The Indian embassy in the U.S. issued an objection to an international news report on the crackdown on protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying that a leading American daily’s headline was “misleading and incorrect.”

The news report in The New York Times titled “Clashes Erupt in Pakistani Kashmir as Voting in Local Election Begins” referred to violent clashes in PoK.

“Misleading and incorrect headline by @nytimes. There is no Pakistani Kashmir, only Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” the Indian Embassy said.

The Embassy took it to X and further said, “The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India.”

“Pakistan has illegally occupied parts of these territories and is now using violence against the occupied people,” it added.

According to the NYT report, quoting local officials and independent estimates, at least 30 people, including protesters, law enforcement personnel and bystanders, had died in clashes since early June and before Monday’s (July 26, 2026) latest round of violence.

The Joint Awami Action Committee, a collective of activist groups, has been holding a series of protests in PoK since last month over 12 contentious seats of the so-called regional Legislative Assembly. It alleges that the establishment manoeuvres these seats to install a Prime Minister of its choosing.

(With PTI inputs)