Kashmir gets its first train service with opening of 41 miles of new line

The first phase of India’s most ambitious railway project since independence has become operational. Although this phase does not yet link the Kashmir Valley to the main Indian Railways network, the completion...

6 million Kashmiris confined to homes forcibly

SRINAGAR October 07: More than six million Kashmiris were confined to their homes forcibly with gun wielding Indian paramilitary forces patrolling streets and enforcing a strict curfew to prevent a pro-Azadi mass sit-in at historic center of capital Srinagar.Srinagar city...

Kashmir newspapers close down in protest

SRINAGAR October 07 : Most newspapers published from here, including Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Uzma, suspended their operations in protest against what they termed as government's inability to issue curfew passes to their journalistic and technical staff as per their...

Curfew continues on second consecutive day in IHK

SRINAGAR October 07 : Strict curfew remains imposed all across the Kashmir Valley to thwart the Lal Chowk March planned today, call of which has been given by the Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee.Heavy contingents of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed...

Pakistani President Zardari criticised for calling Kashmir militants 'terrori...

Pakistan has been tacitly and morally supporting secession movemevent in Indian held Kashmir and its leaders have sung paeans for terrorist killed in Kashmir valley. Pakistani leaders have always been accused of...

Kashmir, the Cause for a Potential Nuclear Holocaust

Kashmir is a beautiful valley lying in the lap of huge Himalayas. It shares its borders with at least three major countries including India on south, China on north and Pakistan on west.Kashmir has been in the news...

Kashmir, Cause for a Potential Nuclear Holocaust

Kashmir a beautiful valley lying in the lap of huge Himalayas. It shares its borders with at least three major countries including India on south, China on north and Pakistan on west. Kashmir has been in the news for its political unrest. It is the single major factor...

Kashmir pictures

Kashmir is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It's the northernmost part of the Indian subcontinent. Besides being popular for tourism Kashmir is well- known for its rich and unique cultural heritage that...

Rival Kashmiri groups protest outside UN

Holding placards and banners, rival Kashmiri groups staged protests outside the United Nations on Friday afternoon during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's [Images] address to the plenary session of the UN General Assembly. The two groups -- Kashmiri American Council, a...

No one allowed to violate territorial integrity of Pakistan: President Zardari

Addressing joint session of two houses of bicameral Parliament, Pakistan President on Saturday for the first time vowed that no one will be allowed to violate territorial integrity of Pakistan in the name of curbing...

Pro-independence protests in Indian Kashmir

After Ramadan praying today, there were Muslim pro independence rallies across Indian-controlled Kashmir, at the Himalayan region.  As protets did not comply with official regulations on order, there...

Students march for freedom in Indian Kashmir

Kashmir saw thousands of protesters hit the streets today to voice their demands for independence from India. "The students waved pro-independence signs as they marched through the main business district of Srinagar,...

Tens of thousands in Kashmir march to UN offices

" Tens of thousands in Kashmir march to UN offices 2008-08-18 17:17:01 - SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans, tens of thousands of Muslims marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir's main city on...

Muslims protest in Kashmir on India's independence day

Today marks India's Independence Day from British rule, and thousands of Muslims protested today about New Delhi's rule in Kashmir, with some even burning the national flag."Srinagar and other parts of the...

India detains Kashmir separatists

  Three separatist leaders in Indian state of Kashmir have been placed under house arrest to prevent them from leading a protest by the Muslim community.The leaders have been identified as Syed Ali Shah...

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