An Indian army officer, a naval commando and two top militant commanders were among eight people killed in two extended gunfights in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
At least 20 people were killed and 26 others injured, 21 of them seriously, Monday afternoon in a road accident in the mountainous Doda district of Indian administered Kashmir.
A pair of attacks Saturday that killed two policemen and critically injured a third shattered a recent lull in violence in the summer capital of India's Jammu and Kashmir state.
The state's governor gave his support to the embattled chief minister, who had tendered his resignation after an allegation that he was involved in a sex scam dating back to 2006.
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said.
Four police officers were arrested by the special investigation team probing the alleged rape and murder of two young Muslim women in India-administered Kashmir Wednesday evening, a senior police officer confirmed.
A massive rescue effort was underway Wednesday after a bus crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 25 people and wounding 43 others.
At least 20 people are feared dead after a bus plunged into a river Sunday in Indian-administered Kashmir's hilly Doda district.
Indian authorities have suspended four police officers and an official of the forensic science laboratory for destroying evidence and "dereliction of duty" in the alleged rape and killing of two Muslim women.
Two soldiers, including an officer, and three militants have been killed in a fierce gunfight in the Kupwara district on the north Kashmir frontier, the Indian army said Monday.
An Indian army officer, a naval commando and two top militant commanders were among eight people killed in two extended gunfights in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
At least 20 people were killed and 26 others injured, 21 of them seriously, Monday afternoon in a road accident in the mountainous Doda district of Indian administered Kashmir.
A pair of attacks Saturday that killed two policemen and critically injured a third shattered a recent lull in violence in the summer capital of India's Jammu and Kashmir state.
The state's governor gave his support to the embattled chief minister, who had tendered his resignation after an allegation that he was involved in a sex scam dating back to 2006.
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said.
Four police officers were arrested by the special investigation team probing the alleged rape and murder of two young Muslim women in India-administered Kashmir Wednesday evening, a senior police officer confirmed.
A massive rescue effort was underway Wednesday after a bus crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 25 people and wounding 43 others.
At least 20 people are feared dead after a bus plunged into a river Sunday in Indian-administered Kashmir's hilly Doda district.
Indian authorities have suspended four police officers and an official of the forensic science laboratory for destroying evidence and "dereliction of duty" in the alleged rape and killing of two Muslim women.
Two soldiers, including an officer, and three militants have been killed in a fierce gunfight in the Kupwara district on the north Kashmir frontier, the Indian army said Monday.
A passenger bus tumbled into the Chenab River in Indian-administered Kashmir's hilly Kishtwar district Monday morning, killing at least 29 people and injuring nine others, authorities said.
Five days of gunbattles between the Indian army and separatist militants in Indian-administered Kashmir have left at least 25 dead -- eight Indian army troopers, including one officer, and 17 militants, the Indian military said Tuesday.
The toll in the raging gunfights between the militants and Indian army in the Indian administered Kashmir rose to 19 Monday with the killing of four more Indian army troopers and five militants.
Ten people in the disputed territory of Kashmir have been killed in ongoing gunfights between militants and Indian troops, an Indian defense spokesman said Sunday.
India says Pakistani troops in Kashmir fired "indiscriminately" at Indian positions Friday night.
The Indian army has found an officer and two troopers accountable for "lapses" in the killing of two youths in Indian administered Kashmir.
Protesters -- angry about the killing of a carpenter, allegedly by Indian paramilitary forces -- on Thursday stormed the streets of a village near Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir.
Indian police and paramilitary troops placed a large section of Srinagar under strict restrictions Saturday in hopes of thwarting further violence in the summer capital city of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
A bus rolled into the fast-flowing Chenab River in northern India, killing at least 20 people, officials said.
The Srinagar airport opened Saturday to international traffic, part of an effort to encourage tourism and trade.
The heavily guarded, seventh and final phase of voting for a state assembly ended Wednesday in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. Results are expected Sunday.
Separatist militants ambushed an Indian paramilitary patrol in Indian-administered Kashmir Monday afternoon, killing two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, police said.
Anti-election demonstrators threw stones at two polling stations and clashed with Indian security forces Sunday as voters stood in long lines in Indian-controlled Kashmir to cast ballots in the second stage of state elections.
Indian paramilitary forces gunned down two youths in Kashmir on Saturday, one of them a high school student apparently taking part in an anti-India demonstration, authorities said.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops enforced tight security in Indian-controlled Kashmir Friday to prevent separatists from staging a rally amid renewed violence in the divided Himalayan region.
Indian officials have announced a seven-phase election plan to elect a new state government in the part of Kashmir under New Delhi's control.
Indian security forces sealed off Srinagar's center Monday to thwart a rally by separatists and tighten a round-the-clock curfew now in its second day in the violence-torn Himalayan region.
