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The Star
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Blasts heard in Indian Kashmir's Srinagar, say official, Reuters witness, residents
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Two loud blasts were heard in Indian's Kashmir's summer capital of Srinagar on Saturday, near the city airport and the local headquarters of the army, according to an official, a Reuters witness, and local residents. Two blasts were also heard in Kashmir's Baramullatown, an official and residents told Reuters, as fighting continued between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan. (Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir, local govt sources say
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Three fighter jets crashed in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine Pakistani "terrorist infrastructure" sites across the border. A Pakistani military spokesperson told Reuters five Indian aircraft had been shot down, a claim not confirmed by India. (Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari in Srinagar, writing by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by YP Rajesh)
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
India shuts over half of Kashmir tourist spots in security review
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - More than half of the tourist destinations in India's insurgency-torn Kashmir region have been closed to the public from Tuesday, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters, in a bid to tighten security after last week's attack on holiday-makers. The assailants segregated men, asked their names and targeted Hindus before shooting them at close range in the Pahalgam area, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said. India has identified two of the three attackers as "terrorists" from Pakistan waging a violent revolt in Muslim-majority Kashmir. Pakistan has denied any role and called for a neutral probe. Hindu-majority India accuses Islamic Pakistan of funding and encouraging militancy in Kashmir, the Himalayan region both nations claim in full but rule in part. Islamabad says it only provides moral and diplomatic support to a Kashmiri demand for self-determination. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours have increased since the attack, along with calls in India for action against Pakistan. Delhi and Islamabad have taken a raft of measures against each other since the Kashmir attack. India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty - an important river-sharing pact. Pakistan has closed its airspace to Indian airlines. The government of India's Jammu and Kashmir territory has decided to shut 48 of the 87 tourist destinations in Kashmir and enhanced security at the remaining ones, according to a government document reviewed by Reuters. No time period was given. Government officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Nestled in the Himalayas with lofty peaks, picturesque valleys and grand Mughal-era gardens, Kashmir has been emerging as India's tourism hotspot as violence there has waned in recent years. But the Pahalgam attack has left panic-stricken tourists seeking an early exit at the start of the busy summer season. Firing has also increased along the 740-km (460-mile) de facto border separating the Indian and Pakistani areas of Kashmir. On Tuesday, for the fifth consecutive day, the Indian army said it had responded to "unprovoked" small arms fire from multiple Pakistan army posts around midnight. It gave no further details and reported no casualties. The Pakistani military did not respond to a request for comment. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told Reuters on Monday that a military incursion by India was imminent and it had reinforced its forces in preparation.
Japan Today
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
India hunts militants in Kashmir as tensions with Pakistan soar
People carry baggage as they travel towards the Attari-Wagah crossing on the India-Pakistan border near Amritsar, following Tuesday's attack on tourists near south Kashmir's scenic Pahalgam, India, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar By Fayaz Bukhari and Shivam Patel Armed police and soldiers searched homes and forests for militants in Indian Kashmir on Friday and India's army chief reviewed security there after the killing of 26 men at a tourist site - the worst attack on civilians in nearly two decades. The attack triggered outrage and grief in India, along with calls for action against neighbor Pakistan, whom New Delhi accuses of funding and encouraging terrorism in Kashmir, a region both nations claim and have fought two wars over. India's army chief visited Srinagar, capital of Indian Kashmir, and authorities scoured Pahalgam, the scenic town where the attack took place on Tuesday. India has said there were Pakistani elements to the attack, in which 26 men were shot in a meadow. Islamabad has denied any involvement. The nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India putting the critical Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines. The treaty, negotiated in 1960, split the Indus River and its tributaries between the two countries and regulated water sharing. "We will ensure that not a single drop of the Indus River's water reaches Pakistan," Indian Water Resources Minister C.R. Paatil said in a post on X. Pakistan depends heavily on the Indus system for hydropower and irrigation, and has said any attempt to stop or divert its waters will be an "act of war". U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to play down the tensions, saying