A planned march by separatists to the headquarters of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on Saturday was foiled before it could begin, police said.


Separatist march foiled in Srinagar


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The NIA on Wednesday registered a case with regard to the November 29 terror attack on an army base in Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven Indian soldiers, including two officers, were killed.


NIA to investigate Nagrota terror attack


A paramilitary trooper was killed on Sunday in accidental firing in Shopian district of Kashmir region, police said.


ITBP trooper killed in accidental firing in Kashmir


Weather across Jammu and Kashmir is likely to remain dry for the next 48 hours as night temperatures are expected to dip further in the state during this period.


Night temperatures to go down in J&K in next 48 hours


A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured on Friday in a sniper fire from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said.


BSF trooper injured in cross-LoC sniper fire


After remaining suspended for nearly five months due to unrest in the Kashmir Valley, the rail service connecting Banihal in Jammu with Baramulla in Kashmir resumed on Thursday, officials said.


Train services resume between Kashmir and Banihal


A new chapter was heralded in Pakistan's history on November 29 when, for the first time in two decades, the incumbent Chief of Army Staff relinquished office on the appointed date. Despite best efforts by ousted dictator Pervez Musharraf and an appeal by the Pakistan Supreme Court, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused to succumb to pressure and exercised his constitutional power to appoint a new Chief of Army Staff.


New Pakistan Army chief: Will there be a change of narrative? (Comment: Special to IANS)


Sonam Wangchuk, labelled as 'The Real Phunsuk Wangdu of Ladakh', announced here on Thursday his ambitious project of opening a university in the cold desert of the Himalayan region, to be known as Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL).


Innovator of 'Ice-Stupas' to establish Ladakh's first university


Militants attacked a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Thursday evening and firing exchanges between security forces and the assailants were still on at the spot, said police.


Militants attack police station in Kashmir


Three soldiers were killed, and one of them was beheaded on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir - in action that the army said bore the "signature" of the Pakistan Army's Border Action Team. Pakistan has denied the allegations.


3 soldiers killed in Kashmir, one body mutilated, says Army (Fourth Lead)


Three soldiers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir, and one of them was beheaded, in the second incident of mutilation of a soldier's body in a month, the army said on Tuesday, vowing "heavy retribution for the cowardly act".


3 soldiers killed in Kashmir, one body mutilated, says Army


Gunmen on Monday looted over Rs 12 lakh, comprising most new and withdrawn high-denomination notes from a Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch in the state's Badgam district, police said.


Gunmen loot over Rs 12 lakh from Kashmir bank


Higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley received the season's first snowfall on Monday, sending chilly winds into the plains, said the weather office here.


Kashmir's higher reaches receive season's first snowfall


One Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and seven others, including four army soldiers and three BSF troopers, were injured on Monday in Pakistan firing on the Line of Control in Rajouri district.


One trooper killed, seven hurt in firing on LoC


The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Sunday it will constitute a law commission to review laws that had become redundant so as to improve the justice delivery system in the state.


JK government to constitute law commission to review 'redundant laws'


Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said it has started its investigations into the alleged suicide by a Kashmiri youth in Rajasthan.


J&K Police probe Kashmiri youth's suicide in Rajasthan


Pakistani troops started shelling and firing on Indian positions across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu district on Thursday evening, sparking off an exchange of fire that was still on, an army official said.


Pakistan shells Indian posts in Jammu


As the rest of the country remains in a turmoil due to the demonetisation of the 500 and 1,000 rupees currency notes, people in Kashmir have accepted the move without any panic.


Demonetisation creates no panic in Kashmir


The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday dismissed some policemen for showing cowardice during weapon-snatching by militants, an official said.


J&K Police dismisses 12 personnel for cowardice


Students from Jammu and Kashmir have given a "befitting answer" to terrorists with 95 per cent attendance in the Class 12 board examination, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Tuesday, terming it as a "strong surgical strike".


95% exam attendance in Kashmir is befitting answer to militants: Javadekar


Tens of thousands of students sat for their Class 12 annual exams on Monday after four months of unrest during which schools remained shut across the Kashmir Valley.

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