The Latest Breaking News from Kashmir

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

Srinagar (India) (AFP) - Standing on a fortified Kashmir street, an Indian tourist poses triumphantly for her husband's camera, clutching the national flag in each hand and flanked by two soldiers carrying rifles.

Multi-screen building in Srinagar begins showing movies more than two decades after cinemas were closed due to conflict.

A top Indian government official inaugurated a multi-screen cinema hall in Srinagar, the largest city in the restive Kashmir region, on Tuesday and it will begin showing movies next month, more than two decades after cinemas were closed there.

Earlier, according to an official, three large auditoriums have been built in the multiplex with a seating capacity of more than 500 people at a time. Read more on Dynamite News:

PDP and NC take exception to the Lieutenant Governor’s directive ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

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The Turkish President, a close ally of Pakistan, had repeatedly referred to the Kashmir issue in his address at the UN General Assembly sessions.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a regional summit on Friday, in their first encounter in over two years since relations soured after Erdogan's comments on the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.

‘Those nations that took to guns saw nothing but destruction’

This alone can create confidence, restore trust and strengthen inter-community bonds