”Srinagar” News

Strike in Kashmir over "plight of detainees"

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Shops and most schools were closed in Kashmir's main city on Saturday after separatists called a strike to protest what they called inhumane treatment of Kashmiris in Indian jails.
04 8 2008 1:00PM (...more)

Separatist strike hits Indian Kashmir as two police killed

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Police fired tear gas to break up a protest by stone-throwing demonstrators against alleged prison abuses as a strike paralysed life in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir's main city on Saturday.
04 8 2008 12:46PM (...more)

At least two dozen wounded in Kashmir blast

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - At least two dozen people werewounded on Wednesday when suspected separatist rebels set off apowerful bomb in the heart of Kashmir's main city, police said.
03 20 2008 4:01AM (...more)

24 hurt in bomb attack in Indian Kashmir: police, doctors

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - At least 24 people were wounded in Indian Kashmir's main city Wednesday in a bomb attack by suspected Islamic militants, police and doctors said.
03 20 2008 3:44AM (...more)

Top rebel commander killed in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - A top Pakistani militant commander, an Indian army officer and a soldier were killed in a fierce gunbattle in northern revolt-hit Kashmir, the army said Monday.
03 17 2008 9:52PM (...more)

Indian Kashmir to sterilise strays, says no to culling

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Health authorities in Indian Kashmir on Saturday said they would sterilise thousands of stray dogs in the region's main city after animal rights campaigners opposed their poisoning.
03 11 2008 2:06PM (...more)

Two killed, five wounded in Kashmir grenade blast

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - Two people, one a woman, were killed in a grenade explosion inside their house in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir , a police spokesman said Wednesday.
03 6 2008 6:22AM (...more)

Kashmir to open for international air traffic: Azad

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The main airport in Indian Kashmir will open for first time to international traffic this summer as part of an effort to boost the Himalayan region's ailing tourism industry, the state's chief minister said.
02 15 2008 1:07AM (...more)

Kashmir protesters demand remains of hanged leader

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Police in Indian Kashmir detained dozens of demonstrators on Monday who were demanding the remains of a separatist leader hanged and buried in an Indian jail over two decades ago, police said.
02 11 2008 11:07PM (...more)

Twenty killed as avalanches sweep Kashmir

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed by avalanches and 15 others were missing in Jammu and Kashmir as the heaviest snowfall in recent years brought the Himalayan region to a standstill, officials said on Saturday.
02 9 2008 11:44PM (...more)