India says 6 rebels killed on Kashmir border

Indian soldiers on Monday shot dead six separatist militants trying to cross over from Pakistan into the disputed region of Kashmir where popular protests against Indian rule have mounted in recent weeks.

India's parliament was told last week that militants based in Pakistan have stepped up efforts to infiltrate into Indian Kashmir before winter snow blocks the Himalayan mountain passes. Such militants, India fears, could help worsen a violent uprising in Kashmir against New Delhi's rule, which first broke out in 1989 and New Delhi says is being abetted by Pakistan. (Reuters)