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From holding a Kalashnikov rifle to becoming a self-avowed follower of Mahatma Gandhi, the last 30 years of legendary Kashmiri rebel leader Yasin Malik’s life have remained a struggle against the Indian rule in the disputed region. Malik, 56, was sentenced to life in prison last week after he was …

At least 10 rebels have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir since an Indian court sentenced prominent Kashmiri pro-independence leader Yasin Malik to life in prison, officials say. The region’s police told Al Jazeera that four suspected rebels were killed in two separate gunfights in the disputed region on Friday. A …

A court in the Indian capital New Delhi has sentenced iconic Kashmiri pro-independence leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in “terror” funding case. Malik, one of Indian-administered Kashmir’s prominent rebel leaders, is the chief of now banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). The National Investigation Agency (NIA) prosecutor had …

Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez, jailed by India since November last year on “terrorism” charges, has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by the United States-based Time magazine. Parvez, 44, is chairman of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and coordinator of the …

The under-construction tunnel is part of a highway network of bridges and tunnels in the strategic Himalayan region. Rescuers have found the bodies of nine more workers in a collapsed tunnel in Indian-administered Kashmir, taking the death toll to 10. The tunnel forms part of a mountainous highway system that …

The charge against the founder of JKLF rebel group carries a maximum sentence of death penalty or life imprisonment. An Indian court has convicted a top Kashmiri separatist leader in a “terrorism-related” case that carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty or life imprisonment. Mohammed Yasin Malik had been …

The Kashmir Files banned in the Southeast Asian city-state over its ‘provocative and one-sided portrayal’ of Muslims. Singapore has banned a controversial film on the exodus of Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir for its “provocative and one-sided portrayal” of Muslims that officials in the city-state fear has the “potential to cause enmity …

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public event in Indian-administered Kashmir on his first major trip since stripping the region’s limited autonomy two years ago and addressed thousands of his supporters to mark Panchayati Raj – a day that commemorates grassroots democracy in India. In …

Modi is scheduled to speak Sunday in his first public event since his government stripped Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status. Six alleged rebels and an Indian paramilitary officer were killed in two separate clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the disputed region. A gunfight broke out …

A man wearing the saffron turban and robes of a Hindu preacher stands against the plush red interior of a cinema. In one hand he carries a shiny steel trident, a traditional weapon of Hindu gods, and in the other a mobile phone. As the music flows over the end …