Pakistan decries cross-border fire as Kashmir security eases
5 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan decries cross-border fire as Kashmir security eases

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Pakistan said Indian troops fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing two civilians and wounding another, as some security restrictions were lifted Monday in the main city of Srinagar. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that civilian casualties occurred Sunday because of “unprovoked cease-fire violations” by India in the border villages of Hot Spring and Chirikot. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed concern over continued cease-fire violations by India and urged the international community to take note of human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir. India’s foreign ministry said Modi told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call Monday that “extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace,” in an apparent reference to the leaders of Pakistan.

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Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?

Al Jazeera  

India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact that has withstood four wars, and under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers. While India hasn’t clarified what specific changes it wants to be made to the treaty, many analysts believe New Delhi will seek terms that make it easier than now to develop hydropower and other infrastructure on the …

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say militants fire on workers from Punjab state, killing 1
11 months, 1 week ago

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say militants fire on workers from Punjab state, killing 1

The Independent  

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Indian and Pakistani soldiers trade fire in disputed Kashmir, killing 1 Indian soldier
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian and Pakistani soldiers trade fire in disputed Kashmir, killing 1 Indian soldier

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard, officials said Thursday. Authorities in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir said Pakistani soldiers fired mortars and machine guns at border posts in the southern Jammu area on Wednesday night, calling it “unprovoked.” India’s Border Security Force …

3 Indian soldiers are killed in Kashmir gunfight on the 4th anniversary of special status revocation
1 year, 5 months ago

3 Indian soldiers are killed in Kashmir gunfight on the 4th anniversary of special status revocation

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Three Indian soldiers were killed in a gun battle with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, officials said Saturday, as authorities stepped up security on the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status. The changes were brought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Aug. 5, 2019, and the move resonated in …

Firing at LoC, Pak says 2 killed
1 year, 6 months ago

Firing at LoC, Pak says 2 killed

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: In the early hours of Saturday, the Indian Army initiated a large-scale search operation near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. This came in response to an incident of firing at a forward location, indicating a potential infiltration attempt by a group of individuals, possibly militants, from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir the previous night. Meanwhile, …

India police say five ‘foreign’ fighters killed in Kashmir
1 year, 7 months ago

India police say five ‘foreign’ fighters killed in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Officials claim the fighters were killed in a gunfight along the de facto border with neighbouring Pakistan. Indian police say security forces have killed five foreign fighters in a gunfight in Indian-administered Kashmir along the Line of Control, the de facto border with Pakistan in the Himalayan region. A joint team of Indian army and police prevented infiltration across the …

Warm ties with India and vision beyond Kashmir: What Pakistan needs to battle economic crisis and global isolation
1 year, 10 months ago

Warm ties with India and vision beyond Kashmir: What Pakistan needs to battle economic crisis and global isolation

Firstpost  

It has been over two years since the Indian and Pakistani Director General Military Operations agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC and surprisingly it has held. More than 8000 members of Pakistan’s armed forces have lost their lives in terrorist incidents since 2000.” He adds, “Islamabad must change its tack if it hopes to prevent a full-blown insurgency and …

Why India-Pakistan Relations are likely to Nosedive in Coming Days - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

Why India-Pakistan Relations are likely to Nosedive in Coming Days - News18

News 18  

These days, conciliatory write-ups have been appearing in Pakistani press regarding India-Pakistan relations. Among these peaceniks are former Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, former High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit, Pakistani diplomat Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, former Pakistan’s Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi and a host of others. They seem to have realised that without friendly relations with …

India sends notice to Pakistan to amend 1960 Indus Water Treaty
1 year, 11 months ago

India sends notice to Pakistan to amend 1960 Indus Water Treaty

The Hindu  

India announced on Friday that it wants to modify the 62-year-old Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, citing what it called Pakistan’s “intransigence” in resolving disputes over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects, both in Jammu and Kashmir. The sources said that Pakistan’s move to push the World Bank for a Court of Arbitration ran counter to the pre-existing channel of …

Why did India send notice to Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty?
1 year, 11 months ago

Why did India send notice to Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty?

