India’s Kashmir sees upsurge in violence, tense after separatist convicted

A New Delhi court on Wednesday ordered life in jail for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik for funding ‘terrorist’ activities and for many other crimes.

Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said on Thursday, following the conviction of the region’s best-known separatist.