Credit to Author: Angad Singh| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:40:13 +0000
A government-imposed communications ban is preventing journalists from calling sources and doing research online.
Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:46:32 +0000
NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday began restoring landline phone services after a nearly two-week unprecedented security crackdown and news blackout following a decision to downgrade the majority-Muslim region’s autonomy. Administrator Shahid Choudhary said restrictions are being lifted in most areas and government offices will open on Saturday. He also tweeted that […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:05:25 +0000
SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir clashed with police Friday as New Delhi seethed at a rare UN Security Council meeting about the disputed Muslim-majority region — the first in nearly 50 years. Tensions are high since India earlier this month stripped the part of Kashmir that it controls of its autonomy, […]
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Credit to Author: Hind Hassan| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 20:38:29 +0000
“If there’s no solution, we’re willing to go to war.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:48:51 +0000
SRINAGAR, India — Residents of Indian-administered Kashmir were running short of essentials on Tuesday as an unprecedented security lockdown kept people indoors for a ninth day. India has imposed a near-constant curfew and a communications blackout as it tries to stave off a violent reaction to the government’s decision on Aug. 5 to strip Kashmir […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:51:06 +0000
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday came out against changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir and backed Security Council resolutions.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 05:41:37 +0000
NEW DELHI — India is redrawing its political map again.Parliament has approved a proposal by the Hindu nationalist-led government
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:32:49 +0000
India’s lower house of Parliament was set to ratify a bill Tuesday downgrading the governance of the Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir, as an indefinite security lockdown continued in the disputed Himalayan region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:27:29 +0000
NEW DELHI — The order for airlifting 10,000 additional troops of para-military forces to Kashmir has fueled high level of anxiety among the people and has also set the rumor mill rolling in the valley.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:14:04 +0000
A minibus carrying students to a picnic fell into a gorge along a Himalayan road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, killing at least 11 and injuring seven others, officials said.
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