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Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues
The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively
Pre-paid cellphones a security risk, says Indian govt
India’s home minister said on Wednesday that pre-paid cellphones may be banned in Kashmir as concerns grow that they are impossible to trace.
Twenty killed as avalanches sweep Indian Kashmir
Twenty people were killed by avalanches and 15 others were missing in Indian Kashmir as the heaviest snowfall in recent years brought the Himalayan region to a standstill,…
Indian soldiers paraded naked in Kashmir
Hundreds of angry Kashmiri villagers paraded two Indian soldiers naked through the streets after they were ”caught trying to rape” a 17-year-old girl, witnesses and newspaper…
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…
India: Kashmir rebels still operating from Pakistan
Training camps for Muslim militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir are still functioning across the border in Pakistan, the Indian army said on Friday, ahead of talks between…
Kashmir city erupts in protest over death penalty
Police fired teargas shells in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday to quell violent protests over the planned execution of a Kashmiri man for his role in a 2001 militant attack on…
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…
Blast rips through tourist bus in Indian Kashmir
At least three tourists were killed and seven wounded on Thursday when a bomb planted by suspected Islamic rebels blew up a tourist bus in Indian Kashmir’s summer capital, police…
Army seals off bloodied capital of Indian Kashmir
Indian troops sealed off large parts of Kashmir’s summer capital following random grenade attacks and murders ahead of a visit on Wednesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.…
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…
Indian Kashmir casts net to lure fishermen
Fisheries inspector Muntasir Rah beams proudly as he struggles to hold steady a net full of thrashing trout at a hatchery in insurgency-racked Indian Kashmir. And when peace…
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,…
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…
Kashmir’s deadly bus route
It is a five-hour journey through beautiful scenery in the northern foothills of the Himalayas. But when 20 passengers boarded two coaches under the snow-capped peaks in Srinagar…