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Modi opens strategic railway in Kashmir

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on Friday since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he called ‘the crown jewel of India’.

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India, US at odds on Kashmir truce

US president Donald Trump’s claim to have helped end fighting between arch-rivals India and Pakistan has driven a wedge between him and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, analysts say.

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India kills three in Kashmir

Three suspected rebels were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday in a gun battle with soldiers, the army said, the first since an attack on tourists last month brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war...

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India’s Israeli playbook

NOT only for its military size but also for its close similarity to Israeli military strategy, India’s Operation Sindoor — a huge and precision-driven attack operation aimed at alleged terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir — has generated worldwide discussion. Although much of the focus has been on the Israeli-made drones and missile...

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Indian PM Modi set to address nation

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was set to address the nation on Monday for the first time since a weekend ceasefire with Pakistan that brought the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink of all-out war.

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India claims Pakistan violated truce, Islamabad denies charge

India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war.

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India says it destroyed Lahore air defence unit

India said on Thursday that it had retaliated to destroy an air defence system in Lahore after Pakistan launched an overnight air attack using ‘drones and missiles’.

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Kashmir and Indus river

INDIA’S Hindutva president, Narendra Modi, has used the Kashmir terrorism incident to abrogate the 1960s Indus Waters Treaty — a longstanding goal of Modi. The Indian version of the ‘terrorist attack,’ most of whose victims were Muslim, has largely been accepted by western governments without evidence...

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Fearing Indian police, Kashmiris scrub ‘resistance’ tattoos

Thousands in Indian-administered Kashmir with ‘resistance tattoos’ including assault rifles inked to oppose New Delhi’s authority have been lining up to scrub them from their bodies, fearing police retribution after a deadly attack on tourists last week.

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India plans strike after Kashmir attack: Pakistan

Pakistan said on Wednesday it had ‘credible intelligence’ that India was planning an imminent military strike and vowed to retaliate, as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir...

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Indian drone shot down in Kashmir border

Pakistan’s military shot down an Indian drone along the de facto Kashmir border, state radio in Islamabad reported on Tuesday, a week after the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested region in years.

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India’s Kashmir crackdown sparks anger

Anger in Indian-run Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly attack last week that New Delhi blames on arch-rival Pakistan.

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India bans Pakistani channels in social media crackdown

India launched a sweeping crackdown on social media on Monday, banning more than a dozen Pakistani YouTube channels for allegedly spreading ‘provocative’ content following an attack in Kashmir.

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India, Pakistan troops exchange fire in Kashmir

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said on Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years.

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Law Adviser refutes allegations of Indian news portal

The office of Asif Nazrul, Adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, has strongly refuted a report published by the Indian news portal ‘News Arena India’, terming it false, defamatory, and irresponsible.

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India blows up homes of two attack suspects in Kashmir

Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday blew up the family homes of two men who the police allege were among a gang that carried out the region’s deadliest attack against civilians for decades.

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Indian, Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show ‘maximum restraint’ following a deadly shooting in the region.

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India and Pakistan: A history of division and war

Nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan have long accused each other of backing forces to destabilise them, especially in the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir that each controls parts of.