BABA NAGRI, India (AP) — The road to the Baba Nagri forest shrine in India-controlled Kashmir was a colorful spectacle. Tens of thousands of men in vibrant attires, henna-dyed beards and bright headgears thronged the Muslim shrine nestled at the base of a mountain to pay their obeisance last week. Worshippers raised their hands and […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India is investigating an attack in which suspected militants fired at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing nine and injuring 33, officials said Monday. The attack caused the vehicle to fall into a deep gorge Sunday in Jammu province’s Reasi district. The bus was carrying pilgrims to the […]
At least nine people have died after suspected militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu province opened fire at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims which fell into a deep gorge, officials said. The vehicle was carrying pilgrims to the base camp of the famed Hindu temple Mata Vaishno Devi when it came under attack in the region’s […]
A spokesman for Pakistan’s Kashmir government said there were no reports of cell towers destroyed during protests that rocked the region in May 2024, contrary to Facebook and X posts that purported to show photos of the damaged structures. The images — taken before the protests — show phone towers attacked in 2022 and 2023. […]
As deadly protests rocked Pakistan-administered Kashmir, footage of crowds packed onto a street circulated in social media posts falsely linking it to the unrest. The video in fact shows an election rally in India led by opposition politician Priyanka Gandhi. “Muzaffarabad Revolution,” reads an Urdu-language post on X, formerly Twitter, referring to the capital of Pakistan-administered […]
As deadly protests against rising living costs rocked Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a video surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to the unrest. The footage, which shows a crowd chanting in the street, has in fact circulated online since at least August 2022 in posts about rallies against government plans to transfer more power […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protesters in the Pakistan-held part of Kashmir called off rallies over price hikes that have left four people dead after authorities agreed to lower prices of electricity and wheat. The local civil rights alliance, the Awami Action Committee, said it had called off a planned march in the city of Muzaffarabad, […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with police, officials said Monday, while government talks began with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new support. The violence that has gripped the region since Friday has left at least […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A protest against rising costs of food, fuel and utility bills turned violent in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, leaving a police officer dead and dozens of people injured, officials said Sunday. Traders in some of the cities in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir pulled their shutters down on Saturday while protesters burned tires to express their anger. […]
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Opposition leaders in India’s troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party’s “proxies”. Omar Abdullah, a leader of the largest regional political party, the National Conference, said Modi’s government was trying to sabotage […]
Rescuers were attempting to find three missing people after a boat carrying at least 15 capsized on Tuesday in a river in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing six of them, officials said. Many of the passengers were children and six people were rescued, said Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat, a civil administrator. The boat capsized in Jhelum river in […]
Days before India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a divisive Hindu temple built on ground where a centuries-old mosque was torn down by religious zealots, social media users shared a video they falsely claimed showed the deity Ram’s image projected in a Muslim-majority city in Indian-administered Kashmir. The video previously circulated in news reports about […]