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India says soldier killed in Kashmir border clash
An Indian soldier was killed by Pakistani forces on the Kashmir border, the military said Friday, as a tense lockdown in the region of seven million residents continued for the 19th day.
![An Indian police officer fires tear smoke shell on Kashmiri protesters on December 17 [Mukhtar Khan-AP]](https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/22101702-324x235.jpg "Two killed in Kashmir as Donald Trump offers to mediate")
Two killed in Kashmir as Donald Trump offers to mediate
A suspected militant and a policeman were killed in the first gun battle since New Delhi stripped Indian Kashmir of its autonomy, police said Wednesday after US President Donald Trump offered to mediate the “explosive” situation.
Kashmir dispute: Donald Trump tries to play peacemaker with India, Pakistan
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke separately on Monday with the leaders of India and Pakistan in a bid to calm tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over a territorial dispute.Trump
India begins restoring communications to Kashmir
The Indian-controlled section of disputed Kashmir has been under lockdown since early August, when New Delhi deployed tens of thousands of additional troops to the region as it cut off landlines, mobile phones and the internet and stripped the Muslim-majority region of its autonomy.
UN security council meets on Kashmir
UN Security Council members have urged restraint amid rising fresh tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir.
India premier vows to ‘restore’ Kashmir’s ‘past glory’
Indian PM Narendra Modi has said his decision to strip Indian-administered Kashmir of its special status will restore the region to its “past glory”.
Pakistani premier visits Kashmir as tensions boil with India
Prime Minister Imran Khan travelled to Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday where he was expected to issue a fresh challenge to India over its recent power-play which has sent tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours soaring.
Kashmir curfew eased for Eid al-Adha, queues at stores and ATMs
Residents of Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar formed long queues outside cash machines and food stores as Indian authorities briefly eased a crippling curfew now into its seventh day to let the Muslim-majority region prepare for the Eid al-Adha festival.
Pakistan warns of possible war with India
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the world community to take notice of Indian moves to change the status of the disputed Kashmir region, and warned that Islamabad and New Delhi could go to war if India repeats a military strike inside his country.
India’s premier strips Kashmir of 70 year-old autonomy
The Indian government on Monday stripped Kashmir of the special autonomy it has had for seven decades, prompting a furious response from nuclear-armed rival Pakistan and raising fears of further violence in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
No fewer than 24 people swept away by flood in Kashmir
Flash flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain have claimed at least 24 in Pakistan administered Kashmir on Monday, officials said.
11 students dead as minibus crashes into mountain
Eleven students were killed in India on Thursday after their vehicle fell into mountain gorge, local officials said.
India’s premier Narendra Modi secures second term
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has secured a second term after winning the country's general election.
Violence mars voting in India’s eastern battleground state
Violence marred voting in India’s West Bengal state, in India’s staggered general election on Monday.
Narendra Modi: India undermined Pakistan nuclear threat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that India had called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff in recent cross-border air strikes that almost triggered a new war between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Pakistan foreign minister claims India planning military aggression
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday claimed his government had reliable intelligence that India was planning to carry out aggression against Pakistan between April 16 and 20.
India ‘disappointed’ as China foils bid to blacklist JeM chief
India said it was "disappointed" by China's move to once again stall its bid to blacklist Masood Azhar, the leader of a Pakistan-based armed group that claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Kashmir last month.
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India signs $3 billion submarine deal with Russia
India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean against arch-rivals Pakistan and China, media reports said.
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