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.


School exams conducted smoothly after months of Kashmir unrest


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One terrorist was killed while attempting infiltration amid Pakistan Army's shelling and firing on Monday at one of three Indian positions on the Line of Control in Rajouri and Jammu districts, a senior defence officer said.


One terrorist killed; Pakistan Army shells 3 Indian posts on LoC


A Swiss national was injured in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Sunday during a paragliding expedition.


Swiss tourist injured in Kashmir


Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd has said it has not finalised its accounts for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 due to temporary asset impairment owing to prevailing political unrest in the state.


Kashmir unrest prevents J&K Bank from finalising accounts


One militant was killed on Thursday when an infiltration bid was foiled on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.


Militant killed in Kashmir


India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Hyder Shah to express its strong concern over the continued violations of ceasefire along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.


Pakistan Deputy HC summoned over ceasefire violations


Pakistani troops on Tuesday continued to violate the LoC ceasefire with heavy mortar shelling and gunfire at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, an army official said.


Pakistan continues shelling along LoC


Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Tuesday visited the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir and paid homage at the martyrs memorial at the BSF frontier headquarters in Jammu.


Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar visits Jammu border


The decision by separatists to hold a meeting with various stakeholders to discuss the future course of the nearly four-month-long protest shutdown in the Kashmir Valley has raised hopes among different sections of local society.


Will Kashmir get a reprieve from the four-month shutdown? (News Analysis)


Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on Tuesday in Naushera sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.


Pakistan shelling continues on LoC


Security forces on Monday busted a major guerrilla hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's hilly Doda district and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, an army spokesman said.


Guerrilla hideout busted in J&K


Pakistani troops violated the LoC ceasefire again on Monday, resorting to unprovoked shelling and firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.


Pakistani troops violate LoC ceasefire again


Two Indian soldiers were killed in Pakistani shelling when the Army foiled two attempts by terrorists to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, police said on Sunday.


Two soldiers killed, two infiltration bids foiled (Third Lead)


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said her government would review cases against youth arrested during the nearly four-month-long unrest and take a lenient view on those arrested for stone-pelting etc for the first time.


Government will review cases against youth arrested during unrest: Mehbooba


A militant was killed and a soldier injured on Saturday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.


Militant killed, soldier injured in Kashmir gunfight


The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) on Thursday said its Class 10 and 12 examinations would not be postponed beyond this month but announced 50 per cent reduction in prescribed syllabi for setting question papers.


No postponement of Kashmir board exams, but syllabus halved


India hit out at Pakistan's latest attempt on Wednesday to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN, accusing Islamabad of ruling the area under its occupation as a "virtual colony" while trying to grab territory through terrorism.


Pakistan rules occupied Kashmir as colony, uses terror to grab territory: India


A bleak future stares hundreds of thousands of youth with 27 schools set ablaze in the Kashmir Valley in the past few weeks and all educational institutions shut for five months, leaving them with few options -- either leave the state, do homeschooling or worse --join ranks of stone pelters.


Winter of depression hits Kashmiri students as schools remain shut


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, on Tuesday reviewed the security along India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir as shelling and cross border firing by Pakistani troops killed eight civilians.


Meeting held to review situation along Pakistan border in J&K


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the border with Pakistan, an official said.


Rajnath reviews situation in J&K


The BSF on Tuesday damaged several Pakistan Rangers posts along the International Border (IB) in a "befitting reply" to fresh ceasefire violations earlier in the day by the Pakistani side that left seven civilians dead in Jammu and Kashmir.

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