Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra reviewed the arrangements made at the Katra railway station for pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, the government said Sunday.


Kashmir governor reviews arrangements for Vaishno Devi pilgrims


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Lt. Gen. Philip Campose, the general officer commanding-in-chief (GOC-in-C) of the Western Command, Saturday reviewed security along the border in Jammu and also welfare projects for improving the quality of life of the families of soldiers in various garrisons here.


Welfare of soldiers' families in Jammu reviewed


A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Rashtriya Rifles Friday killed himself in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Army officer commits suicide in Kashmir


An Indian trooper was injured Friday in a landmine explosion in Krishna Ghati sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region, official sources here said.


Trooper injured in Poonch landmine blast


Pilgrims for this year's annual Amarnath Yatra will get prepaid mobile SIM cards for seven days for enhanced telecom facilities during the journey, officials said Thursday.


Amarnath pilgrims to get prepaid SIM cards


The army has rescued 38 people stranded due to heavy snowfall and avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, a defence spokesman said Thursday.


Army rescues 38 stranded people in Kashmir


A soldier fatally shot dead five of his colleagues and injured another before turning the gun on himself following a heated argument at an army garrison in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, officials said Thursday.


Soldier guns down five colleagues, kills self (Third Lead)


A trooper fatally shot dead five of his colleagues and then turned the gun on himself following a heated argument in north's Kashmir Ganderbal district, officials said Thursday.


Trooper guns down five colleagues, kills self


Trade across the Line of Control (LoC) between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad which resumed Wednesday after 40 days hit another roadblock when 22 trucks from India came back without unloading their goods, officials said.


Hiccup in cross-LoC trade: All 22 Indian trucks return


Trade across the Line of Control between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad resumed Wednesday after over a month as trucks loaded with goods from both sides crossed the Aman Setu in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.


Srinagar-Muzaffarabad cross-LoC trade resumes


All the seven separatist guerrillas killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district were Pakistani nationals belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, army and the state police said Tuesday.


All seven slain guerrillas Pakistanis, LeT members: Security forces


Clashes erupted Tuesday in north Kashmir's Kupwara town between police and civilian protestors after seven guerrillas were killed in the district the previous day.


Protests erupt in Kashmir town


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said he does not believe the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan would seriously impact the ground situation in the state.


'US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would not affect Kashmir'


Linking Katra town with the rest of India by rail will not affect the economic prosperity of Jammu city, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Monday.


No adverse effect of Katra rail link on Jammu: Omar


Seven separatist guerrillas were Monday killed by security forces in an operation in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.


Seven guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunbattle


Seven separatist guerrillas were killed by security forces in an ongoing operation in Kashmir Valley's Kupwara district Monday, officials said.


Seven guerrillas killed in Kashmir


The Jammu and Kashmir Police Sunday lodged an FIR against those spreading the rumour on social networking that the police force has decided to go on a strike.


FIR against online rumour-mongers in Kashmir


The operational preparedness of the airbase here was reviewed by the IAF's commander in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, a defence official said.


Srinagar airbase's operational preparedness reviewed


The Indian Army Saturday remembered its martyr who died in a November 1999 guerrilla suicide attack in Srinagar. His bust was unveiled in the Badami Bagh cantonment.


Army remembers 1999 Srinagar suicide attack martyr


The army Saturday said it has recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition at Kamalkote village in Uri sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.


Arms recovered near LoC


Militant activity in Jammu and Kashmir has been higher in the beginning of 2014 and 11 terrorists have been killed and 13 apprehended so far this year, the army said here Saturday.

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