Jammu and Kashmir
Ian Lavery distances party from party members call for Kashmiris to have the right to self-determination, as Indian nationalist-linked groups campaign against Labour.
“Uri” featured Vicky as a commander, who leads a group of paratroopers in the surgical strikes following terror attacks on the Indian Army camp in Uri in Kashmir.
More than 50 days into a lockdown of the troubled Muslim-majority territory, Kashmiris have adopted a policy of quiet non-cooperation to protest.
The much-disputed region is, once again, the epicentre for potential conflict.
The family of 17-year-old Osaib Altaf's family told HuffPost India that he drowned in a river as he tried to escape police.
The Indian Government announced it is revoking most of Article 370 from it’s constitution, which includes protections for the hotly-contested Jammu and Kashmir state. As the only Muslim-majority state in India, the regions special status became a lightening rod for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Pakistan has condemned the action as international organisations like the UN call for calm as Indian-administered side of Kashmir has seen a large military presence move into the region and a media black-out.