Kashmir
Indian troops kill 3 senior Kashmiri militants
Srinagar, Oct 23 (AP/UNB) — Indian forces have killed a top militant commander and his two associates in a counterinsurgency operation in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Wednesday.
India: Pakistan firing kills 2 soldiers, civilian in Kashmir
Srinagar, Oct 20 (AP/UNB) — The Indian military says Pakistani soldiers have targeted a border post and civilian areas along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, leaving two army soldiers and a civilian dead.
Apple economy latest casualty in strife-torn Kashmir
Shopian, Oct 17 (AP/UNB) — Kashmir's apple orchards, a backbone of the economy that supports nearly half the people living there, are deserted with fruit rotting on the trees at a time when they should be bustling with harvesters.
Troops in Kashmir exchange fire, 4 civilians killed
Islamabad, Oct 17 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged gunfire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing four civilians and wounding nearly a dozen others, officials from both sides said Wednesday, as tensions remain high between the two South Asian countries.
Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir; 4 civilians killed
Islamabad, Oct 16 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing four civilians and wounding nearly a dozen others, officials from both sides said, as tensions remain high between the two South Asian countries.
Police: Militants killed driver over apple cargo in Kashmir
Srinagar, Oct 15 (AP/UNB) — Two suspected militants shot and killed a truck driver near an apple orchard in Indian-controlled Kashmir where he had picked up fruit boxes, police said Tuesday.
India restores post-paid cellphone services in Kashmir
Srinagar, Oct 14 (AP/UNB) — More than two months after India's government downgraded Kashmir's semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown, cellphones started to ring in the disputed Himalayan region on Monday as authorities restored post-paid cellphone services.
India to restore post-paid cellphone connections in Kashmir
New Delhi, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) — Around 4 million post-paid cellphone connections will be restored in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after New Delhi downgraded the region's semi-autonomy and imposed a security and communications lockdown, an official said Saturday.
China's president in India for summit amid Kashmir tensions
Mamallapuram, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India Friday for a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time of tensions over Beijing joining Pakistan in opposing India's downgrading of Kashmir's autonomy and the ongoing lockdown in the disputed region.
India releases 3 low-ranking Kashmiri politicians
Srinagar, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Indian authorities on Thursday released three low-level pro-India politicians in disputed Kashmir amid international pressure to ease a clampdown imposed more than two months ago when New Delhi downgraded the autonomy of the area it administers and imposed tighter controls.