At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — At least 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown and communications blackout imposed to curb unrest after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood, according to top Kashmir police and arrest statistics reviewed by The Associated Press. Kashmiris have staged protests and clashed with police since the crackdown, with about 300 demonstrations against India’s tighter control over Kashmir, the three officials said. Moses Dhinakaran, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force, which now holds jurisdiction in Kashmir, said he didn’t know how many people had been detained because his agency has “no direct role.” Families crowded outside police stations Tuesday waiting to appeal for the release of their sons, husbands and other relatives. At least three dozen men and women along with their children sat on the street outside a Srinagar police station waiting to hear about 22 young men and teenage boys who they said had been detained in a nighttime raid in one neighborhood.

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Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike
1 month ago

Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike

Al Jazeera  

The climbdown in the geopolitically sensitive region comes amid growing anger against the administration. Islamabad, Pakistan – After a four-day wheel-jam strike and the shutdown of markets and civic activities, the government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has announced the withdrawal of a presidential ordinance that restricted “unregistered organisations” from holding protests without permission. Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a core member of the …

Residents in India-controlled Kashmir vote in the second phase of polls surrounded by heavy security
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Residents in India-controlled Kashmir vote in the second phase of polls surrounded by heavy security

The Independent  

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Jammu and Kashmir votes in regional elections first time in a decade after losing special status in 2019
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jammu and Kashmir votes in regional elections first time in a decade after losing special status in 2019

The Independent  

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Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers after ambushing their vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir
6 months ago

Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers after ambushing their vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region of Kashmir ambushed an army vehicle on Monday in the region’s south, killing five Indian soldiers and wounding other five, officials said. The attack took place in the Kathua district of the Indian-controlled Kashmir while the military was on a routine patrol, a police officer said, speaking …

Jammu and Kashmir: 50 individuals detained in connection with terror attack on pilgrims in Reasi
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Jammu and Kashmir: 50 individuals detained in connection with terror attack on pilgrims in Reasi

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir: As many as 50 individuals have been detained in connection with the recent terrorist attack on the pilgrims' bus in the Kanda area Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi, a police official said on Thursday. Security situation in Jammu and Kashmir The region has been put on high alert after receiving intel that the terrorists are planning fidayeen attacks …

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir violence is a red signal for Islamabad
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir violence is a red signal for Islamabad

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The contrast could not have been more stark. While Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir recorded the highest voting percentage for the 2024 Lok Sabha at 37.98 after 1996, the Kashmiris in Occupied Kashmir were up in arms against step-motherly treatment by Islamabad since May 9. Although the violent protests have been called off after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz …

Unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir: What’s behind the recent protests?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir: What’s behind the recent protests?

Al Jazeera  

Why are the residents of Pakistan-administered Kashmir out on the streets and what are their demands? A protest convoy, led by a group called the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee, has been marching towards Muzaffarabad since May 11, the capital of the autonomous region bordering India, over demands including subsidised flour and electricity. “Our protesters were completely peaceful but …

Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy
10 months ago

Modi visits Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Paramilitary soldiers patrol ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. In 2019, Modi’s …

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?
10 months ago

India’s Modi visits Kashmir: How has the region changed since 2019?

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at Narendra Modi’s government policies and how they have affected Kashmir since the region’s semi-autonomous status was taken away. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first visit to Kashmir since his government’s controversial 2019 decision to scrap the region’s special semi-autonomous status. Here’s a look at key changes brought to Kashmir by Modi’s government …

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

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

The Independent  

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Anger in Kashmir after locals accuse army of torturing three men to death in custody
1 year ago

Anger in Kashmir after locals accuse army of torturing three men to death in custody

The Independent  

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Anger in remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after 3 are killed while in army custody
1 year ago

Anger in remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after 3 are killed while in army custody

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Anger has spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians were killed while in army custody, officials and residents said Saturday. Locals said the Indian army detained at least eight civilians on Friday for questioning, the day after rebels fighting against Indian rule ambushed two army vehicles in the southern Poonch district, killing four …

Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir amid uptick in attacks on troops
1 year ago

Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir amid uptick in attacks on troops

Al Jazeera  

Thursday’s attack is the latest in a series of incidents in which armed fighters have killed Indian soldiers. Four Indian soldiers were killed, and three others were wounded after suspected rebels ambushed Indian military vehicles in the southernmost border district of Rajouri in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said on Friday. An Indian army official told Al Jazeera that the attack took …

Fighting in disputed Kashmir kills 5 Indian soldiers and 2 suspected militants
1 year, 1 month ago

Fighting in disputed Kashmir kills 5 Indian soldiers and 2 suspected militants

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Five Indian soldiers were killed in gunbattles with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The fighting started Wednesday, days after Indian troops started searching for militants in dense forests based on information that at least two rebels were hiding there, a military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping …

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 …

India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at UNGA; calls for taking credible action against 26/11 perpetrators
1 year, 3 months ago

India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at UNGA; calls for taking credible action against 26/11 perpetrators

The Hindu  

India has strongly responded to Pakistan after its caretaker leader raked up Kashmir in his address to the U.N General Assembly, with Delhi saying the “home and patron” to the largest number of proscribed terrorist entities in the world should take credible action against perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks instead of engaging in “technical sophistry”. Instead of engaging in …

Rebels kill 3 Indian soldiers and police officer in separate gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir
1 year, 3 months ago

Rebels kill 3 Indian soldiers and police officer in separate gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Three Indian soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate gunfights with rebels over the past two days in the mountainous Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, officials said Wednesday. Indian government forces launched a joint operation against the militants late on Tuesday in the Kokernag area of Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Two soldiers — a colonel and a …

Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists, trained in Pakistan and absconding for over 30 years, arrested in Doda
1 year, 4 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Two terrorists, trained in Pakistan and absconding for over 30 years, arrested in Doda

India TV News  

Two terrorists who were absconding for over 30 years were arrested by the Special Investigation Agency from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, the Special Investigation Agency, in pursuance of its larger objective and mandate of achieving “zero terrorism” in Jammu and Kashmir, has initiated a special drive to trace and produce before the …

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 …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the Himalayan territory into political chaos: “Democracy stops where the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir begin.” In an interview with The Associated Press, Omar Abdullah said India’s 2019 decision to strip the …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

The Independent  

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‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal

The Independent  

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India police say five ‘foreign’ fighters killed in Kashmir
1 year, 6 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 …

With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir
1 year, 7 months ago

With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir

The Independent  

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Kashmir witnesses 29 targeted attacks on civilians compared to 12 on security forces in 2022
2 years ago

Kashmir witnesses 29 targeted attacks on civilians compared to 12 on security forces in 2022

The Hindu  

A dangerous trend has emerged on the militancy graph of Kashmir this year, keeping the security agencies on their toes. There have been more targeted attacks on civilians and off-duty policemen compared to planned attacks, as was the trend in the past, on the security forces or their establishments in Kashmir in 2022. Official data suggests militants carried out around …

Security forces killed 172 terrorists in 92 encounters in Valley in 2022: Kashmir Police
2 years ago

Security forces killed 172 terrorists in 92 encounters in Valley in 2022: Kashmir Police

India Today  

As we draw closer to the end of this year, the security forces in 2022 in Kashmir, to ensure peace in the region, neutralised 172 terrorists, including 42 foreign terrorists, by conducting 93 successful encounters across the valley, Kashmir Police said. Around 108 terrorists eliminated belonged mainly to Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front, followed by Jaish e Mohammed, Hizbul-Mujahidin, Al-Badr …

Violent protests after 2 civilians fatally shot in Kashmir
2 years ago

Violent protests after 2 civilians fatally shot in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Violent protests erupted Friday in a town in Indian-controlled Kashmir after two civilians were killed and another wounded in what the Indian army called a “firing incident by unidentified terrorists.” But locals in southern Rajouri district said the men were shot by soldiers at the entrance of a military base. The three men worked as laborers at …