he was confident India and Pakistan will figure out relations between themselves, although the attack had been "a bad one." He said he was very close to both India and Pakistan and knew both their leaders. "They'll get it figured out one way or the other, I'm sure of that," Trump said as he travelled aboard his plane. "There's great tension between Pakistan and India, but there always has been." Indian financial markets fell sharply but recovered some of their losses to close 0.7%-0.9% lower. The Indian rupee fell 0.2%, while the yield of India's 10-year benchmark bond rose four basis points. Indian general Upendra Dwivedi visited Kashmir to review security a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to chase the perpetrators to the "ends of the earth". Those killed in the attack came from all over India, Modi said. India's top two airlines, IndiGo and Air India, said some of their international routes, including to the United States and Europe, would be affected by the closure of Pakistani airspace, leading to extended flight times and costs. In 2019, India conducted a military strike in Pakistani territory in retaliation for a suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police. Several leaders of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have called for new military action against Pakistan. The two countries both claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full, but rule it in part. India, with its Hindu majority, has long accused Islamic Pakistan of aiding separatists who have battled security forces in Indian Kashmir - accusations Islamabad denies. Indian officials say Tuesday's attack had "cross-border linkages". Kashmiri police identified three suspects and said two were Pakistani nationals. India did not elaborate on the links or share proof. Authorities in Indian Kashmir demolished the houses of two suspected militants, one a suspect in Tuesday's attack, an official said. Governments in many states ruled by Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have torn down what they say are illegal houses or shops belonging to people accused of crimes, many of them Muslims, in what has come to be known popularly as "instant, bulldozer justice". In an unrelated incident, sporadic firing was reported along the Line of Control that divides Indian and Pakistani Kashmir, the Indian army said. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Indian army chief in Kashmir as rising tensions with Pakistan spook markets
By Fayaz Bukhari and Shivam Patel SRINAGAR (Reuters) -India's army chief will review security arrangements on Friday and visit the site of a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir earlier this week, with fears of fresh tensions with long-time rival and neighbour Pakistan spooking markets. India has said there were Pakistani elements in Tuesday's attack, when militants shot 26 men in a meadow in the Pahalgam area, and Islamabad has denied any involvement. The nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India keeping a critical river water-sharing treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines, among other steps. General Upendra Dwivedi, India's army chief, will visit Kashmir on Friday to review security arrangements and was likely to visit the site of the attack, an army source said, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to chase the perpetrators to "the ends of the earth". Indian stock markets fell on Friday and the key indices were down by around 1%, while the rupee turned lower and the 10-year benchmark bond yield jumped 4 basis points. India's top two carriers IndiGo and Air India said some of their international routes, including to the United States and Europe, would be affected by the closure of Pakistani airspace, leading to extended flight times and diversions. There have been calls for and fears that India could conduct a military strike in Pakistani territory as it did in 2019 in retaliation for a suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police . Several leaders of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have called for military action against Pakistan. The two countries both claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full, but rule it in part. India, a Hindu majority nation, has long accused Islamic Pakistan of aiding separatists who have battled security forces in its part of the territory - accusations Islamabad denies. Indian officials say Tuesday's attack had "cross-border linkages". Kashmiri police, in notices identifying three people "involved" in the violence, said two of them were Pakistani nationals. India has not elaborated on the links or shared proof. Those killed in the attack belonged all parts of India, Modi said in a speech on Wednesday, even as television channels showed images of funerals taking places in several states across the country. Pictures of women wailing and people praying in front of burning pyres as many of the 26 dead were cremated were splashed across most national dailies on Friday. Early on Friday, authorities in Indian Kashmir demolished the houses of two suspected militants, one of whom is an accused in Tuesday's attack, an official said. Governments in many states ruled by Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have torn down what they say are illegal houses or shops of people accused of crimes, many of them Muslims, in what has come to be popularly known as "instant, bulldozer justice". In an unrelated incident, sporadic firing was reported along the Line of Control that divides Indian and Pakistani Kashmir, the Indian army said on Friday, despite a 2021 ceasefire which has been violated several times.