India Today  

India issued a notice to Pakistan on January 25 accusing its neighbour of being “intransigent” on the implementation of the Indus Waters Treaty. In 1960, India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty with the World Bank as a signatory of the pact. Under the treaty, India got control over the rivers Beas, Ravi and Sutlej while Pakistan gained control …

Pakistan violates ceasefire along border in Jammu
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan violates ceasefire along border in Jammu

The Hindu  

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire on the International Border in Jammu's Arnia Sector on Tuesday. It was the first such incident since February 2021 when the two countries renewed their pledge to abide by the 2002 ceasefire agreement. A Border Security Forces spokesman said Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on a BSF patrol in the Arnia Sector on …

India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis
2 years, 7 months ago

India is All Set to Harness Hydropower With Eye on the China-Pakistan Axis

News 18  

Sometime around the end of last month, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs sanctioned 4526 crore rupees to construct the 540 MW Kwar hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district by Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt. The backdrop to these developments is the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 to share the waters of six …

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir

Firstpost  

Jammu and Kashmir is considered one of the most intractable challenges faced by independent India. It is interesting that Pakistan, to this day, complains of the expelled and/or killed Muslims of Jammu, but no mention is made of the unfortunate Hindus and Sikhs of PoK by any organisation or government. In the June 2018 report, the Office of the High …

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir
3 years, 4 months ago

With Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir, where militants already have a foothold. Lt. Gen. Deependra Singh Hooda, former military commander for northern India between 2014-2016, said militant groups based across the border in …

Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation
3 years, 5 months ago

Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Government forces patrolled much of Indian-controlled Kashmir and ordered shops and businesses to remain open Thursday to foil a planned strike by separatists on the second anniversary of India’s revocation of the disputed region’s semi-autonomy. “The paradox is that India has destroyed this place and are now forcing us to celebrate our subjugation and humiliation.” On Aug. …

India, Pakistan hold water-sharing talks amid thaw in frozen ties
3 years, 9 months ago

India, Pakistan hold water-sharing talks amid thaw in frozen ties

Al Jazeera  

In a further sign of rapprochement, the two rivals to hold their first meeting in three years on rights to Indus River water. India and Pakistan are holding their first meeting in three years of a commission on water rights from the Indus River in a further sign of rapprochement in relations frozen since 2019 during disputes over Kashmir. The …

India and Pakistan Set for Indus Water-sharing Talks, Reflecting Easing Tensions
3 years, 9 months ago

India and Pakistan Set for Indus Water-sharing Talks, Reflecting Easing Tensions

News 18  

India and Pakistan will hold the first meeting in three years of a commission that deals with water rights on the Indus River on Tuesday, the two sides said on Monday, illustrating a broader resumption of diplomatic ties. The Permanent Indus Commission, set up under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, is set to meet in New Delhi on March …

Pakistan, India agree to halt cross-border firing in Kashmir
3 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan, India agree to halt cross-border firing in Kashmir

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and India pledged Thursday to halt cross-border firing in the disputed region of Kashmir, promising to adhere to a 2003 accord that has been largely ignored, officials from both sides said. Hooda, who was head of the Indian military’s Northern Command from 2014 to 2016, welcomed the move, calling it “a significant, positive development given there has …

India, Pakistan agree to stop cross-border firing in Kashmir
3 years, 10 months ago

India, Pakistan agree to stop cross-border firing in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

In rare move, India and Pakistan agree to ‘strict observance’ of ceasefire along the de facto border in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan and India’s militaries have agreed to strictly observe a ceasefire at the de facto border between the two countries in the disputed region of Kashmir, and other agreements, according to a Pakistani military statement – a rare thaw in …

Pakistan army: Indian fire kills woman, wounds 3 in Kashmir
4 years ago

Pakistan army: Indian fire kills woman, wounds 3 in Kashmir

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A 50-year-old woman was killed and three other villagers wounded Tuesday when Indian troops fired into the Pakistan-administered part of the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan’s military said. In Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army spokesman, accused Pakistani troops of violating a longstanding cease-fire by firing mortar shells and small weapons over …

