”Srinagar” News

Indian Kashmir offers reward for car bomb leads

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Police in Indian-ruled Kashmir have announced a 20,000-dollar reward for information on who was behind a car bomb that left four people dead and 15 others injured, officials said Sunday. The attack in the region's 09 14 2009 1:18AM (...more)

Pakistani movie fails to revive Srinagar cinema

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - The first Pakistani movie screened in India in over four decades failed to revive the flagging fortunes of Srinagar's sole cinema, with people in the restive Kashmiri city staying away out of fear.
06 9 2008 2:13AM (...more)

Violent protests in Srinagar, 50 hurt: police

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Protesters in Indian Kashmir set fire to a police van and stoned other security vehicles Wednesday after the body of a missing young man was recovered in the regional capital Srinagar . Residents alleged
07 9 2009 8:51PM (...more)

Car bomb wounds eleven people in Srinagar

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Eleven people, including four soldiers, were wounded on Saturday when suspected militants detonated a car bomb in Srinagar , police said.
09 2 2007 11:08PM (...more)

Kashmir shut down for Indian vice president visit

SRINAGAR (AFP) – A strike to protest against a visit by the Indian vice president to the disputed region of Kashmir on Saturday shut down shops, offices and schools. 06 22 2009 5:47PM (...more)

Curfew, arrests ahead of Indian Kashmir rally

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Indian security forces arrested three senior Muslim leaders in Kashmir and enforced a strict curfew on Monday to prevent separatists from holding a pro-independence rally.
08 25 2008 7:09PM (...more)

Pre-paid mobiles pose a security risk: Indian govt

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – India's home minister said Wednesday that pre-paid mobile telephones may be banned in the disputed region of 10 15 2009 1:47PM (...more)

Fight over future of Kashmir's iconic Dal Lake

SRINAGAR (AFP) – "I live here and I will die here," insists Safder Hussain, one of thousands of farmers defying relocation from Kashmir's famed Dal Lake which is slowly choking to death on sewage, silt and weeds.
10 15 2009 2:00AM (...more)

Kashmir glaciers shrinking at 'alarming' speed

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Rising winter temperatures are shrinking Himalayan glaciers in Indian Kashmir at "alarming" speeds, threatening water supplies to vast tracts of India and Pakistan, according to a new study.
10 14 2009 5:20AM (...more)

Five hurt in Kashmir city blast: police

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Two soldiers and three civilians were injured Tuesday in a grenade attack in the summer capital of revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said. The blast in Srinagar'10 7 2009 1:01PM (...more)