A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured in a petrol bomb attack here on Monday, police said.


CRPF trooper injured in Srinagar petrol bomb attack


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A LeT militant was apprehended by security personnel from a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday, a defence official said.


Militant held in Kashmir


An FIR was lodged on Thursday against two students of the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem, police said.


Two J&K students booked for disrespecting national anthem


A middle rung police officer and a militant were killed on Friday in a gunfight in summer capital Srinagar, police said.


Police officer, militant killed in Srinagar gunfight


Kashmir's fish are dying because of eutrophication (excess of nutrients leading to oxygen depletion), turtle doves have almost stopped visiting paddy fields to pick grain and, alarmingly, lesser numbers of migratory birds have so far come to the Valley this year.


Environmental doomsday: Kashmir's vanishing fish, turtle doves, migratory birds (Feature)


A Union Home Ministry team on Saturday visited villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to interact with the border residents, understand their plight and assess the damage in Pakistani ceasefire violations, an official statement said.


Home Ministry team visits LoC villages in Jammu zone


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered the removal of Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation's MMD Daleep Thusu, a day after an audio clip in which he purportedly said he would get a graft case hushed up by bribing someone at the top went viral.


J&K official removed after graft audio clip goes viral


The nephew of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar was among three militants killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. A US-made M4 carbine used by NATO forces was recovered from the slain militants, pointing to complicity between militants and the Pakistan army, police said.


Masood Azhar's nephew among 3 JeM militants killed in Pulwama, US-made M4 carbine recovered (Third Lead)


A policeman was killed and another was injured in a militant attack  in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, police said.


Policeman killed in Kashmir militant attack


Two policemen were injured as militants attacked a police party in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, police said.


Two J&K policemen injured in militant attack


Suspected militants killed a  youth leader in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on Thursday, police said.


BJP youth leader killed in Kashmir


The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the hearing on challenge to the Constitution's Article 35A granting special rights to natives of Jammu and Kashmir as the Central government told the court that it may have implications for the dialogue being held by its interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma to find solution to the state's troubled situation.


Hearing on challenge to Constitution's Article 35A deferred


A court here on Wednesday rejected the interim bail plea of senior Kashmiri separatist leader and a businessman arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terrorist activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir.


Bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader, businessman dismissed


There have been over 120 reports of braid chopping in the Kashmir Valley in the last two months and despite the widespread fear and condemnation, the authorities appear clueless about the mysterious incidents that have caused a new type of terror in the troubled region.


Authorities clueless as mysterious braid choppers haunt Kashmir


Growing up in a society that stigmatises menstruation, two women social entrepreneurs in this border village of Jammu and Kashmir are battling the taboos attached to what is a routine biological process. They are not only creating awareness but also manufacturing and selling sanitary napkins to help poorer women who cannot afford branded products.


In Kashmir, two women combat menstrual taboo, unhygienic practices (IANS Special Series)


Five civilians were injured while they were protesting on Wednesday in a security forces firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.


Five protesters injured in J&K firing


A court here on Tuesday extended till November 14 the judicial custody of seven Kashmiri separatists arrested on various charges, including receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terror activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir.


Custody of 7 Kashmiri separatists extended till November 14


Clashes broke out here on Monday as protesters pelted stones on security forces for alleged failure to arrest "braid choppers" in the Valley, police said.


Clashes erupt in Srinagar over 'braid chopping' incidents


Three children were injured on Saturday as Pakistan shelled Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said. Indian troops were retaliating.


Three children injured in Pakistan shelling on LoC in Poonch


Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including a top "commander" Wasim Shah who is believed to be behind recruiting local youth to join the terror outfit, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday, triggering protests by locals who clashed with police, in which one civilian was killed.


Top LeT militant, aide killed in Pulwama, protesting civilian killed (Roundup)


A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was killed and another injured when militants attacked a police vehicle in the state's Kulgam district on Saturday evening, police said.

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