Category: IOK – Indian Occupied Kashmir

Two Militants Killed in Foiled Infiltration Along LoC, Amid Renewed Scrutiny of Kashmir Encounters Kupwara, Indian held Kashmir — The Indian Army said on Saturday that two militants were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, according to […]

MIRPUR, AJK: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (Y) has filed a formal petition before the United Nations Special Procedures Branch (UNSPB) and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), seeking urgent intervention for the release of its incarcerated chief, Yasin Malik, who has been imprisoned in India’s Tihar Jail for more than six […]

Srinagar, Oct 27 — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday voiced deepening frustration over the prolonged delay in restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, saying that optimism is giving way to resignation as time drags on. Speaking to reporters, Abdullah lamented that the promise of reinstating statehood — stripped away after the abrogation of Article 370 […]

Kashmir’s Statehood Now Rests With Supreme Court, Says Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary Jammu, Oct 11 — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said Saturday that the people of the Union Territory now look to the Supreme Court as their “last ray of hope” for the restoration of statehood, accusing the BJP-led central government […]

Security forces in north Kashmir foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara’s Keran sector, killing two suspected militants on Sunday, according to Kashmir News Media. According to officials, troops observed armed movement across the heavily guarded frontier and engaged the infiltrators before they could slip into Indian territory. “Both the […]

“I have never justified violence, nor am I the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. LoP should stop making excuses. What is the fault of the people of Jammu and Kashmir?,” he said Srinagar, Sep 26: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reacted sharply to the arrest of Ladakh-based environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk, calling it “very […]

Ladakh in Uprising: Demands for Statehood After Deadly Crackdown LEH, LADAKH — A cold wind of outrage has swept across Leh, the capital of India’s isolated Himalayan region, as grief and anger burst into the open, according to Human Right Watch. On September 24, 2025, what began as a largely peaceful hunger strike and protest […]

Violence Erupts in Leh as Ladakh Statehood Protests Turn Deadly Leh, Ladakh – At least four people were killed and more than 70 injured Wednesday as protests demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution spiraled into violence. The unrest, organized by the youth wing of the Leh […]

Leh, Ladakh — A sudden eruption of violence shook Leh on Tuesday as protesters demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards clashed with police, marking the first major breakdown of order in Ladakh’s ongoing agitation, according to NDTV. What began as a hunger strike and a call for a peaceful shutdown escalated into pitched street battles. Hundreds […]