Kashmir, high in the Himalayas, is home to some 13 million people in total—about seven million in India-administered regions and six million in Pakistan-administered regions.

A key resistance leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve the decades-old conflict over the disputed region.

Factbox-The Himalayan Region of Kashmir, at the Heart of India-Pakistan Enmity NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Pakistan agreed to stop firing along their border on Saturday, bringing an end to the ...

SRINAGAR, India — For days, people in the Himalayan region of Kashmir watched in agony as a famed ancient spring ran dry amid extreme dry weather conditions. It was the first time in living ...

Within the Kashmir region, since 1972 a so-called ‘line of control’ designates the India-controlled and Pakistan-controlled areas. However neither country recognises it as a formal ...

As the following chart shows, the number of reported incidents in Jammu and Kashmir has dropped in the past 25 years. In this time frame, it hit a high of 391 incidents in 2001, when 303 civilians ...

Kashmir Killings Shatter Modi's Tourism Success in Troubled Region By Fayaz Bukhari and Krishna N. Das SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Images and videos of gunshots ringing out in a meadow, bloodied bodies ...

The Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan, and has been the site of multiple wars. PHOTO: EPA-EFE. UPDATED May 07, 2025, 08:51 AM.

Here is a look at the region, its history, and why it continues to be a source of tension between the two countries: Partition and accession. After partition of the subcontinent in 1947, Kashmir ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Ahead of the final phase of a local election in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a key resistance leader says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve ...