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Street protests are not new to this South Asian nation of 170 million people – but the intensity of the demonstrations of the past week has been described as the worst in living memory.
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More than 100 people have died in the violence, with more than 50 people killed on Friday alone.
The government has imposed an unprecedented communications blackout, shutting down the internet and restricting phone services.
What started as peaceful protests on university campuses has now transformed into nationwide unrest.
Thousands of university students have been agitating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs.
In the past three years, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed the killing of 119 security forces personnel, and over 40% of these killings were reported from the Jammu division, data available with The Hindu shows.
India's annual defence production has hit a record high of approximately Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24.
In their first such meeting since India’s parliamentary poll, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a meeting with top security brass in the wake of terror attacks in the Union territory.
Security forces on Monday launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down terrorists responsible for the attack on a passenger bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district