A dangerous drift in Kashmir
2 years, 4 months ago

A dangerous drift in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The policies and political projects being pursued by the BJP-led central government in Jammu and Kashmir post-August 5, 2019 — when the erstwhile State’s seven decades-long special constitutional position came to an end — have put unarmed and innocent civilians in the crosshairs of armed militants in Kashmir like never before. For many in the BJP, a cosmopolitan Kashmir may …

Kashmir sees rise in violence after Yasin Malik sentenced to life
2 years, 7 months ago

Kashmir sees rise in violence after Yasin Malik sentenced to life

Al Jazeera  

Indian forces kill at least 10 rebels in the disputed region since Wednesday’s sentencing of the top pro-independence leader. At least 10 rebels have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir since an Indian court sentenced prominent Kashmiri pro-independence leader Yasin Malik to life in prison earlier this week, officials say. “Three militants each of Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in two …

Police arrest 10 youths for anti-India protest in Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Police arrest 10 youths for anti-India protest in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Police in disputed Kashmir arrested at least 10 people during overnight raids following an anti-India protest that erupted as an Indian court sentenced a prominent Kashmiri pro-independence leader to life in prison, officials said Thursday. Malik, 56, led the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, one of the first armed rebel groups in the Indian-held area, but …

India redrawing Kashmir assembly seats to ‘disempower Muslims’?
2 years, 7 months ago

India redrawing Kashmir assembly seats to ‘disempower Muslims’?

Al Jazeera  

Politicians and experts say the delimitation of constituencies will make the Muslim vote ‘irrelevant’ in India’s only Muslim-majority region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has released a list of redrawn electoral constituencies in Indian-administered Kashmir, giving greater representation to the Muslim-majority region’s Hindu areas and drawing condemnation from political parties in the valley. The state assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir had …

Minority Hindu Kashmiris protest killing of community member
2 years, 7 months ago

Minority Hindu Kashmiris protest killing of community member

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Hindus in Indian-controlled Kashmir staged protests on Friday, a day after assailants fatally shot a Hindu government employee in the disputed Muslim-majority region. In a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Manoj Sinha, New Delhi’s administrator in the region, at least 300 Pandits who returned under the 2010 plan threatened to resign from government service …

6 rebels, soldier killed in Kashmir ahead of Modi’s visit
2 years, 8 months ago

6 rebels, soldier killed in Kashmir ahead of Modi’s visit

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Six suspected rebels and an Indian paramilitary officer were killed in two separate clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Friday, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the disputed region. Two militants and a paramilitary officer were killed, and at least two soldiers and two police officials were wounded in the ensuing fighting, police …

India soldier killed, 4 workers injured in Kashmir attacks
2 years, 9 months ago

India soldier killed, 4 workers injured in Kashmir attacks

The Independent  

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India soldier killed, 4 workers injured in Kashmir attacks
2 years, 9 months ago

India soldier killed, 4 workers injured in Kashmir attacks

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — A paramilitary solider was killed and another wounded in a rebel attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city, while four laborers were injured in two separate attacks elsewhere in the disputed region, police said Monday. Two militants on a motorbike opened fire at paramilitary soldiers patrolling in the main business center of Srinagar on Monday, police said. Attackers …

India police: Ex-journalist among 2 rebels killed in Kashmir
2 years, 9 months ago

India police: Ex-journalist among 2 rebels killed in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Two suspected rebels were killed in a shootout with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city early Wednesday, police said, describing one of them as a former journalist. The exchange of gunfire erupted after police and paramilitary soldiers laid a cordon in a neighborhood in the old quarters of Srinagar on Tuesday night following a tip that …

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters
2 years, 11 months ago

5 Reasons Why Kashmir Matters

The Diplomat  

Kashmiri villagers are seen through the bullet ridden iron mesh of a window of the residential house where suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 2, 2021. With stability inside of Pakistan and the surge of violence in India against Muslims, along with the revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy by …

Police: 6 rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir fighting
3 years ago

Police: 6 rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir fighting

The Independent  

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Police: 6 rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir fighting
3 years ago

Police: 6 rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir fighting

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Six suspected rebels and an Indian soldier were killed in two separate counterinsurgency operations in disputed Kashmir, police said Thursday. Fighting erupted after government forces cordoned off two southern villages in Anantnag and Pulwama districts Wednesday night in search of militants reportedly hiding there, police said. Three soldiers and one police officer were also injured, and one …

What is behind the recent surge in violence in Kashmir?
3 years, 2 months ago

What is behind the recent surge in violence in Kashmir?

