Blast From The Past
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Militants occupy Chrar Shareef shrine in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 5 (1995) – Moslem rebels fighting Indian rule have taken over a revered 18th-century Islamic shrine near this state summer...
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India allows Red Cross to inspect Kashmir jails
NEW DELHI, Feb 4 (1995) – India, bowing to international pressure, has agreed to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross...
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Kashmir police arrest militants in swoop
SRINAGAR, Jan 31 (1995): Police in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday arrested 20 Moslem militants in a...
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Sniffer dogs not to ‘retire’ from Kashmir job
JAMMU, Jan 30 (1995): Two police sniffer dogs which stood to lose their jobs after last week’s Republic Day bomb blasts in...
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Pakistan calls for strike to back Kashmir revolt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (1995): Pakistan called on Monday for a nation-wide general strike on February 5 to back a revolt in Indian-ruled...
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Indian poll plans for Kashmir on schedule despite blasts
NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (1995): India’s plans to hold polls in strife-torn Kashmir will not be derailed by the Republic Day bomb...
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At least 36 killed in Kashmir avalanches
SRINAGAR, Jan 17 (1995): At least 36 people, including 10 policemen, have been killed in two days of avalanches after heavy snow...
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Red Cross avoids Kashmir rights row, official says
Jawed Naqvi NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (1994) – A Red Cross team allowed into India’s strife-torn Kashmir will confine itself to aid...
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Top militant killed, general strike grips Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Feb 4 (1994) – Kashmiri Moslems staged anti-Indian protests and a general strike gripped this strife-torn Kashmir summer capital on Friday...
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15 killed in Kashmir, Muslim leaders call for protests
SRINAGAR, Feb 2 (1994): Four Indian paramilitary troops were among 15 people killed in overnight violence in Kashmir where Moslem leaders called...