Latest India-Pakistan flare-up has historical roots
By Hayes Kennedy, Contributing Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under Nation & World
An escalation that could threaten nuclear exchange over the disputed province of Kashmir resurfaced this week as India and Pakistan added to the history of their violent rivalry. The conflict reignited on Feb. 14 when a suicide bomber from the separatist group Jaish-e Mohammed killed 40 Indian par...
Confrontation over disputed Kashmir largest in three decades
Varsha Kadamandla, Contributing Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under Nation & World
While many around the world were celebrating Valentine’s day on Feb. 14, 40 members of the Indian Central Reserve Police forces were attacked and killed in Lethpora in the Pulwama district, which lies on the Indian-administered side of the disputed Kashmir region. The suicide attack was claimed by Pakistan-b...
Indian opposition party wins in landslide election
May 19, 2014
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India's opposition leader, Narendra Modi, will become the next prime minister of the world's largest democracy, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in three decades and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power. Modi, a career politician whose campaign promised...
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