Kashmir

Three soldiers were killed in India-administered Kashmir during a gunbattle in the disputed Himalayan territory, the army said Thursday. Two army vehicles were conducting an operation in Rajouri district south of Srinagar, the region’s…
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Three Bangladeshi tourists died in India's Kashmir region when some of the houseboats stationed in the picturesque Dal Lake caught fire on Saturday, a police official said. Police said a fire broke out in one houseboat in the early hours…
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India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency Friday again sought the death sentence for a leading Kashmiri independence figure and former rebel leader after he was given life in prison, official sources said. Muhammad Yasin Malik, 57,…
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India is holding a key G20 tourism meeting in Kashmir amid heightened security and opposition from China. The working group meeting is being held in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federally administrated territory, from Monday to…
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The first foreign investment in Jammu and Kashmir has ignited hopes for more opportunities in the restive Indian-administered region, local authorities and business leaders told Arab News, as Dubai’s Emaar Group is due to build a shopping…
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Indian forces in Kashmir killed two militants on Wednesday, one them suspected of gunning down a bank manager this month, police said, part of a stepped-up counter-insurgency effort that has triggered an exodus from the Muslim-majority…
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Indian troops on Sunday killed five militants, including a top commander from the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) group, in stepped-up anti-militancy operations in Kashmir, police said. The militants were killed in two separate overnight…
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Indian paramilitaries shot dead a civilian in Kashmir on Sunday, residents said, as authorities tightened security across the disputed territory for a visit by a top Indian minister. The victim, a milk seller in the southern Kashmir…
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Turkey welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached by India and Pakistan to de-escalate the escalation along the borders of the disputed Kashmir region. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hami Aksoy, said in a statement: "We welcome the…
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Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention. She was detained on 5 August last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of…
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