The Indian Army on Monday denied that the court of inquiry (COI) had given a clean chit to an officer who had tied a local youth in front of a vehicle last month to avoid attack from stone-pelters.


Army denies clean chit to officer who tied youth to vehicle


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A Hizbul Mujahideen militant trying to enter India from Nepal was arrested from a border crossing point in Uttar Pradesh earlier this week, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) said on Sunday.


Hizbul militant held on Nepal border while trying to enter India


Over 900 people from border villages in the  Naushera sector have migrated to safer places with the assistance of district administration in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.


Over 900 moved from J&K border villages to safer areas


Two civilians were killed and three injured in Pakistan shelling on the LoC in Naushera sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, leading to an exchange of firing and shelling between Indian and Pakistan armies there as well as in Rajouri sector.


Two civilians killed, three injured in LoC firing in J&K's Rajouri


A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module in the Chenab Valley area of Jammu region, set up with the aim of reviving militancy in the area, has been busted, police said on Saturday.


LeT module busted in Chenab Valley, five arrested


Fourteen families in villages close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Naushera area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday left their homes following indiscriminate shelling from Pakistan, officials said.


14 families in Naushera move out due to Pakistani shelling


Militants abducted and killed a 22-year-old Kashmiri Army officer when he had gone to attend a family wedding in Shopian district, officials said on Wednesday. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has called it an act of cowardice and the Army has vowed to bring those responsible to justice.


Young Kashmiri Army officer killed by militants


The bullet-riddled body of an army officer was found on Wednesday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.


Army officer found dead in J&K


Pakistan's Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi has raised the Kashmir issue with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) envoys at a meeting here, according to a source briefed on the proceedings.


Pakistan rakes up Kashmir issue with Guterres, OIC envoys


The BJP-led Central government should reach out to the youth indulging in stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir and channelise their energies positively, because the party shares power in the troubled state, said the chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's student wing.


Reach out to Kashmir's stone-throwing youth, Muslim students group


The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday directed all District Magistrates to ensure stoppage of the broadcast of around 30 Pakistani TV channels.


J&K DMs told to stop broadcast of Pakistani TV channels


Four people - two civilians and two policemen - were killed and three others injured in a militant attack on a police party clearing traffic in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday, police said.


Two civilians, two policemen killed in Kashmir attack


Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the recent developments between India and Pakistan and reiterates his call for for dialogue by the nuclear-armed neighbours, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.


UN chief following India-Pakistan developments: Official


Three soldiers and a civilian were injured on Thursday when militants ambushed their vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said.


Three soldiers among four injured in Kashmir attack


Although bank robberies by gunmen started in Kashmir in the early 1990s with the outbreak of the armed separatist struggle, their unprecedented spurt in recent months has rattled everybody -- to the extent that the army and the police launched a huge crackdown on Thursday, searching at least 20 villages in the Valley's Shopian district.


Daylight robberies rattle bank managements in Kashmir


Militants looted Rs 4.92 lakh from a rural bank branch in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, police said.


Gunmen loot Rs 4.92 lakh from Kashmir bank


The Pakistani Army again violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, triggering a retaliation from the Indian Army.


Pakistani Army violates ceasefire in J&K's Poonch district


India on Tuesday again blamed Pakistan for the killing and mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir as the Indian DGMO raised the matter with his Pakistani counterpart.


India again blames Pakistan for mutilating bodies of soldiers


NDA ally Shiv Sena on Tuesday urged the central government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss, what it said was, the "worsening situation" in Jammu and Kashmir.


Call all-party meet to discuss Kashmir situation: Sena


Union Minister Kiren Rijiju here on Tuesday paid his last respects to BSF Head Constable Prem Sagar, who was killed by Pakistan Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.


Rijiju pays last respect to BSF trooper killed in Kashmir


Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat on Monday visited the Panzgam camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district where three soldiers were killed in  a terror attack last week.

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