India: Pakistan shelling kills 3 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
4 years, 1 month ago

India: Pakistan shelling kills 3 Indian soldiers in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — At least three Indian soldiers were killed in a barrage of mortar shelling and gunfire by Pakistani soldiers along the highly militarized frontier in Indian-controlled Kashmir, an official said Friday. Indian army spokesman Lt. Col. Devender Anand said two soldiers were killed on Friday when Pakistani soldiers conducted an “unprovoked” violation of a 2003 cease-fire accord between …

Pakistan says soldier, 4 militants killed in border shootout
4 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan says soldier, 4 militants killed in border shootout

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military said a soldier and four militants were killed Sunday in a shootout during a raid near the border with Afghanistan. Separately, in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a Pakistani official said Indian cross-border firing killed a 7-year-old girl and wounded 10 villagers. Umar Azam, the deputy commissioner of Kotli district in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, said Pakistani …

12 killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in disputed Kashmir
4 years, 2 months ago

12 killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in disputed Kashmir

Associated Press  

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — 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. Earlier, Pakistan’s military described it as the latest unprovoked cease-fire violation by India and said Pakistani troops responded by targeting Indian posts. …

India, Pakistan report deadly violence along Kashmir border
4 years, 2 months ago

India, Pakistan report deadly violence along Kashmir border

Al Jazeera  

Civilians among those killed and injured in cross-border fighting in the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistan’s foreign ministry has summoned a senior Indian diplomat to protest against the killings in Pakistan-administered Kashmir by Indian shelling, according to a statement. A day earlier, at least one Pakistani civilian, 55-year-old Muhammad Bashir, was killed due to Indian shelling the Rakhchikhri sector of Pakistan-administered …

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister has rekindled controversy with archrival India this week by pledging to make part of the Pakistani-administered Himalayan region of Kashmir officially part his country. Imran Khan’s pledge to declare the area of Gilgit-Baltistan — which is part of the Pakistani-ruled Kashmir — the fifth province of Pakistan promptly angered neighboring India, which itself last year …

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan invaded Kashmir. Here is what happened.
4 years, 2 months ago

On October 22, 1947, Pakistan invaded Kashmir. Here is what happened.

India Today  

The Narendra Modi government has launched what is being seen as the first serious move by India to counter the Kashmir narrative set afloat by Pakistan since 1947. BEFORE PAKISTAN INVADED KASHMIR When India got Independence and was partitioned to create Pakistan in August 1947, Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state ruled by Hari Singh. By mid-October, small bands …

India says Pakistani fire kills 3 soldiers in Kashmir
4 years, 3 months ago

India says Pakistani fire kills 3 soldiers in Kashmir

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indian army accused Pakistan …

No Attacks by Pakistan Forces on Indian Positions Along LoC, Says Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

No Attacks by Pakistan Forces on Indian Positions Along LoC, Says Govt

News 18  

There have been no attacks by Pakistani forces on Indian positions along the Line of Control and international border, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said in Parliament on Saturday. There have been 2,453 incidents of ceasefire violations along Line of Control in Jammu region this year from March 1, to September 7. In addition, 192 incidents of cross-border …

Mapped: How India’s boundaries evolved since 1947
4 years, 5 months ago

Mapped: How India’s boundaries evolved since 1947

Live Mint  

A defence ministry document noting Chinese ‘transgressions’ in eastern Ladakh that was hurriedly disowned last week has reignited the debate on the extent of territory that India may have lost to China. Chinese incursions in the region have revived memories of the bloody 1962 war, and brought the world’s two largest armies face-to-face in a tense stand-off along the Line …

Indian fire kills Pakistani girl, wounds family in Kashmir
4 years, 6 months ago

Indian fire kills Pakistani girl, wounds family in Kashmir

Associated Press  

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Indian troops backed by artillery and long-range guns fired on villages along the border in the Pakistani-administered side of the Kashmir region, killing a 13-year-old-girl and wounding her mother and brother, local officials and Pakistan’s military said Sunday. In neighboring India, the local police blamed Pakistani troops for initiating the fire, saying Pakistani mortar shelling wounded five …

