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#BREAKING: India's government has proposed revoking disputed Kashmir's special constitutional status amid an uproar in Parliament
Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution giving special autonomy to the Muslim-majority Himalayan region
The decree allows anyone from India to buy land in the disputed Muslim-majority region and comes into effect immediately
Shah says that India has also decided to split the state into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be ruled directly by the central government without a legislature of its own
Journlist Kamran Yousaf from Islamabad gives us the latest on India scrapping a presidential decree which gave special status to India-administered Kashmir
India's presidential decree to abolishe Kashmir's special status is expected to lead to unrest and follows a security clampdown in the disputed area
Pakistan condemns India's "illegal steps" and says that Islamabad will "exercise all possible options" regarding New Delhi's decision on the accession treaty on India-administered Kashmir
UPDATE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges India, Pakistan to exercise restraint over Kashmir – UN spokesman 
UPDATE: Turkey calls for settling Kashmir dispute through "relevant UN resolutions," after India cancelled a law key to its accession treaty with Kashmir
US closely following events in disputed Kashmir, expresses rights concerns – spokeswoman
Turkey's President Erdogan holds phone conversation with Pakistan PM Khan, calls for strengthening dialogue process between Pakistan and India over Kashmir dispute
Pakistan holds rallies against India's decision to remove Kashmir's autonomy
Journalist Kamran Yousaf has more on what Pakistan's government is doing over India’s Kashmir decision
Journalist Neha Poonia has more on Kashmir's reaction to India's risky power grab
Pakistan PM Khan says country considering approaching UN Security Council over Kashmir issue
Pakistan's army chief says its military will "go to any extent" to support people in the contested Kashmir region. Kamran Yousaf has the latest from Islamabad
"This is not India that I believe in. My India is a democratic India, secular India for all, whatever your religion, whatever your region."
Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Residents of the region of Kashmir react to the lockdown imposed by New Delhi
Pakistan PM Imran Khan says India's removal of special status for Kashmir is an attempt to alter the demographics of the region and is illegal under international law
Lockdown imposed on Kashmir remains in place. Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi with the latest
Our colleague has the latest on Kashmir as protests erupt after a presidential decree removed the Muslim-majority region's special status
UNHCR spokesman Rupert Colville says the communications blackout and security clampdown in India-administered Kashmir are deeply concerning
Kashmiris are concerned about their future after New Delhi unilaterally wiped out the autonomy of the restive region
Residents in Kashmir talk about the difficulties they're facing under the newly imposed curfew
India just pulled the autonomy of disputed Kashmir. Opponents say the move is illegal. TRT World's Ravale Mohydin explains
DEVELOPING: Pakistan decides to downgrade diplomatic ties with India, suspend trade to protest Kashmir actions – government statement
We speak to journalist Neha Poonia on tensions between India and Pakistan after Islamabad's downgrade of ties with New Delhi over Kashmir
Update: United States supports “direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on Kashmir” - US State Department
UPDATE: India hits back at nuclear rival Pakistan's downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying it's an "internal affair"
Pakistan railways minister says has decided to "shut down" train linking India and Pakistan as tensions brew over Kashmir
Pakistan 'downgrades' relations with India over tensions in Kashmir as PM Modi prepares to give an address on his decision remove the territory's autonomy
Not considering military options, but seeking political, legal response to India's Kashmir action – Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Article 370 and 35A only caused a lot of corruption in India-administered Kashmir - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defends his decision to revoke the autonomy of India-administered Kashmir. Journalist Neha Poonia has more from New Delhi
UN chief "concerned over reports of restrictions on Indian-side of Kashmir," warns could "exacerbate the human rights situation in region" - spokesman
UN Secretary General Guterres calls on all parties to refrain from steps that could affect status of India-administered Kashmir
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan fears that the international community would witness genocide in an Indian-controlled Kashmir, says our correspondent in Islamabad
UPDATE: Kashmir curfew to be eased for Friday prayers - AFP citing police chief
Strict curfew for fifth day running in India-administered Kashmir eases temporarily for Friday prayers
Pakistan's foreign minister visits Beijing to discuss Kashmir issue as row between Islamabad and New Delhi over disputed region deepens
New Delhi's decision to strip India-administered Kashmir of its autonomy has sparked a prolonged diplomatic and political battle, says Pakistani journalist Nasim Zehra
Here is a look at the situation emerging out of India-administered Kashmir after New Delhi’s controversial decision of revoking the region’s special status
Authorities enforcing an around-the-clock curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will reportedly bring in trucks of food ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha
Senior Iranian military official cautions Pakistan, India over any “hasty decision” in Kashmir – Reuters citing Fars News Agency
Pakistan's foreign minister says will move to UN Security Council with support of China over Kashmir issue
Pakistan’s foreign minister says plans to approach Indonesia and Poland for support at UN Security Council over Kashmir issue
Pakistan's FM says that with the support of China, it will take up India's unilateral actions in Kashmir with the UNSC and may approach the UN Human Rights Commission over what it says is "genocide" of the Kashmiri people
Authorities in India-administered Kashmir say they eased restrictions in the region's main city for a third straight day ahead of the Muslim festival Eid
UPDATE: A police van driving around one part of Srinagar announces that restrictions had been imposed again and asking people to stay indoors - Reuters
The wife of detained Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has appealed to the world to call for an end to India's clampdown on the territory
Restrictions reimposed in some parts of India-administered Kashmir after the clampdown in the disputed region was reportedly eased for Eid al Adha
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi expected to discuss Kashmir issue in Beijing meeting
"No one can sell out Kashmir in Pakistan; nor will anyone do it."
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Eid celebrations across India-administered Kashmir are muted as a security lockdown enters its eighth day
"We want to tell India that despite of its cruelties the people of Kashmir will not remain silent,” Pakistani Kashmiri says
We speak to political analyst Rasul Bux Rais on the latest situation in India-administered Kashmir amid growing frustration
Indian authorities need more time to restore order in Kashmir, a Supreme Court justice says as a security clampdown enters a ninth day
We speak to Mohamad Junaid, an expert on Kashmir politics, who says it has been nine days since communication was cut off with Kashmiris making it impossible to assess what's going on in the region
India's ambassador to the US defends his country's decision to conduct an unprecedented security lockdown in India-administered Kashmir
Pakistan asks UN Security Council to meet over India moves in Kashmir
Pakistan's foreign minister says India's Kashmir clampdown may have "dangerous implications" in a letter to the UN Security Council
UPDATE: Restrictions on freedom of movement in India-administered Kashmir will be eased after India's Independence Day on August 15, the state governor says, although phone lines and the internet will remain cut off
“We will go the International Court of Justice. We will go to the UN.”
Pakistani PM Imran Khan on India scrapping disputed Kashmir's autonomy
Pakistani PM Imran Khan on India scrapping disputed Kashmir's autonomy
"My understanding is that Narendra Modi made a strategic blunder,” says Pakistan’s PM Khan. We speak to political analyst Rasul Bakhsh Rais on the latest on India-administered Kashmir
