Topic: Jammu and Kashmir
Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mount range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, occupied by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan fall. ...
Suspected militants have shot dead three people in Indian-administered Kashmir, including a mother and her teenage daughter, a police statement said Monday.It said four masked militants barged into a house in southern Kulgam district late Sunday evening and shot dead a 40-year ...
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - India re-imposed a curfew in Kashmir on Saturday and deployed thousands of police, officials said, a day after four protesters died in fresh anti-India demonstrations that have so far killed 55 people.The two-month-old protests, the angriest since a ...
The fasting month of Ramadan looks set to be one of curfews, protests and hardship for Muslims in Indian Kashmir, which is experiencing a wave of popular unrest directed against Indian rule.For two months, violent demonstrations have rocked the troubled Himalayan region. ...
Three policemen and a woman were killed in Indian Kashmir, police said Wednesday, as the restive mainly Muslim region prepared for the fasting month of Ramadan.The woman was killed and eight other people injured when their bus was caught in cross-fire between ...
"The scene I witnessed as I moved close to Rajiv was an extremely poignant one. Rajiv was clasping Sonia by both hands in a corner of that room and talking to her very animatedly. Sonia was holding him tightly and with tears ...
Amarnath Yatra is one of the holy pilgrimages of Hindus. The holy cave of Amarnath is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is located at an elevation of 3,888 meters above sea level, in the Northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. ...
Thousands of Hindu pilgrims are trekking along slippery trails to reach a shrine high in the mountains of Indian Kashmir despite violent protests in the Muslim-majority region.Strikes and demonstrations have paralysed the Kashmir valley over the killing of 11 civilians in the ...
Leh Ladakh is located in Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India. Leh is the biggest town of Ladakh covering an area of 45, 110 sq km. Situated at an altitude of 10,800 feet above sea level, Leh remained the capital ...
Tears flowed as thousands of Hindus who fled a Muslim insurgency in Indian Kashmir Saturday prayed at a revered shrine many had not visited for decades, as troops kept a tight vigil.An estimated 200,000 Hindus fled the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley, where the ...