Kashmir Valley
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| Area | 15948 |
|---|---|
| Historical divisions | South |
| Kashmir | |
| Population | 6. 908 million (2011) |
| Longest river | Jhelum river |
| Largest lake | Wular lake |
| Districts | Anantnag |
| Baramulla | |
| Budgam | |
| Bandipore | |
| Ganderbal | |
| Kupwara | |
| Kulgam | |
| Pulwama | |
| Shopian | |
| Srinagar | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1239481 |
About Kashmir Valley
The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in the portion of the Kashmir region administered by India. The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas range.
Why is it easy to give hate speeches in India?
... In 1990, some mosques in Kashmir broadcast inflammatory speeches to whip up hate against Hindus, triggering their exodus from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley...
Crossing Divides: What happens to clubs when letter friends again
... The Kashmir Valley is open for people from outside now? Dear SaumyaI write this letter not from Kashmir but from one of the most sacred cities in the world, Mecca, Saudi Arabia...
'Don't beat us, just shoot us': Kashmiris allege violent army crackdown
... Another villager, a young man, said the security forces kept asking him to name the stone-throwers - referring to the mostly young men and teenage boys who have in the past decade become the face of civilian protests in Kashmir Valley...
Point of view: Why the modi's Kashmir move is broad-based in India
... In July 2016, the Kashmir Valley erupted following the killing of a militant leader Burhan Wani in an anti-insurgent operation...
View: India Has pushed Kashmir to a point of no return?
... Almost 98% of the former state population in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, consisting of two regions - the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, about eight million people, the Hindu-majority Jammu, which has about six million euros...
Interior cashmere is lockdown: I'm going to pick up a weapon'
... the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, I meet men who tell me that they no longer want to live, live in fear of the security forces...
India orders tourists to leave Kashmir over 'terror threat'
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Kashmir attack: Bomb kills 34 soldiers in military convoy
... Indian media reports said that at about 15:15 local time (09:45 GMT) a car carrying between 300 and 350kg (660-770lb) of explosives struck a convoy of about 70 vehicles that was carrying about 2,500 troops to the Kashmir Valley...
India orders tourists to leave Kashmir over 'terror threat'
Thousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims, are leaving Indian-administered Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert.
Indian authorities warned of a "terror threat" against Hindu pilgrims heading to the Amarnath shrine.
Militants backed by Pakistan were planning an attack on the annual pilgrimage, officials have said.
India accuses Pakistan of backing militant groups based in Kashmir, something denied by Pakistan.
The 45-day pilgrimage began on 1 July and about 300,000 pilgrims have visited The Cave shrine, located high in The Himalayan mountains, according to AP news agency.
Kashmir's government has advised them to leave the area "immediately", causing panic as visitors scramble to organise transport.
Around 20,000 Hindu pilgrims and Indian tourists, as well as More Than 200,000 labourers, were in The Process of leaving the region, a local government official told Reuters news agency.
"In the interest of safety and security of The Tourists and Amarnath Yatris [pilgrims], it is advised that they may curtail their stay in the [Kashmir] valley immediately," Kashmir's home secretary, Shaleen Kabra, said in a Statement .
Tourists leave from Amarnath base camp after The Pilgrimage was suspendedSecurity measures, including the deployment of 10,000 extra troops, were implemented by the Indian government ahead of the Hindu pilgrimage.
India has long accused Pakistan of funding armed militants in Kashmir, a disputed territory claimed by both countries.
Militants have targeted Hindu pilgrims in the region before,
On Saturday, Britain and Germany warned their citizens against travelling to Kashmir.
Both India and Pakistan claim all of Muslim-majority territory of Kashmir, but control only parts of it.
The countries have been At War four times since the partition following the end of British rule in 1947, and Kashmir, located mostly in The Himalayan mountains, has been a key factor in the conflicts.
Tensions resurfaced in February when, provoking military clashes between the countries.
kashmir, india, hinduism
Source of news: bbc.com
