India - Kashmir - Hurriyat Top leaders of Kashmir’s Hurriyat Conference have demanded initiating a troop withdrawal from the state, opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road, release of detainees and withdrawing special powers given to the armed forces.
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) Kashmir civil services group Sunday warned against ‘vested interests’ harming communal harmony and asked the Muslim majority to stay with minority communities during the current turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir.
Scattered groups of protesters across Indian Kashmir repeated their call for independence Sunday as Muslim separatist leaders prepared for a march expected to draw large crowds.
Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in India’s portion of Kashmir on Saturday in honor of a prominent separatist leader killed in a recent wave of violence that has rocked the volatile Himalayan region.
Tens of thousands of people shouting freedom slogans massed Saturday in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir to mourn 22 protesters killed in police firing during huge demonstrations in the mainly Muslim region.
Jammu, Aug 16 : Two Army pilots and a jawan were killed in a helicopter crash in the mountaineous Eastern Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir, a Defence Ministry spokesman said today.
Two army officers and a jawan were killed when their chopper crashed into a mountain because of bad weather, soon after it had taken off for a rescue mission in the Ladakh sector.
SRINAGAR, India | Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in India’s portion of Kashmir on Saturday to honor Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a prominent separatist leader killed in a recent wave of violence.
Associated Press - August 16, 2008 10:53 AM ET SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Tens of thousands of Muslims have been marching in Indian-ruled Kashmir after a separatist leader was killed in a recent…
Tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian Kashmir Saturday to mourn the death of a separatist leader. Protesters traveled from Kashmir’s main town Srinagar to the hometown Pampur of Sheikh Abdul Aziz who, along with 21 others, was killed by police this week during violent protests.