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Blast kills 4 Indian policemen in disputed Kashmir

Kashmir - Muslimchronicle

Police said four officers were killed Saturday when rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir detonated a bomb on a street the officers were patrolling. Streets were deserted and shops and businesses closed for a strike when the massive blast struck the northwestern town of Sopore, hitting the police patrol. The town, famous for apple orchards, is observing aRead more

As India’s capital struggles with smog, Kashmir bans

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

With air pollution worsening in New Delhi and beyond, Indian-administered Kashmir has decided to step up efforts to combat its own worsening air quality. The state’s government announced last month that it would begin enforcing an existing ban on the burning of leaves and wood pruned from trees. The government said such burning is hazardous to residents’ health and ashRead more

In Kashmir, Pakistan and India race to tap the Himalayas

Kashmir - Muslimchronicle

Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent's diminishing freshwater supplies. The arch rivals have been building duelling power plants along the banks of the turquoise Neelum River for years. The two projects, located on opposite sides ofRead more

Brexit hastens Pakistani Kashmir's economic break with Britain

Mirpur - AFP

The tiled palaces beside Pakistan's Mangla reservoir and dozens of exchange offices testify to the prosperity enjoyed by Kashmir's Mirpur thanks to vast sums of cash sent back by tens of thousands of emigrants living in Britain. With few jobs and little industry, the residents of Pakistan's "Little England" overwhelmingly rely on family members based in the country for theirRead more

Indian firing kills 2 Pakistani women, injures 6 people

Kashmir - Muslimchronicle

The Pakistani military said late Tuesday that at least two women were killed and six other injured in Indian forces' firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. "Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing with artillery, heavy mortars and automatic weapons along the LoC, targeting innocent civil population of villages Naukot and Qaiser Kot in LipaRead more

Rubies, the buried treasures of Pakistani Kashmir

Pakistan - AFP

The people of Pakistani Kashmir are sitting on a treasure chest: Millions of rubies, estimated to be worth up to half a billion dollars, are lying beneath them. But archaic tools and a lack of investment in infrastructure and techniques are hampering efforts to transform the area into a significant player in the gem industry. "We have rubies thatRead more

Indian cross-border fire kills Pakistani child in Kashmir

Bandipora - Muslimchronicle

At least one Pakistani child was killed and five civilians including four children were wounded after Indian troops fired into Pakistani Kashmir Saturday, officials said. The incident took place in Nikial sector on the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing Kashmir between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India. “An eight-year-old child... was martyred while five civilians including fourRead more

A leading right-wing Hindu nationalist has sparked anger by calling for the state of Jammu and Kashmir to lose its autonomy and be integrated

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleA leading right-wing Hindu nationalist has sparked anger by calling for the state of Jammu and Kashmir to lose its autonomy and be integrated278302/37

New Delhi - Muslimchronicle

A leading right-wing Hindu nationalist has sparked anger by calling for the state of Jammu and Kashmir to lose its autonomy and be integrated into the rest of India. Critics say Mohan Bhagwat, leader of the Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS), is behind a sectarian drive to make India a Hindu-only country. The RSS is the ideological driving force behind PrimeRead more

Two children killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir

Srinagar - Muslimchronicle

Two children were killed, on Monday, during an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops in disputed Kashmir, Indian authorities said. Twelve more civilians, including two women and two teenage girls, were wounded on the India’s side of the heavily-militarised Line of Control (LoC) that divides the restive Himalayan region. A police statement said firing had killed a 10-year-oldRead more