Three personnel of the counter insurgency special operations group (SOG) of state police were wounded in a guerrilla ambush in south Kashmir Pulwama district late Monday evening, police here said.


Three cops wounded in J&K ambush


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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday sought a report from the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government over the death of four infants at a Srinagar hospital.


NHRC asks J&K to explain infant deaths


This Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, which recorded the hottest day of the season at 34.1 degrees Celsius a day ago, is likely to experience hot weather for another two days, the weather office said Monday.


Srinagar's hot spell to continue


As peace returns to the Valley, Kashmir has started getting its share of high-end tourist facilities to cater to ever-increasing visitors. The latest is the well-known Sarovar Hotels and Resorts chain.


Sarovar Portico opens resort in Kashmir


An army soldier was killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Friday after an Indian post along the Line of Control (LoC) came under heavy fire from Pakistani troops from across the border, an army source here said.


Army soldier killed in Pak firing in Kashmir


Afghanistan Ambassador to India Shaida Muhammad Abdali Thursday visited a north Kashmir hamlet to interact with residents whose ancestors migrated to the Kashmir Valley over 150 years back from Afghanistan.


Afghan envoy meets diaspora from his country in Kashmir


Dozens of school children here Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against fake drugs in Jammu and Kashmir.


Students protest against fake drugs in Srinagar


Terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir in 2012 was the lowest in two decades, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Wednesday while stressing that the government's strategy was working.


Terror violence in J&K lowest in two decades: PM


A sub-inspector has been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for his alleged involvement in a grenade attack on a police post, police said here Tuesday.


J&K cop arrested for grenade attack


The arduous 1,050 km bus journey linking Delhi to Leh via Manali has restarted, eight months after it was stopped due to heavy snowfall, an official here said Monday.


Delhi-Leh bus service restarts after eight months


A Jammu and Kashmir court Monday directed police to register a case against Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo for allegedly slapping an official.


Court asks JK minister to be booked for slapping officer


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday expressed his displeasure over the attribution of shots in "Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani" to Manali while they were filmed in north Kashmir's Gulmarg.


'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani' failed to credit Kashmir: Omar


A Dutch national accused of murdering a British woman tourist here last month is being treated for schizophrenia, but is proving to be a "headache" for the hospital authorities due to his insatiable hunger for pizzas, an official said Saturday.


Dutch murder accused being treated for schizophrenia in Kashmir


A three-member team of the Pakistan Indus Water Commission concluded a two-day visit to the Kashmir Valley Friday.


Pakistan Indus Water Commission team visits Valley


In Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities say security is provided to only 2,542 people facing threats from militants.


Jammu and Kashmir has 2,542 'protected people'


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the tendency to view Kashmiri students with suspicion outside the state needed to be changed.


Stop viewing our students with suspicion: Omar Abdullah


An Indian Army soldier posted close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district was shot dead by a colleague following a verbal spat, police said Tuesday.


Soldier killed by colleague in Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir police said Monday that a special investigating team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the alleged sexual exploitation of four minor girls by a fake "soul healer" in central Kashmir's Badgam district.


SIT to probe minor girls' sexual abuse in J&K


Two people were seriously injured when a power transformer exploded at Sanjhi-chhat area on the Katra-Vaishno Devi trek Monday afternoon.


Two injured in transformer blast on Vaishno Devi trek


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday condemned the Naxal attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh and called it a "security lapse" on the part of the state government.


Naxal attack in Chattisgarh due to security lapse: Omar Abdullah


The weather office Sunday warned that intermittent rains with occasional thunderstorms will lash the Kashmir Valley in the next 48 hours, and advised travellers on the Srinagar-Leh and Srinagar-Jammu highways to exercise caution.

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