Al Jazeera  

Spate of suspected rebel attacks and crackdown by Indian security forces since early October leaves 33 people dead in the region. A surge in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of suspected rebel attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by security forces, has left at least 33 people dead in the heavily militarised region since …

3 detained in Jammu-Kashmir's Poonch on suspicion of aiding terrorists
3 years, 2 months ago

3 detained in Jammu-Kashmir's Poonch on suspicion of aiding terrorists

India Today  

Security forces have detained three people at Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on suspicion of aiding terrorists who are hiding in the forests. Security forces have launched a massive crackdown against "anti-social elements" in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of targeted terror attacks on minorities in the Union Territory. Out of the 28 killed, five persons belonged …

Assailants fatally shoot 3 men in disputed Kashmir
3 years, 3 months ago

Assailants fatally shoot 3 men in disputed Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Assailants shot and killed three men in Indian-controlled Kashmir in separate attacks blamed by police on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. In the first incident Tuesday, police said militants fired at a prominent pharmacist, Makhan Lal Bindroo, at his drug store in the region’s main city of Srinagar. Within an hour, a street …

Kashmir lockdown continues after anti-India leader’s death
3 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir lockdown continues after anti-India leader’s death

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities enforced a security lockdown and a near-total communications blackout for a second day in disputed Kashmir on Friday after the death of Syed Ali Geelani, a top resistance leader who became the emblem of the region’s defiance against New Delhi. Geelani, who had multiple ailments and was under house arrest for years, was buried by …

Kashmiris accuse Indian forces of arbitrary arrests, intimidation
3 years, 4 months ago

Kashmiris accuse Indian forces of arbitrary arrests, intimidation

Al Jazeera  

Arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones leave many too scared to voice dissent. But two years after New Delhi imposed direct rule on the region, locals say arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones have left many too scared to voice dissent. A week before the region’s partial autonomy …

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. …

Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy
3 years, 5 months ago

Uneasy calm in Kashmir on second anniversary of losing autonomy

Al Jazeera  

Troops patrol streets in the main city of Srinagar while most shops remain shut to mark the disputed region’s loss of special status in 2019. Businesses in the main city of Srinagar, however, on Thursday said Indian security forces broke the locks of some of their establishments, asking them to remain open in order to “project normalcy” in the restive …

Indian troops kill 3 suspected militants in Kashmir shootout
3 years, 5 months ago

Indian troops kill 3 suspected militants in Kashmir shootout

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Government forces killed three suspected militants in a shootout in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said, triggering anti-India protests and clashes between troops and residents. The Indian military said militants opened fire at soldiers and police as counterinsurgency troops surrounded a neighborhood in the southern town of Pulwama on a tip that militants were hiding there. Villagers …

Indian forces kill 7 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting
3 years, 9 months ago

Indian forces kill 7 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Seven suspected militants were killed and four soldiers wounded in two separate gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Friday, triggering anti-India protests and clashes in the disputed region Militants hid inside a mosque as government forces cordoned off a neighborhood in southern Shopian town on Thursday, police said. Lt. Col. Emron Musavi, an Indian army spokesman, said …

Anti-India clashes erupt after troops kill 3 Kashmir rebels
3 years, 9 months ago

Anti-India clashes erupt after troops kill 3 Kashmir rebels

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Anti-India clashes erupted between government forces and residents of a village in disputed Kashmir on Friday following a gunbattle in which troops killed three suspected militants, police and residents said. The gunfight erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on a tip about the presence of militants in Kakpora village in …

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir
3 years, 10 months ago

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — U.N. human rights experts have urged India to ensure that the rights of people in Kashmir are safeguarded after New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomous status and imposed a slew of administrative changes through new laws. Two experts for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement that the changes …

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