Kashmir bomb kills 9, wounds 100
SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- At least nine people were killed and more than 100 others wounded after a bomb exploded in the bustling city of Pulwama in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police sources said.
A car or truck bomb exploded near a school and a post office around 11:45 a.m. (2:15 a.m. EDT), police said, damaging the school and at least 16 shops in the vicinity, as well as a number of vehicles.
Police used tear gas to disperse crowds of townspeople who were angered by the bombing in the town, which lies about 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) south of Srinagar.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ever since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, India and Pakistan have been bitter rivals.
During five decades they have fought three wars, two of them over the disputed region of Kashmir, which is divided by the "Line of Control."
But recently tensions have abated, and the leaders of India and Pakistan have embarked on a series of measures to resolve a spate of security issues, including the hotly disputed Kashmir.
The neighbors have already enforced a total cease-fire between forces lined up on each side of the border and have resumed air, rail and bus links.
On Sunday, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was time to convert the world's highest battlefield into a peace mountain.
For more than 20 years, India and Pakistan have maintained troops and battle positions in freezing cold temperatures on the Siachen glacier, located 18,000 to 22,000 feet (5,400-6,600 meters) above sea level.
Speaking to his soldiers on Sunday, Singh -- the first Indian prime minister to visit the Siachen outpost -- said while India would not negotiate on changing the map, it was time to convert the hostile heights of Siachen into a "peace mountain."(Full story)
