NEW DELHI, June 29 (2001): Kashmir's separatist alliance reacted angrily on Friday after both India and Pakistan snubbed its bid to play a part in their July 15 summit. Yasin Malik, a leader of the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference (APHC), accused Pakistan's president of "ditching the Kashmiris when it matters most" and said there could be no results from a summit which excluded their representatives. President Musharraf told foreign journalists on Thursday that he would like to see Kashmiri representatives -...

SRINAGAR, June 27 (2001): Fourteen people including a five-year-old child and five Indian security force personnel have been killed in fresh separatist violence in the strife-torn Kashmir region, police said on Wednesday. The deaths were the latest amid mounting violence ahead of next month's summit between India and Pakistan. Violence has been escalating in the disputed Himalayan state since India called off its six-month ceasefire in the region more than four weeks ago. Police said one paramilitary soldier was...

SRINAGAR, June 26 (2001): Police fired in the air and used teargas on Tuesday to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting against the alleged molestation of a woman by security forces, police and witnesses said. They said nearly 10,000 people assembled in the town of Baramulla on Tuesday morning and started shouting slogans against Indian anti-security forces. Baramulla resident Abdul Qayoom said that the alleged attack occurred late on Monday when security personnel entered a house during a search...

SRINAGAR, June 26 (2001): Twenty four people including 14 separatist guerrillas and seven Indian soldiers were killed in raging gunbattles in India's violence-racked Jammu and Kashmir state, police said on Tuesday. The death toll was one of the highest in a 24-hour period since India called off its six-month ceasefire in the troubled region more than four weeks ago and comes amid mounting violence ahead of next month's summit between India and Pakistan. Indian forces launched a new drive to flush out separatist...

JAMMU, June 25 (2001):More than 40 people were injured, some seriously, when a bomb exploded Monday outside a railway station in Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, police officials said. The blast occurred at at 9.15 pm (1645 GMT) and most people sustained minor injuries, with only six described as being in a serious condition, said Jammu Deputy Commissioner of Police R.K. Goyal. According to Goyal, the bomb was planted in a scooter near the railway station's military office, which monitors the...

SRINAGAR, June 23 (2001): Suspected separatist guerrillas fired three rifle grenades at a helipad in north Kashmir when Indian minister of state Omar Abdullah's helicopter was about to land on Saturday, police said. They said the grenades exploded but there were no casualties or damage. "Militants earlier today fired three grenades towards a helipad at Sogam when Omar Abdullah's helicopter was about to land. Omar did not land and flew back to Srinagar," a police officer said. Jammu and Kashmir's state minister for...

SRINAGAR, June 21 (2001): Ten people including a senior commander of a Pakistan-based militant group have been killed in fresh separatist violence in India's Jammu and Kashmir state, army and police officials said on Thursday. "Abdul Makki, operation commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Kashmir division, was killed by the army in an encounter along with his associate on Wednesday night," an Indian army spokesman said. He said five soldiers were wounded in the gunbattle which occurred near Gopal Pora in Budgam district,...

SRINAGAR, June 19 (2001): Eleven Islamic separatist militants and two Indian soldiers were killed Tuesday in seperate incidents of violence in Kashmir, military officials said. All the militants and one soldier were killed near India's disputed border with Pakistan in Kashmir, a military spokesman said. Six of the militants and the Indian lieutenant were killed in the Uri border sector, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the Kashmiri summer capital Srinagar, when an Indian army patrol challenged a group of...

SRINAGAR, June 19 (2001): Seven Muslim militants and an Indian army officer were killed Tuesday in separate encounters near the disputed Kashmir border with Pakistan, military officials said. A military spokesman said one shootout took place in the early hours of the morning in the Uri border sector, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the Kashmiri summer capital Srinagar. The spokesman said a group of militants had crossed into Indian- administered Kashmir and ignored a challenge from an Indian army patrol. In...

SRINAGAR, June 16 (2001): Sixteen people including 12 separatist guerrillas were killed on Saturday in restive Kashmir, where violence has surged ahead of next month's summit between India and Pakistan. A spokesman for the paramilitary Border Security Force said three rebels, including a local commander of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group, had been killed after several hours of fighting near the town of Bandipore in northern Kashmir. The Indian authorities in Jammu said three intruders had been shot dead near...