Indian authorities in Kashmir placed the Himalayan region in an around-the-clock indefinite curfew early Sunday to scuttle a planned pro-independence rally.
A strict Indian-imposed curfew continued for the third day in Kashmir on Tuesday, with the death toll for the past 24 hours reaching five after clashes between Indian security forces and pro-separatist protesters defying the curfew.
Indian authorities in Kashmir arrested more than a dozen pro-separatist leaders and placed the divided Himalayan region in an around-the-clock curfew to scuttle a planned pro-independence rally Monday.
Once again, the hatred between Muslims and Hindus in the state of Kashmir and Jammu has ignited a crisis
A senior Indian Army officer, two Indian Army soldiers and five separatist militants were killed in the Machil sector of the Line of Control in Indian-administered Kashmir Friday, the Indian Defense Ministry said.
A dispute over 99 acres of land for a Hindu shrine has prompted protests by hundreds of thousands, reviving the separatist movement and threatening to further undermine the India-Pakistan peace process
Violent protests continued across Kashmir Wednesday, as the death toll from the past two days of demonstrations rose to 20, a senior police official said.
At least six people were killed and 55 hurt Tuesday in clashes between Indian police and villagers protesting in three communities in India-controlled Kashmir, police said.
Hindu Nationalists and Muslim hardliners in the Indian state have brought sectarian feelings to a boil. Is India facing a new faith-based conflagration?
A mother and her four children were killed Thursday in a grenade attack on a bus stand in Srinagar, police said.
Five people, including three children, were killed Thursday in a grenade attack on a bus stand in Srinagar, police said.
Two people were killed and four wounded Sunday when militants hurled a grenade at a crowd in a popular mountainous resort in Kashmir, police said.
A blast from an improvised explosive device Saturday killed nine Indian soldiers and wounded 14 traveling in an army convoy, an army spokesman said.
The top Indian elected leader in Kashmir resigned Monday after weeks of protests that have left seven people dead.
An Indian army trooper was shot to death Monday on the border between the Indian- and Pakistani-administered parts of Kashmir, the Indian Defense spokesman said.
A gun battle between security forces and militants fighting against Indian rule in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir left five people dead and two others injured Sunday.
A massive explosion has struck a highway overpass near the Indian-controlled Kashmir government's main building, injuring 17 people, according to police.
Analysis: Although the core issues of the six-decade-old conflict remain to be resolved, leaders on both sides seek closer ties
Three people, including two children, were killed in a militant attack on the house of a village defense committee member in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Friday.
Three top militant commanders were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
Six family members were buried alive after an avalanche crashed into their house in a remote village in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said Friday.
A 48-hour hostage standoff at a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir ended early Tuesday with the death of three militants and the rescue of the two hostages, a police official said.
A standoff at a mosque in the disputed territory of Kashmir is continuing with three militants holding a pair of hostages, police told CNN.
Two Indian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded Friday when suspected militants threw a grenade into the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Mehama, police said.
Three Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed Friday from an ambush by suspected militants in the southern region of Indian-controlled Kashmir, the army said.
Indian security forces Monday afternoon joined the state wildlife department's hunt for a leopard that has killed three children in less than a week in Chattergul village, nestled in the foothills of Pir Panjal Himalayan mountain range in south Kashmir.
A senior Indian army officer was killed on Saturday during a search for militants in a Kashmiri village, police told CNN.
Pakistan is willing to give up its claim to Kashmir if India supports more autonomy for the disputed region, President Pervez Musharraf told an Indian TV station Tuesday.
Thousands of Kashmiris thronged to the funeral Tuesday of a top Islamic militant leader killed in a fierce pre-dawn gunbattle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir.
Five high-school students who mistook a bomblet for a toy were fatally wounded when the explosive went off as they played with it in a field in Pakistan's part of Kashmir, police said Friday.
The U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch has lambasted the Indian government for what it calls "its failure in checking rights violations by its security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir."
Kashmiri militants Saturday lobbed a powerful hand grenade at an opposition legislator, wounding her and killing five others -- including her colleague -- police officials said.
From the sky, the mountains in this part of Kashmir seem fragile. Loose soil and fractured rock precariously poised on steep slopes wait for rains and tremors to set them free.
A blast near a bus station Saturday in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed two people and wounded 23, police said.
A shootout between suspected militants and security forces in a northern Kashmiri village has left five people dead, a police official said.
Suspected Islamic militants gunned down Hindu villagers in southern Kashmir, killing at least 22 and critically wounding eight others, a police official said.
Days before a key round table discussion on Kashmir, violence in the disputed region claimed the lives of at least 35 Hindus in two separate incidents, including a village massacre, Indian police and authorities said.
