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India blames Pakistan for a deadly attack in Kashmir and suspends a key water treaty

SRINAGAR, India, April 24, 2025 (AP) — India blamed Pakistan on Wednesday for a militant attack that killed 26 people in Indian-held Kashmir, downgrading diplomatic ties and suspending a crucial water-sharing treaty that has withstood two wars between the nuclear-armed rivals. The spray of gunfire at tourists Tuesday in a scenic, mountain-ringed valley was the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that is claimed by both countries. The unidentified gunmen also wounded 17 other people. India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, announced the diplomatic moves against Pakistan at a news conference in New Delhi late Wednesday, saying

US tariffs could shave up to half a percentage point off India GDP, says finance secretary

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – The direct hit from tariffs introduced by Donald Trump’s administration on India could shave off between 0.2-0.5 percentage points from GDP growth, the country’s Finance Secretary Ajay Seth said on Wednesday. “Now there is a sign of that…we grow about 6.5% in the current year,” said Seth, speaking at a Hudson Institute event on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. “Second order (effects) would be important,” said Seth, referring to concerns that trade turmoil would slow global growth. He added that he expected potential growth

Investigators probe deadly attack in disputed Kashmir as India vows to punish perpetrators

SRINAGAR, April 23, 2025 India (AP) — Security has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists, as Indian forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the restive Himalayan region and leaders vowed to punish the perpetrators. Tens of thousands of armed police and soldiers fanned out across the region and erected additional checkpoints. They searched cars and used helicopters to search the forested mountains, and in some areas summoned former militants to police stations for questioning, reports said. Many shops

What is The Resistance Front, the militant group linked to Pahalgam attack?

April 23 (Reuters) – Kashmir Resistance, also known as The Resistance Front (TRF), has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, the deadliest incident of its kind in India since the 2008 shootings in Mumbai. Here are some facts about the group. WHAT IS TRF? TRF emerged in 2019 and is considered an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, a Delhi-based think tank. Indian security officials said TRF uses the name Kashmir Resistance on social media and online forums, where it claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack in Indian Kashmir’s Pahalgam

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