India’s anti-terrorism agency Saturday searched the homes of separatist leaders in restive Kashmir as part of an investigation of their finances and alleged anti-government activities. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) agency is probing if the separatists received funds illegally from Pakistan-based extremists to carry out “subversive activities” including stone-pelting and arson. In an early morning … Read more
Title-holders India will look to put an off-field row behind them when they face arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Sunday. The build-up to what is arguably cricket’s most anticipated fixture has been dominated by reports of a falling out between India captain Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble. Former India … Read more
India have far more at stake in Sunday’s Champions Trophy match against arch-rivals Pakistan than launching their title defence — even if skipper Virat Kohli insists it is “just another game”. The cricket-mad neighbouring countries rarely square off and hundreds of millions of fans are expected to tune in and watch the teams fight for … Read more
Pakistan on Thursday said two of its civilians were killed and seven injured in Indian cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region. Senior government official Raja Tahir Mumtaz said the incident occurred in the Poonch sector along the Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border that divides the Himalayan territory. “These civilians were sleeping in … Read more
India on Monday ruled out any cricket series against Pakistan until “cross-border terrorism” stops. The Indian and Pakistani cricket boards are scheduled to meet in Dubai on Monday to discuss a possible bilateral series. And the two countries play each other at the Champions Trophy in England on June 4. But they have not played … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair India’s drifting partnership with Russia when he meets President Vladimir Putin this week, amid wariness over Moscow’s renewed interest in New Delhi’s backyard, analysts say. The two leaders will look to stem a decline in trade between the once robust economic partners and resolve tensions over their … Read more
Authorities clamped a curfew across most of Indian-administered Kashmir for the first day of the Muslim Ramadan festival Sunday and partially cut telephone services to thwart protests over the killing of a top rebel commander. The lockdown in the mainly Muslim region crippled life on the first day of the Islamic holy month after widespread … Read more
A civilian was killed after clashes broke out between protesters and government forces following the death of a top rebel commander in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Saturday. Authorities imposed a curfew in many parts of the main Srinagar city as violence spread across the restive region after Sabzar Ahmad Bhat’s death on Saturday. Bhat, head … Read more
India opened its longest bridge close to the border with China in a move seen as bolstering its defences in a sensitive region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the third anniversary of his rule by inaugurating the 9.1 kilometre (5.7 mile) long Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra river that will link Assam and Arunachal Pradesh … Read more
An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India on Thursday after a court ordered her release. Uzma Ahmad was reunited with her family at the Wagah border crossing near Amritsar in northern Punjab state before heading to New Delhi where she called on Foreign Minister Sushma … Read more
An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India on Thursday after a court ordered her release. Uzma Ahmad was reunited with her family at the Wagah border crossing near Amritsar. The case became a new national cause against arch-rival Pakistan with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj calling … Read more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will depart Monday for a four-nation tour of Europe that will include strategic talks with historic ally Russia and with key trading partner Germany. Modi will first be hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel at Germany’s official state guest house in Brandenburg, where the two leaders will jointly address a meeting … Read more
As news broke that India’s army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and used him as a human shield, thoughts turned to the message this sends on how the forthcoming stages of this conflict might unfold. The Indian media has been full of praise for the actions of … Read more
India has announced that it has fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare public disclosure of such a pre-emptive assault against its neighbour. Troops fired at military camps in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir which were being used to harbour militants, an Indian army spokesman said. ‘As part of our counter-terror … Read more
India announced Tuesday it had fired mortars at Pakistani army posts across their disputed border in Kashmir, a rare public disclosure of such a pre-emptive assault against its neighbour. Troops fired at military camps in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir which were being used to harbour militants, an Indian army spokesman said. “As part of our counter-terror operations, … Read more
India’s army has commended an officer accused of tying a Kashmiri man to a jeep and using him as a human shield, media reports said, sparking strong criticism. Video footage showing Farooq Ahmad Dar bound to the front of an army jeep as it led a convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir went viral last month and … Read more
American war photographer Stanley Greene, who won five World Press Photo awards, died in Paris on Friday aged 68, the Noor Images agency he co-founded said. Greene passed away in a hospital in the French capital after a long illness, Noor Images’s managing director Clement Saccomani said. “He passed away surrounded by his friends,” Saccomani … Read more
Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in the 1990s, as an armed insurgency against Indian rule reached its bloody peak. Sajad’s debut graphic novel “Munnu” is his account of growing up in the Kashmir Valley, one of the most spectacular but also most … Read more
Pakistan and Afghanistan plan on using Google Maps to help resolve a border dispute that led to deadly clashes last week, a senior Pakistani security source said Monday. At least eight civilians were killed on both sides in fighting that began when a Pakistani census team accompanied by soldiers visited disputed villages along the southern … Read more
Suspected militants launched an attack in Indian Kashmir killing three civilians and a policeman, the latest violence to hit the restive valley, authorities said on Sunday. One of the militants was also killed when they attacked policemen clearing the site of a road accident late Saturday near Kulgam district. “A police party was at the … Read more