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Indian pilgrims wait for transport as they prepare to leave Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. A government order in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday asked tourists and Hindu pilgrims visiting a Himalayan cave shrine &quot;to curtail their stay&quot; in the disputed territory, citing security concerns and intensifying tensions following India's announcement it was sending more troops to the region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Kashmir tensions intensify amid India-Pakistan skirmishes

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and ROSHAN MUGHAL - Associated Press

Indian soldiers stand guard in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. Tensions have soared along the volatile, highly militarized frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as India has deployed more troops and ordered thousands of visitors out of the region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

India government revokes disputed Kashmir’s special status

By Sheikh Saaliq and Emily Schmall - Associated Press

Tourists in Shikaras, a traditional gondola, cross the Dal Lake as they prepare to leave Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. A government order in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday asked tourists and Hindu pilgrims visiting a Himalayan cave shrine &quot;to curtail their stay&quot; in the disputed territory, citing security concerns and intensifying tensions following India's announcement it was sending more troops to the region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

India orders students, tourists out of Kashmir for security

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, July 26, 2019, file photo, Indian army soldiers keep guard near a war memorial during Kargil Vijay Diwas, or Kargil Victory Day, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. An Indian soldier has been killed during a gunbattle with rebels in Kashmir amid panic among residents over reports of India's deployment of thousands of more soldiers to the disputed region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, file)

Troop building causes panic in Indian-controlled Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before the East Asia Summit meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

India again rejects Trump’s Kashmir mediation offer

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

India’s ruling party expels lawmaker accused of rape

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

In this Saturday, July 27, 2019, photo, Hindu pilgrims walk uphill as they participate in the annual amarnath pilgrimage near Chandanwa, Indian controlled Kashmir. India is pitching a Hindu pilgrimage to a snowy cave shrine in disputed, Muslim-majority Kashmir as evidence of peace in a state marred by decades of armed conflict amid popular resistance to Indian rule. The annual yatra, or spiritual journey, to the Amarnath shrine, the hallowed mountain cave where devotees revere an icy stalagmite as an image of Lord Shiva, presents an opportunity for the state of Jammu and Kashmir to show something beyond the frequent skirmishes between armed separatists and Indian soldiers that have cost tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo/Emily Schmall)

India promotes Hindu pilgrimage as sign of peace in Kashmir

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Correction: India-Rape Protest story

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FILE- In this May 5, 2009 file photo, a tiger cools off at its enclosure at the zoo in Ahmadabad, India. India's tiger population has grown to nearly 3,000, making the country one of the safest habitats for the endangered animals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it's a &quot;historic achievement&quot; for India as the big cat's population had dwindled to 1,400 about 14-15 years ago. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

India’s tiger population rises to nearly 3,000

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, the then-elected cardinal George Alencherry, of India, center, is greeted by nuns after being elevated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.India’s Catholic Church, already rocked by allegations that a bishop raped a nun, is facing an uprising by hundreds of priests against one of the country’s four cardinals following his reinstatement by Pope Francis. Francis last year effectively suspended Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the eastern rite Syro-Malabar church in the southern Indian state of Kerala, amid a controversy over disputed land sales. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Catholic priests in India protest cardinal’s return

By EMILY SCHMALL and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 28, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. India's opposition leaders are angrily demanding Modi clarify his position in Parliament about Trump mediating India's long-running dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in Parliament on Tuesday that Modi made no such request to Trump as the U.S. president had claimed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Indian opposition wants Modi to clarify Trump Kashmir claim

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The Latest: India sends unmanned mission to moon’s far side

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A man at New Delhi's Nehru Planetarium, takes pictures of a web cast of the lift off of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 from Satish Dhawan Space center in Sriharikota, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. India's space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India launches moon mission a week after it was aborted

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

India disputes that it asked Trump to mediate Kashmir fight

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrives at the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump says U.S. could win Afghan war ‘in a week,’ but wants Pakistan’s help in negotiation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People awaiting rescue stand on the balcony of a nine-story building with offices of a state-run telephone company during a fire in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

89 safely rescued after Mumbai office building catches fire

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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2006 file photo, Delhi state Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit displays the thumbs-up symbol as she rides a metro train in New Delhi, India. Dikshit, an Indian politician who was New Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, has died after a prolonged illness on Saturday, July 20, 2019. She was 81. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s longest-serving chief minister, dies

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Center after the mission was aborted at Sriharikota in southern India, Monday, July 15, 2019. India has called off the launch of a moon mission to explore the lunar south pole. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was aborted less than an hour before takeoff on Monday. An Indian Space Research Organization spokesman says a &quot;technical snag&quot; was observed in the 640-ton launch-vehicle system. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India reschedules launch of its moon mission for Monday

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Indian friends of Kulbhushan Jadhav, share sweets as they celebrate verdict of International Court of Justice in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The United Nations' highest court has ordered that Pakistan stay the execution of Jadhav, an alleged Indian spy and ordered that his case be reviewed after agreeing with India's contention that his rights had been violated. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

UN court rejects Pakistan’s argument in Indian spy case

By DAVID RISING and MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

Flood affected children sit near their belongings on an embankment in Pabhokathi village east of Gauhati India, Monday, July 15, 2019. After causing flooding and landslides in Nepal, three rivers are overflowing in northeastern India and submerging parts of the region, affecting the lives of more than 2 million, officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

78 dead in Nepal as flooding wreaks havoc in South Asia

By WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press