The dispute between India and China in Kashmir leads to the first deaths along their border in decades
4 years, 6 months ago

The dispute between India and China in Kashmir leads to the first deaths along their border in decades

ABC  

High in the Himalayas, along a stretch of land that divides China's autonomous region of Tibet from India, clashes have broken out between the two Asian giants in a major escalation of a weeks-long stand-off. Key points: No official border through the Himalayas has been agreed by the two countries despite a 60-year truce Both sides used makeshift weapons rather …

India, Pakistan troops trade heavy fire in Kashmir; 3 killed
4 years, 9 months ago

India, Pakistan troops trade heavy fire in Kashmir; 3 killed

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Tensions between India and Pakistan flared again in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as the two armies barraged each other with heavy artillery fire, killing at least three civilians, Indian police said. Each side accused the other of starting the shelling and targeting civilian areas in violation of the 2003 cease-fire accord along the so-called Line of Control …

In letter to UN, Pakistan says India placing missiles in Kashmir
5 years ago

In letter to UN, Pakistan says India placing missiles in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan’s foreign minister says he fears India plans to attack Pakistan to divert global attention from Kashmir. Pakistan‘s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written to the United Nations, warning the world body of what he says are actions by New Delhi to position missile launchers in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Thursday. …

As Pakistan flounders, try a measure of grace
5 years, 1 month ago

As Pakistan flounders, try a measure of grace

Deccan Chronicle  

The English language borrowed one its most frightening words from German. Pakistan’s army chief reports to his President, not the Prime Minister, and the order is, well, amateurish, reinforcing the appropriateness of Imran Khan’s nickname from his Oxford days, Im the Dim. Back in 2007, he was suspended from the Lahore High Court for refusing to take a fresh oath …

India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir, killing 9
5 years, 2 months ago

India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir, killing 9

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Pakistani and Indian soldiers traded fire in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least nine people on both sides, officials said. The Indian military said Pakistani soldiers targeted an Indian border post and civilian areas along the highly militarized frontier in Kashmir early in the day, leaving two army soldiers and a civilian dead. Pakistan’s army later …

Troops in Kashmir exchange fire, 4 civilians killed
5 years, 2 months ago

Troops in Kashmir exchange fire, 4 civilians killed

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — 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. On Wednesday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said it summoned an Indian diplomat to lodge its protest over the previous day’s “cease …

Pakistani soldier killed in cross-LoC firing by Indian Army: ISPR
5 years, 3 months ago

Pakistani soldier killed in cross-LoC firing by Indian Army: ISPR

The Hindu  

A Pakistani soldier was killed and two women were injured on Thursday in an alleged cross-border shelling by Indian security forces along the Line of Control, the Pakistan Army said. In response, Pakistan troops targeted Indian Army posts which were “substantially damaged” and there was also reports of casualties of Indian troops, the statement said. Pakistan has frequently summoned Indian …

Restrictions tightened in parts of Srinagar after locals raise slogans supporting Imran Khan's 'freedom for Kashmir' speech at UNGA
5 years, 3 months ago

Restrictions tightened in parts of Srinagar after locals raise slogans supporting Imran Khan's 'freedom for Kashmir' speech at UNGA

Firstpost  

Soon after the speech, hundreds of Kashmiris came out of homes, shouting slogans in support of Khan, calling for the independence of Kashmir Srinagar: Authorities in Indian Kashmir tightened restrictions on people’s movements on Saturday to prevent possible protests following a speech by Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. On Saturday, police vans fitted with speakers made public announcements in some …

India raises concerns over increase in firing along Pakistan border
5 years, 4 months ago

India raises concerns over increase in firing along Pakistan border

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India on Sunday said it had conveyed to Pakistan its concerns over the rising instances of unprovoked firing along their common border, in violation of a 2003 ceasefire agreement, that was aimed at facilitating the infiltration of terrorists. “We have highlighted our concerns at unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces, including in support of cross border terrorist infiltration, …

Kashmir unrest could lead Pakistan, India to ‘accidental war’
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir unrest could lead Pakistan, India to ‘accidental war’

