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Attack on tourists in India’s Kashmir kills 26

Twenty-six people were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory, police said on Wednesday, the worst such attack in…

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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Pakistan and Kashmir

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan and the Himalayan region of Kashmir early Tuesday, panicking residents. There were no immediate reports of damage, officials said. The epicenter of…

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India’s top court upholds end of special status for Kashmir, orders polls

By Arpan Chaturvedi and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court upheld on Monday a 2019 decision by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…

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Militants attack Indian army post in Kashmir; 3 soldiers, 2 attackers die in shootout

SRINAGAR, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Militants attacked an Indian army post in the disputed Kashmir region on Thursday, killing three soldiers, while two attackers died in the shootout that came…

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Photo Story – Massive fire has in Hospital in Srinagar – India

Photo Story - Fire fighters try to extinguish fire at the Bone and Joint Hospital in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 04 March 2022. A massive fire has…

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Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir engaged in cross-border fighting

Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir are engaged in their most frequent cross-border fighting of at least two years, official data shows, even as both nuclear-armed rivals battle…

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Photo Story: Kashmir in a grip of intense cold weather

A tourist poses for a photograph near a frozen waterfall in Drang area of Tangmarg, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 02 January 2020. Kashmir valley is…

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Peaceful Christmas – Srinagar

A person dressed as Santa Claus offers sweets to female Indian paramilitary soldiers during Christmas celebrations at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, 25 December 2019. EPA-EFE/FAROOQ…

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Photo story: Indian Army passing out parade in Srinagar

Civilians react as their relatives graduate to become part of the Jammu Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment (JKLIR) at the end of a passing out parade on a foggy day at…

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Photo Story: Mercury plummets in Kashmir

The region of Kashmir in India is currently caught in a wave of extreme cold weather. In the photo a man fishes in nearly frozen waters after temperatures plummeted overnight,…

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India formally divides Jammu and Kashmir state

India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally administered territories. In the new arrangement, Jammu and Kashmir is one territory, and Ladakh, which borders…

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At least 20 wounded in Kashmir grenade blast

A relative of a person injured in a grenade attack reacts as she waits at a hospital in Srinagar, India, on Monday. According to local media reports, at least 20…

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Indian soldiers, Pakistani civilians among dead in Kashmir clash

India said on Sunday two soldiers and a civilian were killed in cross-border shelling with Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, while Islamabad said six died on its side, making…

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Photo Story: Chinese President Xi Jinping in India

A handout photos made available by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a meeting, in…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in India

A handout photo made available by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs shows Chinese President Xi Jinping disembarks from a plane upon arrival at Chennai, India, 11 October 2019. Chinese…

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Photo Story: Dussehra festival celebrations in Jammu

An effigy of demon king Ravana burns during the Dussehra festival celebrations in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Dussehra is an annual Hindu religious festival which follows the…

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Pakistan’s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir

In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighbouring India, saying that there will be a…

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Indian opposition leaders barred from going to Kashmir

Indian opposition leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi were barred from leaving the airport on Saturday in Kashmir, where local authorities had warned that their visit could stoke heightened…

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UN Security Council refrains from calling emergency session on Kashmir

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday refrained from calling for an emergency session on the disputed Kashmir region. Instead, they urged India and Pakistan to resolve the matter bilaterally.…

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Understanding the implications of Modi’s move on Kashmir

When New Delhi announced this week that it would revoke Article 370, the constitutional provision that gave some autonomous powers to India-administered Kashmir, the declaration was unilateral. There were there…

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Train linking Pakistan and India suspended as tension escalates

Tension shows no sign of abating between Pakistan and India because of recent developments in Kashmir, as Pakistan's railways minister announced the suspension of the railway link between the two…

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Pakistan to close its airspace for Indian flights as Kashmir tension escalates

Pakistan plans to close its airspace to Indian flights as part of retaliatory measures over New Delhi’s move to strip its portion of Kashmir of autonomy, local media reports say.…

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India revokes special status for Kashmir

India's government has said it plans to revoke the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special privileges. Article 370, which gives Jammu and Kashmir more autonomy than any…

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ISIS claims ‘province’ in India

ISIS claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region. ISIS's Amaq…

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What took Pakistan and India to brink of war?

During the past days India and Pakistan have been ratcheting up tensions by carrying out aerial strikes against each other with many fearing an escalation by these two nuclear…

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India mourns death as Prime Minister promises strong response

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi on Friday unleashed the country's military against rival Pakistan in response to a terror attack by Muslim separatists that killed 44 on Thursday. "I know there…

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Several Indian soldiers die in suicide bombing in Kashmir

A vehicle filled with explosives rammed into a convoy of Indian paramilitary forces on a busy highway in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir on Thursday, killing at least 40 soldiers,…

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