Sat 24 August 2019: The opposition leaders had intended to visit Kashmir to assess the situation in the wake of the BJP government’s decision to revoke the occupied region’s special autonomy. Top officials had told Reuters that the local administration of Jammu and Kashmir would not allow the opposition members to leave the airport at Srinagar, and […]
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Fri 23 August 2019: Records of two main hospitals show Indian troops’ use of force in Srinagar since the lockdown began earlier this month. At least 152 people reported to Srinagar’s Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and Shri Maharaj Hari Singh hospital with injuries from pellet shots and tear gas fire between August 5 and August […]
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Protester in India burning Chinese goods File Photo: PTI Fri 23 August 2019: Days after China backed Pakistan and prodded the United Nations Security Council into an informal discussion on New Delhi’s decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy, anger is brewing in India against the Asian dragon. A campaign is slowly gaining […]
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Thu 22 August 2019: Major opposition parties in India have joined forces to protest against the government’s clampdown in Indian-administered Kashmir, demanding the immediate release of political leaders and the restoration of communication services in the Himalayan region. Top opposition figures addressed the New Delhi protest, which was organised by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a regional party from the southern state of Tamil […]
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Fri 23 August 2019: Abu Dhabi was one of the first countries to applaud India’s changes to Article 370, which provided guarantees of limited autonomy and demographic stability for India-administered Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the UAE where he will be awarded the country’s highest civil honour – the Order of Zayed. […]
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Thu 22 August 2019: The songs delivered a message to India’s 250 million YouTube users about moving to the Muslim-majority region, buying land there and marrying Kashmiri women. The music videos began appearing on social media within hours of the announcement by India’s Hindu-led nationalist government that it was stripping statehood from the disputed region […]
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Thu 22 August 2019: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has ruled out seeking further dialogue with India over Kashmir, expressing his frustration with New Delhi over its decision to strip the region of its autonomy earlier this month. “There is no point in talking to them. I mean, I have done all the talking,” he told the New York […]
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Protests erupted in Srinagar city of India-administered Kashmir on last Friday: File Photo Thu 22 August 2019: Young men sit beside a pile of rocks and a bonfire, protecting the only entrance to a besieged neighbourhood they call “Kashmir’s Gaza” as a mosque loudspeaker broadcasts slogans of liberation. In an act of defiance against New […]
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Wed 21 August 2019: Via posters in Srinagar, separatist leaders asked people to march after Friday prayers. In the first reported gun battle since New Delhi stripped India-administered Kashmir of its autonomy, a suspected rebel and a policeman were killed, police said. Separatist leaders in India-administered Kashmir urged people to defy a ban and join […]
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Wed 21 August 2019: Fatalities reported in gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir: police Two people including a police officer were reportedly killed in a gun battle between armed rebels and security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Wednesday. The clash in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district was the first to be reported by the authorities since […]
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