Hi-tech, strategic: new wave of Kashmir militant attacks before elections stuns Indian forces

Military scrambling to thwart insurgency that contradicts Delhi government claims to have brought peace to region On the evening of 9 June, as hundreds of high-profile guests gathered in Delhi to watch Narendra Modi sworn in as Indian prime minister for the third time, a bloody massacre unfolded 400 miles (640km) north in the mountains of Kashmir. A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims was ambushed by militants in the southern Reasi area of Indian-administered Kashmir, killing nine and injuring 33. "A ma...