A strike paralysed Muslim areas of revolt-hit Indian Kashmir on Wednesday as Premier Manmohan Singh was due to hold talks with political parties in a bid to defuse tensions in the region.
Indian political leaders appeal for calm amid tension over a proposed land transfer in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls an all-party meeting to discuss worsening tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The present situation is probably the worst crisis the state has faced in 50 years. During the 1990s, when the Valley was engulfed in violence, Jammu was an oasis, a model of tolerance and accommodation.
Violence flared over reversal of decision to hand over 100 acres of land to Hindus for pilgrimage to high-altitude shrine
Srinagar, Aug 5 : A high-level central team comprising Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and Defence Secretary Vijay Singh Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
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PUNE: “The government is seized of the matter” was the reaction of Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday to the current volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir, triggered by the Amarnath Shrine land row.
The umbrella organisation of some Hindu groups spearheading the agitation for the restoration of land allotment to Amarnath shrine board here Tuesday denied they had created an ‘economic blockade’ to the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley.
Source: Reuters (Adds deaths, hunger strike) By Sheikh Mushtaq SRINAGAR, India, Aug 5 (Reuters) - India’s Muslim-majority Kashmir valley was running short of food, fuel and medical supplies after Hindu protesters …