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  • Archive for April, 2009

    India Kashmir shuts in poll protest, troops patrol

    SRINAGAR, April 29 (2009): Government forces locked down Kashmir's main city on Wednesday to thwart planned protests against India's general election, renewing tensions in the disputed region after a short period of relative calm. Troops patrolled deserted streets and erected barricades in Srinagar, cutting off residential areas after separatists called a two-day strike from Wednesday. Shops and businesses also remained closed. Voting is scheduled on Thursday. "New Delhi is frustrated by our resistance movement, and...

    Posted 1482 days ago.

    Kashmir alliance urges people to shun India poll

    SRINAGAR, April 24 (2009): Kashmir's main separatist alliance on Friday appealed to the people of the region to boycott India's general election, prompting authorities to place two separatist leaders under house arrest. The decision by the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, which bands nearly a dozen political, social and separatist groups, comes after United Jihad Council (UJC) asked the separatist alliance to support their call to shun the poll. UJC is a Pakistan-based amalgam of 13-militant groups fighting...

    Posted 1486 days ago.