Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while rain lashed the plains.


Fresh snow in mountains, rains lash plains of J&K (Lead, correcting para 4)


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A Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (PDD) employee was electrocuted and another critically injured while repairing electric lines here on Sunday, an official said.


Power employee electrocuted in Srinagar


Spring, Kashmir's season of a million flowers, butterflies, singing birds, honeybees and murmuring mountain streams charged by winter's plentiful snowfall, is already here.


Will spring, season of flowers, bring new hope in Kashmir?


Amid the myriad discordant voices on Kashmir, just when it seemed there is no end to the ongoing madness, comes a superbly illustrated book that is a pleasant reminder that paradise is not entirely lost. In fact, it's alive and thriving -- thanks to the resilience of the people despite nearly three decades of a bruising militancy.


'Alluring Kashmir' a pleasant reminder that paradise is not all lost


A gunfight broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday evening, police said.


Gunfight on in Kashmir


The opening of schools on Wednesday after eight long months proved to be an emotional moment in the Kashmir Valley.


Opening of schools spreads joy in Kashmir Valley


One of Pakistan's most prominent public intellectuals and a renowned author, Husain Haqqanis upcoming book will take stock of the contemporary situation in the country and will attempt to reimagine its concept in a progressive way.


Haqqani's upcoming book to reimagine the idea of Pakistan


A total of 2,580 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have been injured in over 200 violent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani last July.


Post Wani killing, 2,580 CRPF men injured in J&K


The Indian Army has a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir this year -- to bring down its casualties which saw a steep rise last year compared to previous years. Experts said that the changing tactics of the militants, which include attacks on military installations and provoking civilians during gun battles, pose new challenges.


'Indian Army will regain the upper hand against terrorists in J&K'


The auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri Friday came as a grim reminder of what and how much Kashmir has lost in its values, traditions and heritage during the last 27 years of violence.


Shivratri, a grim reminder of what Kashmir has lost (Societal Feature)


Author Sanchit Gupta, who has debuted with a novel based in Kashmir of the early 1990s when militancy peaked and saw mass exodus of Hindu Pandit families, does not think settling migrant Kashmiri Pandits in separate areas in the state is a good idea.


Walls will always divide, resettling Kashmiri Pandits in camps bad idea, says author (Lead, correcting headline)



Walls will always divide, resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits bad idea, says author


Security forces on Sunday arrested a militant in south Kashmir's Pulwama district when he was trying to throw a hand grenade at the security forces.


Security forces arrest militant in Kashmir


Kashmir makes headlines in terrorism and insurgency but a bunch of young filmmakers from the region has  appealed to people through short films to save the beauty and blossoms of the valley from ravages of climate change.


Kashmiri filmmakers urge people to save valley from climate change


Two local policemen were injured on Friday in central Kashmir's Badgam district when militants hurled a grenade at a police party, officials said.


Two Kashmir policemen injured in grenade attack


Clashes erupted after Friday prayers between security forces and agitating mobs in Srinagar and north Kashmir areas.


Protestors, security forces clash in Kashmir


In a direct attack on the ruling establishment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has accused it of violating individual and human rights, intimidating independent think tanks and mixing up history with mythology.


BJP has violated human rights, lacks sense of history: Chidambaram (IANS Interview)


On his way back from addressing a political rally in Kannauj, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the four soldiers who were killed in operations against militants in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.


Modi pays tribute to soldiers killed in Kashmir attack


Two soldiers were injured on Tuesday during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said.


Two soldiers injured in J&K search operation


Heavy firing exchanges continued on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Monday after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions, a defence official said.


Heavy firing exchanges on LoC after Pakistan violates ceasefire


A man tampering with the border fencing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district was shot at and apprehended by the army on Sunday, said defence officials.

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