Latest Kashmir News

AP PHOTOS: Nomadic Muslim devotees throng a forest shrine in disputed Kashmir

Jun. 12, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

BABA NAGRI, India (AP) — The road to the Baba Nagri forest shrine in India-controlled Kashmir was a colorful spectacle. Tens of thousands of men in vibrant attires, henna-dyed beards and bright headgears thronged the Muslim shrine nestled at the base of a mountain to pay their obeisance last...

India investigates attack by suspected militants in Kashmir that killed 9 on Hindu pilgrimage

Jun. 12, 2024 08:50 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India is investigating an attack in which suspected militants fired at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing nine and injuring 33, officials said Monday. The attack caused the vehicle to fall into a deep gorge Sunday in Jammu...

A van falls into a river in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing 16 people, mostly children

Jun. 10, 2024 06:21 AM EDT

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A van fell from a mountain road into a river in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing 16 people, mostly children, and injuring several others, Pakistani police and government officials said Monday. The incident happened in the Neelam Valley...

At least 9 dead after suspected militants in Kashmir fire at Hindu pilgrims, sending bus into gorge

Jun. 10, 2024 02:38 AM EDT

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Suspected militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir's Jammu province fired at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims on Sunday and at least nine were killed after the vehicle fell into a deep gorge, officials said. The bus was carrying pilgrims to the base camp of the...

Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay

Jun. 05, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election. But the prime minister’s coalition is still expected to run the country for another five years. ...

The Latest | Prime Minister Modi's coalition clinches parliamentary majority in India's election

Jun. 04, 2024 17:06 PM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coalition won a majority in parliament in the country's staggered election, according to official results released early Wednesday by India’s Election Commission. The count showed that Modi's National Democratic Alliance won...

Millions vote in India's grueling election with Prime Minister Modi's party likely to win third term

May. 25, 2024 09:44 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people...

Protesters in Pakistan-held Kashmir end rallies that killed 4 after authorities revoke price hikes

May. 14, 2024 04:44 AM EDT

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protesters in the Pakistan-held part of Kashmir called off rallies over price hikes that have left four people dead after authorities agreed to lower prices of electricity and wheat. The local civil rights alliance, the Awami Action Committee, said it...

Violent protests continue in Pakistan-held Kashmir against price hikes. Talks with the IMF begin

May. 13, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with police, officials said Monday, while government talks began with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new...

India's mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round

May. 13, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

SAMASTIPUR, India (AP) — Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots on Monday as the country's gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term with an eye on winning a supermajority in...