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Kashmir region Jammu and Kashmir, India: mountains Kotli Jammu and Kashmir, India: Wular Lake Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir: Jhelum River Karakoram Range: K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India: Raghunath temple complex Palace of the kings of Ladakh in Leh, India Vale of Kashmir Dras, India: Kargil War Memorial
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India hits back at Pak Army chief’s ‘Kashmir our jugular vein’ remark • Apr. 18, 2025, 3:02 AM ET (The Indian Express)
India slams Pakistan Army chief’s remarks on Kashmir • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:40 AM ET (The Hindu)
As Amit Shah arrives in Kashmir, three more separatists quit Hurriyat, pledge allegiance to Constitution • Apr. 8, 2025, 4:13 AM ET (The Hindu)
Bengali travellers seem to be moving away from Darjeeling and Sikkim to Kashmir • Apr. 4, 2025, 6:51 PM ET (The Hindu)
MMU decries ‘religious interference’ in Kashmir • Mar. 30, 2025, 2:49 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Kashmir region
Jammu and Kashmir, India: mountains
Kotli
Jammu and Kashmir, India: Wular Lake
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir: Jhelum River
Karakoram Range: K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India: Raghunath temple complex
Palace of the kings of Ladakh in Leh, India
Vale of Kashmir
Dras, India: Kargil War Memorial
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