Kashmir
Kashmiris allege night terror by Indian troops in crackdown
India, Sept 11 (AP/UNB) — The Indian soldiers descended on Bashir Ahmed Dar's house in southern Kashmir on Aug. 10, a few days after the government in New Delhi stripped the disputed Himalayan region of its statehood and launched a crackdown. Over the next 48 hours, the 50-year-old plumber said he was subjected to two separate rounds of beatings by soldiers.
Pakistan trying to stir up trouble in Kashmir ahead of UN meet: Sources
Dhaka, Sept 6 (UNB) - Security forces posted in Jammu and Kashmir have been put on alert in view of Pakistan's attempts to escalate violence along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Islamabad's idea is to draw the attention of the international community to Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, sources in the Home Ministry told NDTV.
India says landline phone service fully restored in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — Officials say they have restored all landline phone service in Indian-administered Kashmir after suspending most communications, including mobile internet, on Aug. 5 when India's Hindu nationalist-led government revoked the Muslim-majority region's special constitutional status and imposed a strict security lockdown.
Pak FM phones Dr Momen; shares current issues
Dhaka, Sept 4 (UNB) -Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has phoned his Bangladesh counterpart Dr AK Abdul Momen and shared current issues.
Villagers tired of living dangerously along Kashmir frontier
Pakistan, Aug 30 (AP/UNB) — Villagers in Chakothi in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir are frustrated with living in constant fear of fighting along the heavily militarized frontier in the disputed Himalayan region.
Akshay Kumar's lookalike found in Kashmir
Dhaka, Aug 29 (UNB)- The internet is a crazy world and netizens never fail to highlight anything that makes it to a list of rather unusual or unique things, and well, looks like Akshay Kumar has made it to the headlines once again, this time not for a movie but for something else. Yep, if you have been scrolling through the internet in the day, you might know what we are talking about because it is all over and every place, reports the PINKVILLA.
India plans massive hiring drive for govt workers in Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 29 (AP/UNB) — India says it plans to hire tens of thousands of government workers in its part of Kashmir after revoking the disputed region's special constitutional status, under which it had autonomy and outsiders could not buy land or hold private-sector jobs.
Indian order leaves Kashmir police dispirited, even disarmed
Srinagar, Aug 27 (AP/UNB) — Without weapons, riot gear or even clean uniforms, a group of police officers sat on the sidewalk outside a shopfront in Srinagar, the main city in the Himalayan region of Indian-administered Kashmir, weighing their allegiances.
Kashmir: Elite conflict in a majoritarian state
The Kashmir takeover/ status quo cancellation/ending terrorist attacks move etc. was largely inevitable at this point of time as two Indian elite class battle it out within. One is trying to regain supremacy, the other to consolidate. The colonial elite led by Indian National Congress (INC) has been largely routed and the pre-colonial/indigenous elite led by the BJP is close to home after two consecutive electoral victories. BJP is much more popular than all others and even the traditional zones have fallen to the BJP chariot’s charge.
Security in Kashmir tightened following call for march
Srinagar, Aug 23 (AP/UNB) — Authorities intensified patrols Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city after posters appeared calling for a public march to a United Nations office to protest New Delhi's tightened grip on the disputed region.