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The long-running territorial dispute over Kashmir dates back to the partition of India in 1947, when Pakistan and India each staked claims to portions of the Himalayan region. The Muslim-majority territory has been the focus of three wars between India and Pakistan. Since 1962, China has also occupied a part of Kashmir along its border, a situation that also led to a short war with India.
In addition to war, protests and deadly clashes have plagued Kashmir over the past 70 years. Violence spiked after the 2016 death of Burhan Wani, the young commander of the Kashmir separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen, and 2018 proved to be one of the bloodiest years in Kashmir’s recent history.
- Hundreds of Pakistani women crossed the frontier into Indian Kashmir decades ago, believing their ex-militant husbands’ promises of a better life
- But now they find themselves cut off and are pleading to be deported from a country that will not grant them citizenship nor allow them to return home
Only Indian citizens can vote in India’s elections. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has still worked hard to woo the diaspora – and their endorsement has an impact.
Analysts say a thaw in tensions could come with a changing of the guard in Pakistan, with both sides keen to not let ties worsen amid significant challenges.
Trade with India has been a major burden for the Pakistani business community, which has to import goods via other countries at higher prices.
PM Narendra Modi’s praise for the film Article 370 is seen as a move to ramp up support from Hindu voters ahead of the general election.
India has recorded the highest number of internet cut-offs in the last five years, according to one study.
The Uniform Civil Code is a divisive issue, as many minority Muslims who criticise the BJP for its hardline Hindu-first image see it as interference with centuries-old Islamic practices.
Observers say Islamabad is ‘signalling’ to Narendra Modi’s administration ahead of India’s elections later this year. New Delhi carried out cross-border strikes on Pakistani militants before its last polls in 2019.
Locals districts accuse army personnel of torturing the three civilians to death in a nearby military camp and say the bodies bore marks of severe torture.
The unanimous order by a panel of 5 judges came in response to numerous petitions challenging the revocation and a subsequent decision to split the region into 2 federally administered territories.
The ecologically sensitive Himalayan region has been caught in a vicious cycle of construction and destruction in recent years as climate change has exacerbated a pattern of natural disasters.
Both nations are building major dam projects in a region they have rowed about for decades, with the same river involved.
India is promoting tourism in Indian-administered Kashmir after revoking the disputed region’s limited autonomy in 2019 and unleashing a massive crackdown.
For two years, Hindutva Watch has chronicled unreported hate crimes and violence against India’s religious minorities, earning it some powerful enemies.
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Comment by Indian National Congress Party chief comes as annual meeting of security-themed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation goes virtual-only.
The meeting will be the first significant international event in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of semi-autonomy in 2019.
Sino-Indian relations ‘cannot be normal if peace and tranquillity in the border areas is disturbed’, says New Delhi’s top diplomat at regional conference.
A growing number of women in mainly Muslim Indian Kashmir are becoming Instagram models and influencers and are making money for themselves – and breaking societal taboos – while doing so.
Political stakes in the long disputed region have been higher than ever since 2019 when New Delhi revoked autonomy to the half of Kashmir it administers.
India and Pakistan have strained political ties, especially over Kashmir, which was split between the two countries during Partition in 1947; the latest exchange of taunts took place on the sidelines of an urgent UN Security Council meeting.
