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Hindu pilgrimage begins in Kashmir in wake of India-Pakistan conflict

Jul 3: Hindus have embarked on a monthlong pilgrimage in Muslim-majority Indian-administered Kashmir, with many of the faithful on Thursday ...

Modi to visit Kashmir to unveil strategic railway

Observer Online Desk

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to make his first visit to contested Kashmir since a conflict between India and Pakistan ...

Pakistan FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India over Kashmir

Observer online Desk

Pakistan's foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a little over a ...

Pakistan FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India over Kashmir

Islamabad, May 18: Pakistan's foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a ...

Kashmir crisis whips up anti-Muslim hysteria across India

Imran Rahman

Finally silver line peeps throughblack cloud as good sense prevailed over the hierarchies of nuke rivals India and Pakistan. Thanks ...

Pakistan returns Indian border guard captured after Kashmir attack

NEW DELHI, May 14: Pakistan returned a captured border guard to India on Wednesday, in a fresh sign of detente ...

Kashmir is a victim of Indo-Pak rivalries

Arnab Ashraf

Peace and tranquility has been shattered in Kashmir every now and then since the independence of the two bitter rivals, ...

Blasts in Kashmir, Amritsar amid India-Pakistan crisis

Observer Online Desk

Blasts rang out across Indian Kashmir and Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state on Friday night, with the Indian military saying ...

Trump slams Indian strikes in Kashmir dispute as 'shame'

Observer Online Report

In a significant escalation, India has launched military strikes on at least nine locations inside Pakistan, according to a report ...

India advances Kashmir hydro projects after suspending pact with Pakistan

SRINAGAR, May 6: India has advanced the start date of four under-construction hydropower projects in the Kashmir region by months ...

Kashmir prepares for tourism 'long lull'

Observer Online Desk

Hotels and houseboats in Indian Kashmir are offering discounts of up to 70 per cent after travellers fled following a ...

India-Pakistan tensions hit tourism in Kashmiri valley

Observer online Desk

Hotels are empty and roads deserted at the start of what is normally peak tourist season amidst the towering peaks ...

Kashmir attackers 'must face justice': Jaishankar

NEW DELHI, May 2: India's foreign minister said Thursday that those who planned and carried out an attack in Kashmir ...

US urges restraint as Kashmir massacre tensions put India, Pakistan on edge

WASHINGTON, May 2: The United States is stepping up pressure on India and Pakistan to avoid conflict in Kashmir after ...

Pakistani Kashmir orders stockpiling of food as India tensions flare

MUZAFFARABAD, May 2: Pakistan-administered Kashmir called on residents near the de facto border with India to stockpile food on Friday ...

Pakistan says India planning strike after deadly Kashmir attack

ISLAMABAD, Apr 30: Pakistan said on Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India was planning an imminent military strike and ...

India shuts over half of Kashmir tourist spots in security review after attack

Observer Online Desk

Over half of the tourist destinations in India's insurgency-torn Kashmir region were closed to the public from Tuesday, according to ...

Kashmiris fortify bunkers anticipating India-Pakistan crossfire

CHAKOTHI, Apr 29: Pulling logs and dusty building materials from a storage bunker outside his home in Kashmir, Riaz Awan ...

Kashmir attack unites political foes in India, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 29: India and Pakistan are exchanging fire over their de-facto border since the Kashmir attack, but in New ...

Dozens of tourist resorts in Kashmir shut

Observer Online Desk

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily shut more than half of tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region after last ...

India and Pakistan troops exchange fire in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Apr 27: Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, ...

Panic in Pakistan as India vows to cut off water supply over Kashmir issue

Observer Online Desk

Spraying pesticides on his parched vegetables one street away from the Indus River, Pakistani farmer Homla Thakhur is worried about ...

Kashmir fallout hits India and Pakistan's economy too

MUMBAI, Apr 26: Rapidly deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan over a deadly shooting in Kashmir are starting to have ...

Islamabad denies involvement, says open to neutral probe into Kashmir attack

ISLAMABAD, Apr 26: Pakistan's leader said his nation was open to a neutral investigation on Saturday into a deadly attack ...

Indian, Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Apr 25: Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, ...

UN urges India and Pakistan to have 'maximum restraint' after Kashmir attack

NEW DELHI, Apr 25: The United Nations urged India and Pakistan to show "maximum restraint" as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed ...

India searches for militants in Kashmir, as tensions soar with Pakistan

SRINAGAR, Apr 25: Armed police and soldiers searched homes and forests for militants in Indian Kashmir on Friday and India's ...

Terrorist attack on Kashmir escalates Indo-Pak standoff

Athar Noor

India and Pakistan are two neighboring countries but two different cultures and two different realities. The relationship between the two ...

UN Chief urges maximum restraint amid rising India-Pakistan tensions after Kashmir attack

Observer Online Report

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the deadly attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has ...

Modi vows to pursue Kashmir attackers to 'ends of the Earth'

India targets Pakistan with diplomatic moves after Kashmir attack

NEW DELHI, Apr 24: India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures on Thursday after New Delhi ...