One person was killed and eight others wounded when militants in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar lobbed a grenade at a paramilitary police vehicle, police said.
Putting education first is common in Kashmir.
A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility for Tuesday's bombings in the holy Indian city of Varanasi that killed 14 people, and threatened additional violence.
Saying Pakistan and India have "a historic opportunity to work toward lasting peace," U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday called on leaders of both nations "to step up and lead" to resolve the tough issue of Kashmir.
Nine people were killed early Saturday in a gun battle that erupted after Indian security forces caught a group of militants sneaking across the line of control into Indian-controlled Kashmir, a senior Indian army official told CNN.
India and Pakistan have kicked off a third round of peace talks, described as "cordial" and "constructive" in a joint statement issued Wednesday by the countries' foreign secretaries.
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf made an emphatic appeal Saturday to India to settle the long-standing bitter dispute over Kashmir "once and for all."
Police said they entered a hotel in Indian-controlled Kashmir where two gunmen had been holed up for 24 hours, killing one of the men and arresting the other.
One month after a massive quake rocked South Asia, the top U.N. humanitarian official called it a "race against time" to help more than 200,000 people in the higher mountainous regions of Pakistan.
India and Pakistan next week plan to open crossing points along the Line of Control that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir as a "humanitarian measure" to foster earthquake relief efforts.
A car packed with explosives has detonated at a police checkpoint in Srinagar, killing five people -- including the bomber -- and wounding 14, one critically, just hours before the new chief minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir was to be sworn in, authorities said.
Indian officials said that if Pakistan agrees, it will open three relief camps for earthquake survivors in Kashmir along the Line of Control.
More than 51,000 people in Pakistan have died in the earthquake that rocked the South Asian subcontinent nearly two weeks ago, officials say.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a greater world response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan, where relief agencies say thousands in the Himalayas face death from exposure.
India has welcomed moves by Pakistan to free up movement of people across the line of control in Kashmir following the devastating October 8 earthquake in the region.
Kashmir's junior education minister was killed after two attackers infiltrated his home in the high-security area of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
Relief flights have restarted for victims of last weekend's 7.6-magnitude South Asia earthquake after being delayed for hours because of torrential rain following the crash of a Pakistani army helicopter that killed six people.
A Pakistani army helicopter involved in an earthquake relief mission in Pakistan-administered Kashmir crashed early Sunday morning, killing six soldiers on board, army officials said.
Time is running out for many hungry, homeless survivors of the South Asia earthquake, the U.N.'s emergency relief chief warned, as snow fell on parts of Kashmir.
Pakistan's president praised his people Wednesday, calling Saturday's earthquake "a test for the nation" and requesting more international help as nuclear rival India joined the ranks of countries supplying aid.
The death toll has soared to 30,800 in the aftermath of the worst earthquake to hit Pakistan, as nations around the world try to get aid to the northern parts of the devastated country and to Kashmir.
Five Indian soldiers were killed Saturday when their convoy was ambushed in the southern part of the disputed territory of Kashmir, police said.
After nearly 24 hours, a siege in Kashmir that killed two militants and two paramilitary soldiers was ending Saturday.
A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into an Indian army truck, causing an explosion that killed four people -- three soldiers and one civilian, a police official said.
An improvised explosive device planted in a car exploded as a private bus carrying Indian soldiers drove past, killing nine soldiers and wounding another 25 others in Kashmir, police say.
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf says the opportunity to resolve the conflict between his nation and India over Kashmir must be seized while he and Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh are still in power.
At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded after a bomb exploded in the bustling city of Pulwama in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police sources said.
At least nine people were killed and more than 100 others wounded after a bomb exploded in the bustling city of Pulwama in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police sources said.
A grenade has exploded at a Protestant missionary school in central Srinagar, killing two women and wounding 45 other, police say.
A powerful car bomb targeting a paramilitary convoy in Srinagar's uptown Jawahar Nagar neighborhood exploded Wednesday morning, killing at least one person and wounding more than 40 others, Jammu and Kashmir state police said.
Indian troops in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir fought a 24-hour gun battle with Islamic militants that ended Wednesday with 10 militants, a soldier and one civilian reported dead, military sources said.
Indian security forces have gunned down nine militants in two separate incidents, including an infiltration bid in the Uri sector of north Kashmir, police said Friday.
The leaders of India and Pakistan have issued a joint statement declaring the peace process between their two nations "irreversible" after a weekend of successful talks.
The first bus service across disputed Kashmir in nearly 60 years came under fire minutes after it started its journey, according to local media.
One of a handful of militants who attacked a tourist reception center in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar has been shot dead by police.
Separate attacks on Indian security forces in Kashmir have killed three people and wounded at least 24 others, police said.
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