A bomb attack on a bus carrying holidaying soldiers and their families killed 33 people and wounded 10 in Indian-controlled Kashmir today, just hours before the country’s new government began work, officials said.

Suspected Islamic militants blew up a paramilitary bus in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir today, killing at least 28 people and wounding 15 others, less than 24 hours after India swore in its new prime minister.

At least 13 Indian policemen were killed and five injured today in a Kashmir bomb attack blamed on Islamic militants.

The most influential and hard-line Islamic party in Indian Kashmir delivered a political shock today when it announced it had severed ties with Muslim rebels and Pakistan.

A land mine blast has ripped through a bus carrying schoolgirls, killing one and injuring 20.

Three Islamic militants have died in two separate shootouts in Kashmir.

Indian soldiers have shot and killed a 12-year-old boy after opening fire on mourners at the funeral of a leading Kashmir separatist guerrilla today.

Islamic guerrillas tried to assassinate an Indian Government minister in Kashmir today but missed their target and injured three schoolgirls, officials said.