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Kashmiris skeptic of India’s promises of equal rights
Aug 29, 2019 13:19After New Delhi scrapped Kashmir’s autonomous status on august 5, it promised equal rights, opportunity and development in return. However, people of Kashmir are skeptic of their promises.
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500 incidents of protests, hundreds injured in Kashmir lockdown: Sources
Aug 28, 2019 13:34Hundreds of incidents of protest have erupted in Indian-administered Kashmir since the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the Muslim-majority Himalayan region of its autonomy and imposed a security clampdown more than three weeks ago.
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Pakistan's Khan warns Kashmir issue could lead to nuclear war
Aug 27, 2019 02:46Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that the issue of Kashmir could lead to a nuclear war between Islamabad and New Delhi if the international community failed to intervene.
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Kashmiri leader calls for peaceful protests, blasts information blockade
Aug 25, 2019 07:32A prominent pro-independence leader in the Indian-controlled Kashmir has called on people in the disputed region to continue holding “peaceful protests” despite attempts by New Delhi to stifle their voices.
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India intensifies restrictions on Indian Kashmir after Friday clashes
Aug 24, 2019 11:57Some three weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi controversially stripped Indian-controlled Kashmir of its autonomous status, the Muslim-majority region’s main city of Srinagar looks like a ghost town scarred with military barricades, barely breathing under a massive lockdown.
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India steps up curbs in Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers
Aug 23, 2019 06:57Indian authorities have tightened security to prevent people from gathering for Friday prayers, which will be followed by an organized protest rally toward a United Nations office, in the Muslim-majority region's main city.
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Leader expresses concern about Kashmir, urges India to follow fair policy toward Muslim-majority region
Aug 21, 2019 10:30Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed concern about tensions in Kashmir, urging India to follow a fair policy with respect to people of the Muslim-majority region.
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4,000 detained by India in Kashmir since autonomy stripped: Govt. source
Aug 18, 2019 11:17Thousands of people have been detained in Indian-controlled Kashmir over fears of outbreaks of unrest after the New Delhi government revoked the Muslim-majority Himalayan region’s autonomy.
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India, Pakistan exchange heavy cross-border fire in Kashmir
Aug 17, 2019 12:06India and Pakistan have exchanged "heavy" fire across the militarized de facto border in disputed Kashmir valley, days after New Delhi’s decision to scrap the autonomy of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
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India announces easing of brutal curfew over Kashmir
Aug 17, 2019 06:57Officials in the disputed Indian-controlled Kashmir region have started restoring landline phone lines since imposing a brutal curfew and news blackout on the majority-Muslim territory in early August.