Kashmir
India sets up holding center for Rohingya in Kashmir
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have sent at least 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center, police said Sunday, in a process that they say is for the deportation of thousands of the refugees living in the region.
Pakistani, Indian militaries agree to stop firing in Kashmir
Rival neighbors Pakistan and India have pledged to stop firing weapons across the border in disputed Kashmir, promising to adhere to a 2003 accord that has been largely ignored, officials from both sides said on Thursday.
‘Ceasefire violations’ along LoC: Pakistan summons Indian diplomat
Pakistan on Friday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register a formal protest over “ceasefire violations” that left a civilian injured along the Line of Control (LoC).
12 killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in disputed Kashmir
Pakistani and Indian troops clashed anew in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving 12 people dead, including three Indian and one Pakistani soldier, and wounding at least 36 on both sides, officials said Friday.
Kashmir shuts down to protest India’s new land laws
Shops and businesses were shut in several parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a general strike to denounce new laws that allow any Indians to buy land in the disputed region.
Indian agency raids home of journalist, activists in Kashmir
India’s premier investigating agency on Wednesday said it raided nearly a dozen locations in Indian-controlled Kashmir, including the offices and residences of a journalist and two prominent activists, reports AP.
Covid-19 alters traditional Kashmir weddings, feasts
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed an elaborate and lavish marriage tradition in Indian-controlled Kashmir within months that had remained virtually unaltered for centuries.
Indian military admits wrongdoing in 3 Kashmir killings
In a rare admission of wrongdoing, the Indian military on Friday said its soldiers in Kashmir exceeded their legal powers in the killings of three local men it had described as Pakistani terrorists, reports AP.
3 suspected rebels among 4 killed in Kashmir fighting
At least four people including three suspected rebels and a woman were killed in a gunbattle between anti-India rebels and government forces in Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
Pakistan shelling killed soldier in Kashmir: India
An Indian soldiers was killed and two others were wounded when Indian and Pakistani troops clashed along the highly militarised frontier in Kashmir, an official said Wednesday.