NEW DELHI, June 30 (2010):Home Minister said on Wednesday a Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks was behind violent anti-India protests sweeping the disputed Kashmir region in which 11 people have been killed. The anti-India demonstrations over nearly three weeks are among the biggest in two years and have spread to many parts of Kashmir, including Sopore, known as the stronghold of a hardline separatist leader. "We think it is the LeT which is active in Sopore," Indian Home Minister...

SRINAGAR, June 29 (2010):Troops fired at anti-government protesters, killing at least three people in troubled Kashmir, police said, as tensions rose in a region at the core of Delhi's dispute with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan. The latest round of demonstrations wase sparked by the deaths of at least 11 people blamed on government forces over the past two weeks and was among the biggest anti-India protests in two years. Most of those killed were protesters, who died of bullet wounds, and one was beaten to death,...

SRINAGAR, June 28 (2010): Two teenagers were killed and at least 20 people wounded on Monday when troops in Indian Kashmir fired to disperse thousands of anti-India protesters across the disputed Himalayan region, police said. The deaths were the eighth in the past two weeks blamed on government forces and have escalated anti-government demonstrations in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley. Analysts warn that if the government fails to check the growing protests and deaths, they could weaken government efforts to reach...

SRINAGAR, June 20 (2010): Two civilian porters were killed and two Indian soldiers injured Sunday in unprovoked firing from Pakistan near Jammu and Kashmir's Machil border sector, officials said. "There was firing from the Pakistani side between 7 and 8 in the morning. Two porters have been killed and two soldiers injured," an official in the Army Headquarters said in New Delhi. "It appears to be a ceasefire violation infiltrators may also have been responsible," the official said. The firing incident on the Line of...

SRINAGAR, June 7 (2010): - India on Monday repeated an offer to talk with Kashmiri separatists who shun violence, seeking peace in the restive region at a time it is trying to mend ties with Pakistan. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's offer is seen as an attempt to improve the environment in the territory at the heart of the dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad, crucial to normalising ties between the nuclear-armed rivals. The neighbours, which have fought two wars over Kashmir which they claim in full but rule in...

JAMMU, June 5 2010): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama visited a Buddhist hamlet in Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday and gave a clarion call for peace and unity among people of all faiths. This is first visit of the Dalai Lama to the Jammu region of the state, though he is a regular visitor to the Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region of the state. The spiritual leader visited Kishtwar district's Padder area which has a population of about 20,000 Buddhists. They were delighted to see their spiritual...