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Jammu, Kashmir clampdown will be eased
NEW DELHI: India will lift restrictions on people’s movements and communication links in Kashmir in the next few days, the federal government told the Supreme Court on Friday. The court was hearing a petition by a newspaper editor seeking restoration
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Pakistan asks UN Security Council to meet over Kashmir debacle
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan yesterday asked the United Nations Security Council to meet over India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The
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India: Pakistan-backed militants targeting Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Indian security officials yesterday said they had found evidence of attacks planned by Pakistani military-backed militants on a major Hindu pilgrimage in the disputed Muslim-dominated region of Kashmir. Tension has run high in the mountainous region since a
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Trump touches off storm in India with Kashmir mediation offer
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked US President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan in their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said yesterday, after Trump’s comments set off a storm of criticism. Trump told
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Indian forces kill leader of al Qaeda affiliate in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Indian forces have killed the leader of an al Qaeda affiliated militant group in Kashmir, triggering protests in parts of the disputed region. Zakir Rashid Bhat, 25, was trapped by security forces in a three-storey house in southern Kashmir
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Probe torture in Indian Kashmir, United Nations told
Tens of thousands of people in Indian Kashmir have been subjected to torture in the past three decades, according to a report released Monday by two prominent human rights groups which called for a UN investigation. The report said at
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