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Anglers await return of Kashmir’s ‘tiger fish’

A giant freshwater carp nicknamed the "tiger fish" for its great fighting abilities is set to return to the fast-flowing rivers of Indian Kashmir, officials say. Scientists have…

Grenade attacks kill seven tourists in Kashmir

Seven tourists were killed and 35 people injured on Tuesday in a series of grenade attacks targeting holiday areas in the main city of revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said. In…

Quake survivors suffer in harsh winter

Survivors of the devastating earthquake that shook Kashmir three months ago are showing signs of hypothermia and frostbite, a doctor said on Monday, as temperatures plunged below…

Powerful car bomb explodes in Indian Kashmir

Four people were killed and 45 wounded when a powerful car bomb triggered by Islamic rebels ripped through a busy intersection in the main city of Indian Kashmir on Wednesday,…

Only one Kashmir crossing open for relief on Monday

Analysts criticised India’s decision to open just one crossing on Monday on its de facto border with Pakistan in disputed Kashmir, instead of five announced earlier, saying the…

Five killed in Kashmir car bomb blast

Five people including a suicide bomber were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb blast that Islamic militants said was a "gift" to Indian Kashmir’s…

Civilians trapped in intense Indian Kashmir clashes

Intense clashes between troops and Islamic militants holed up in the heart of Indian Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar continued into Saturday, leaving dozens of civilians…

Flowers, bagpipes as bus crosses Kashmir divide

It was almost as if the last 58 years of painful separation had never happened. Some of the first 30 bus passengers for more than half a century to cross from Pakistan’s side of…

Suicide attack on Indian Kashmir govt building

At least two police officers were killed on Thursday when heavily armed militants raided the administrative headquarters of Indian Kashmir, trapping about 250 civilians who were…

15 killed as violence flares in Kashmir

Fifteen people were killed in a night of violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, two days ahead of the second round of voting for the state assembly, police said on Sunday.