Security forces launch investigation after militants kill 7 in Kashmir

Security forces launch investigation after militants kill 7 in Kashmir

Seven people have been killed by militants in the Indian administered Kashmir in what the government is calling a cowardly terror attack. The motive of the killers is not yet known but officials say an investigation is underway to track down the perpetrators. Here's Ishan Garg telling us more from New Delhi.

October 21, 2024 16

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Modi’s party loses in Kashmir, wins in North Indian state Haryana

India's opposition parties say they suspect foul play after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party swept regional elections in a North Indian state. However, the BJP lost in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir region where local polls were held after 10 years. From India, our Ishan Garg tells us more.

October 9, 2024 24

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Vote counting in India administered Jammu and Kashmir

Results of the regional legislature election in the Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir region will be out on Tuesday with pollsters saying no one party could reach the majority mark. It's the first election in a decade in the area that's claimed in whole by India, Pakistan and China - but controlled in parts by all of them. As Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.

October 8, 2024 11

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Traumatised Indians recount deadly Kashmir attack on Hindu pilgrims

Gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir who ambushed a bus of Hindu pilgrims continued firing for several minutes even after it tumbled into a ravine, killing nine, survivors said Tuesday. The brutal attack on Sunday evening was one of the deadliest attacks in years, and the first on Hindu pilgrims in the disputed Muslim-majority since 2017, when gunmen killed seven people in the Kashmir valley in another ambush on […]

June 11, 2024 18

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Pakistan’s PM offers delayed congratulations to India’s Modi

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday offered a brief congratulations to his counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election in rival India, almost a week after the results came in. Born out of the partition of British-ruled India in 1947, the neighbours have fought two wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir. "Felicitations to @narendramodi (Modi) on taking oath as the Prime Minister of India," […]

June 10, 2024 22

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Tumultuous Kashmir region votes in 4th phase of India’s general elections

Voters in 10 states will be going to polls to elect 96 members of parliament as India's mammoth election enters its fourth phase. Kashmir is in special focus as voters there go to the polls for the first time since the state lost its special privileges in 2019 as part of the ruling BJP party's nationalistic agenda. Correspondent Neha Poonia is on the ground to tell us more about the […]

May 13, 2024 16