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan‘s foreign minister has warned that India‘s “illegal occupation” of Muslim-majority Kashmir region could drive the two nuclear-armed countries “into an accidental war”, while also accusing New Delhi of turning Kashmir “into the largest prison on this planet”. “One international civil society organisation, based in the US, has already issued a genocide alert, proclaiming that the situation in Indian-occupied Jammu …

India may reap the whirlwind
5 years, 4 months ago

India may reap the whirlwind

Deccan Chronicle  

What Tamil Nadu political parties think about the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A may mean little in the larger scheme of things in a high stake gambit. But Tamil Nadu's connection to the Kashmir question goes back a few decades as Sheikh Abdullah, once the Prime Minister and then Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, was incarcerated in the …

Pak's accusation on India using water as weapon of war uncalled for: Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
5 years, 4 months ago

Pak's accusation on India using water as weapon of war uncalled for: Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

India Today  

After Pakistan accused India of waging 'fifth-generation warfare' in Kashmir by using water as a weapon, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said the neighbouring country's claim was uncalled for and New Delhi has the right over tributaries of Ravi, Beas and Satluj rivers. India is working on a priority basis to check its share of water under …

Kashmir crisis: Modi’s brutal annexation of state follows the Israel-Palestine script to the letter
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir crisis: Modi’s brutal annexation of state follows the Israel-Palestine script to the letter

The Independent  

Last week, we saw British television personality Bear Grylls pal up with Narendra Modi for his latest wildlife adventure, Man vs Wild. The notoriously bellicose Modi – an extremist Hindu nationalist – has stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomous status, pouring tens of thousands of extra Indian troops into the already heavily militarised region. As the crackdown becomes more …

India has stopped sharing hydrological data of rivers with Pakistan
5 years, 4 months ago

India has stopped sharing hydrological data of rivers with Pakistan

Op India  

The Narendra Modi government has decided to up the ante against the terrorist state of Pakistan as it has now decided not to renew its 1989 agreement of sharing hydrological data of the Indus system of rivers during flood season with Pakistan. However, this decision has nothing to do with the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in …

Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir began restoring landline phone services on Saturday after a nearly two-week security crackdown and news blackout following a decision by India’s government to downgrade the Muslim-majority region’s autonomy. Earlier in the week, Pakistani security forces said firing by India in the region killed three Pakistani soldiers and two civilians in separate incidents. The …

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 Pakistani soldiers killed as India retaliates to ceasefire violations in Uri, Rajouri
5 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 Pakistani soldiers killed as India retaliates to ceasefire violations in Uri, Rajouri

India TV News  

Pakistan Thursday claimed 5 Indian soldiers were killed in ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, Indian sources said 3 Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in punitive proactive response after the Pakistani Army violated ceasefire in Uri and Rajouri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir. Chamanlal, another resident of Nangi Tekri area, said: "Pakistan should understand …

Pakistan painting Kashmir as ‘alarming’ gets no global support, says MEA
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan painting Kashmir as ‘alarming’ gets no global support, says MEA

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Pakistan’s attempts to paint an alarmist picture over its ties with India, after New Delhi revoked provisions of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, have not succeeded in securing the support of the international community, the Indian foreign ministry said on Friday. Islamabad also said that it would take New Delhi’s action to the …

Roadmap for India’s troubled Kashmir under its new status
5 years, 5 months ago

Roadmap for India’s troubled Kashmir under its new status

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised early elections for the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir days after stripping the Muslim-majority region of statehood and turning it into a federally administered territory. Indian-controlled Kashmir plunged into a political crisis last year when a coalition between Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and a powerful regional group, the People’s Democratic Party, …

Key events in Kashmir since British rule ended in 1947
5 years, 5 months ago

Key events in Kashmir since British rule ended in 1947

Associated Press  

Some key events in Kashmir: — August 1947: With the end of British colonial rule, the Indian subcontinent is divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. — October 1947: India and Pakistan fight their first war over control of Muslim-majority Kashmir, a kingdom ruled by Hindu Maharaja Hari Singh. — December 2001: India masses troops along its western …

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