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.


Rains, thunderstorms to lash Kashmir


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A senior Indian army officer and two soldiers were injured near the Line of Control (LoC) Friday evening after Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing at Indian posts in the Nowgam sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said.


Brigadier injured in Pakistani firing in Kashmir


Three soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles and a militant were killed Friday morning in a gun-battle in south Kashmir, an army officer said. The gunfight was still continuing.


Four killed, one injured in Kashmir gunfight


Three soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district Friday while they were laying a cordon around a village where militants were reportedly hiding, an army official said.


Three troopers killed in Kashmir militant attack


Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday arrested a police constable involved in drug smuggling from mountainous Rajouri district, an officer said.


Cop arrested for smuggling drugs in Kashmir


A self-styled "religious preacher" was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he ran, police said Tuesday.


Kashmir 'preacher' arrested for sexual exploiting four minors


India had flagged its concerns about Chinese construction activity in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here Tuesday.


India raised PoK construction activity with China: Khurshid


A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper killed two of his colleagues and injured two others in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town early Tuesday, police said.


SSB soldier shoots two colleagues in Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition partners National Conference (NC) and Congress sparred over relief to earthquake victims in Doda and Kishtwar districts of the Chenab valley, with leaders of both parties making charges and counter charges against each other.


NC, Congress bicker over quake relief package


Victims of the May 1 earthquake in the mountainous Doda and Kishtwar regions of Jammu and Kashmir allege the government is adopting an "unfair and partisan approach" in disbursing relief to them.


Kashmir quake victims allege discrimination


A junior commissioned officer (JCO) was killed and a soldier was injured when army soldiers foiled an infiltration bid in north Kashmir's Kupwara district early Saturday, an official said.


One killed as army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir


Around 125 passengers were rescued in south Kashmir's Shopian district  Wednesday when they were caught in heavy snowfall on the Mughal Road connecting the Kashmir Valley with the Jammu region.


125 stranded passengers rescued in Kashmir


Members of civil society group of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday urged the centre to release all the political prisoners of the state to ensure peace in the region.


Release Kashmir's political prisoners: Activists


There was a 36 percent decline in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir during 2012 as compared to 2011 and 54 security forces' bunkers were removed from public places here in 2012, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday.


J&K recorded 36 percent decline in violence in 2012: Abdullah


Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Doda and Kishtwar districts are getting aftershocks even a fortnight after the May 1 earthquake of 5.8 magnitude that led to one person being killed about 100 injured.


Aftershocks from May 1 quake continue in Jammu areas


A fortnight-long tourism festival kicked off here Tuesday to attract visitors to the Kashmir Valley.


Kashmir woos tourists with fortnight-long fest


A Kashmiri student has became the first girl editor of a global  children's newspaper 'The Peace Gong' released in New Delhi, an official statement said Monday.


Kashmiri student becomes editor of global children's newspaper


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday stressed that peace and tranquility hold the key to groom and grow the tourism industry in the state for which over Rs.383 crores have been sanctioned during the last four years by his government.


Peace imperative for growth of tourism in Kashmir: Omar


Owing to unseasonal snowfall and heavy rains, thousands of nomadic Gujjar graziers and their livestock have been left stranded in higher reaches of Kashmir's north-western Himalayas, an official said Sunday.


Bad weather leaves nomadic Gujjars stranded in Kashmir


The Indian Army is training youth from a remote mountainous area of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district for a mega recruitment rally beginning May 30, an official said Saturday.


Army trains youth of remote Jammu area for recruitment


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has completed investigations against banks after the expose by web portal Cobrapost for violating prudential banking norms and will take action if they are found guilty, Governor D. Subbarao said here Thursday.

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