The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday announced a reward of Rs 3 lakh for helping nab the persons behind braid chopping incidents in the Kashmir Valley.


Rs 3 lakh reward for information on J&K braid choppers


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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday gave financial assistance to victims of pellet injuries during mob control in the Valley, an official statement said.


Mehbooba Mufti gives financial assistance to pellet victims


Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday assured the government and people of Jammu and Kashmir of priority consideration and all possible assistance in all matters of urban development.


Puri assures J&K of support in urban sector


Alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani, accused of money laundering, on Monday withdrew his bail plea from a court here.


Wani withdraws bail plea in money laundering case


The army on Monday said a militant was killed in an ongoing security operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri town in which three Pakistani terrorists died on Sunday.


Militant killed in J&K operation


Normal life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on Monday by a protest shutdown called by separatists and traders.


Protest shutdown affects normal life in Kashmir Valley


A major terror attack was averted after three Pakistani 'fidayeen' were shot dead in a gunfight in a forested area near the border town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.


Three Pakistani 'fidayeen' killed in J&K gunfight


Pakistan has invoked acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy to attack External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's UN General Assembly speech where she denounced Islamabad as the "world's greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity".


Pakistan invokes Arundhati Roy to attack Sushma Swaraj's UN speech


Alarmed by the dismal tourist arrivals in Kashmir this summer, the state tourism department on Saturday announced a vigorous tourist wooing campaign and a concert by famous musician and singer Adnan Sami.


Vigorous campaign to woo tourists begins in Kashmir


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah and alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani in connection with an ongoing money laundering case.


ED files chargesheet against Shabir Shah


The Central government has asked Jammu and Kashmir government to make payment to Special Police Officers (SPOs) through Adhaar-linked bank accounts to bring in more transparency, an official said on Friday.


Pay SPOs through Aadhar linked bank accounts, J&K told


As compared to last year, Kashmir has so far witnessed a steady drop in both the intensity and prevalence of street violence.


Street violence down; Kashmir is quieter (News Analysis)


Four civilians were injured when Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy shelling on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday.


Four civilians injured in Pakistani shelling in J&K


Two militants responsible for Wednesday's attack outside a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp in Jammu and Kashmir, have been arrested, police said on Friday.


Two militants arrested in J&K


A civilian was injured on Thursday in firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district while firing was also on in Samba district, police said.


Civilian injured in Pakistan firing in J&K


Three civilians were killed and 30 others, including policemen and paramilitary troopers, injured in a grenade attack by militants in Pulwama in south Kashmir.


Three killed, 30 injured in Kashmir grenade attack


Two civilians were killed and five others, including two policemen, injured on Thursday in a grenade attack in Pulwama in south Kashmir.


Two civilians killed in grenade attack in Kashmir


The firing incident outside the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) post near the Jawahar Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in which one SSB trooper was killed and another injured was a militant attack, police said on Thursday.


Firing incident in J&K was militant attack: Police


Educational institutes close to the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut on Thursday following overnight Pakistan shelling.


Educational institutes shut in J&K border areas


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said that it has arrested two persons in Jammu and Kashmir for providing logistic support to Pakistani Laskar-e-Taiba terrorist Bahadur Ali, who was captured in the state on July 25.


NIA arrests two for providing LeT terrorist logistic help


Landslides on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday has shut the strategic road link to the landlocked Kashmir Valley, police said.

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