear the heaviest cost of unresolved conflict. These men had traveled far from home in search of modest wages, only to become targets in a pattern of violence directed at non-local workers in the region. Security forces have intensified their search across south Kashmir, while the state's highest authority has called for swift action, even as the families of the dead are left to