Kashmir: intifada resumes

Thousands of protesters again filled the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir after security forces killed four people and injured at least eight others for defying a curfew.

Kashmir: floods follow intifada

Just as weeks of deadly riots subsided in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the territory was hit by disastrous flooding, leaving some 130 dead, many displaced, and rescue efforts ongoing.

Kashmir: Indian troops fire on protesters —again

Two people were killed as Indian security forces fired on protesters at various places around the Kashmir Valley. Local Muslim leaders have called a campaign of civil disobedience.

Kashmir: Indian troops fire on protesters

Indian troops fired on hundreds of protesters who threw rocks at security forces in Srinagar, Kashmir. One protester was killed and at least five wounded.

India: villagers clash with police over Orissa steel project

Two peasant protesters were injured in a police charge while blocking the entry of survey teams for an industrial project into Nuagaon village in Jagatsinghpur district of India’s Orissa state.

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya again targeted for terror

Teams of gunmen and suicide bombers simultaneously attacked two mosques packed with hundreds of worshippers, killing some 80 and wounding dozens in the worst attack ever against the Ahmadi sect.

Pakistan: high court rejects move to imprison Mumbai suspect

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the cleric accused by India of plotting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, cannot be imprisoned due to lack of evidence.

India: peace talks or air-strikes as Naxalites gain ground?

The Indian government has offered to hold talks with the Naxalite insurgents following a series of audacious attacks that have hardliners calling for air-strikes on their strongholds.

India’s territorial dispute with Bangladesh settled as island disappears

A long-simmering territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has been resolved as an uninhabited Bay of Bengal island disappeared beneath the rising seas.

India: anti-Naxalite offensive escalates violence

Operation Green Hunt, a coordinated five-state police and paramilitary campaign against India’s Naxalite guerillas, has only led to new and bloodier attacks by the Maoists.

India: jihadis target Jews —or Rajneeshniks?

India is investigating whether Pakistan was behind the attack on a bakery in Pune, Maharashtra, that killed nine just ahead of peace talks with Islamabad scheduled for next week.

Kashmir: new terror blast follows border skirmish

Eight were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir a day after Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire over the disputed line.