Tension gripped Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Wednesday as some members of the Muslim community were beaten up by unidentified assailants for slaughtering a camel on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, officials said.


Tension in Rajouri after assault for slaughtering camel


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AThe Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking direction to stop alleged funding of separatist organisations in Jammu and Kashmir by the central and the state governments, saying that the courts should refrain from entering the area.


SC junks PIL to curb funding of separatist organisations in Kashmir


With mobile and broadband services suspended on Monday, curfew to be re-imposed and few signs of any celebrations, the Kashmir Valley braced for a tense Eid on Tuesday with separatists calling for a march to the office of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) here.


On day 66 of shutdown, Kashmir valley braces for tense Eid (Intro Roundup)


One person was killed and 17 others, including seven policemen, injured as militants lobbed a grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag town on Monday evening, police said.


One killed in Kashmir grenade attack


Curfew will be imposed across Kashmir Valley on Eid on Tuesday while all mobile phone services, save BSNL post-paid connections, and internet services have been already been suspended, officials said.


Kashmir Valley to be under curfew on Eid, mobile, internet services barred


With mobile services suspended on Monday and few signs of any celebrations, the Kashmir Valley braced for a tense Eid on Tuesday with separatists calling for a march to the office of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) here.


On day 66 of shutdown, Kashmir valley braces for tense Eid (Roundup)


Three militants and a policeman were killed in a day-long gunfight on Sunday between security forces and guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, while four militants were killed in Kupwara as the army foiled an infiltration bid, the state police said.


Seven guerrillas, policeman killed in Kashmir gunfights


Gun battles continued during the day between security forces and militants in Jammu region's Poonch district -- where a policeman was killed -- and in Kashmir's Bandipora and Kupwara districts on Sunday.


Security forces battle militants in J&K, policeman killed


Eid-ul-Zuha, one of the holiest Muslim festivals, is going to be a highly subdued event in Kashmir this year. The only visible sign of Kashmiris preparing for the festival that falls on Tuesday is the buying of sacrificial animals at some places in summer capital Srinagar and other parts of the Valley.


Festivities, bustling markets missing in Kashmir on Eid eve


Gun battles broke out on Sunday between security forces and militants in Kashmir's Bandipora and Kupwara districts, police said. In yet another gunfight, in Poonch district of Jammu region, a policeman was killed.


Security forces battle militants in J&K, policeman killed 


Two persons were killed in fresh clashes with security forces on Saturday in south Kashmir as the government moved in soldiers to help restore normalcy in the worst hit region of the valley that remained shut for the 64th day.


Two killed in fresh Kashmir clashes, army moved in (Roundup)


A woman was attacked and killed by a leopard in Reasi district of Jammu region on Friday, authorities said.


Leopard kills woman in Jammu region


The authorities on Friday foiled a scheduled press conference here by senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, officials said.


Geelani's press conference foiled in Srinagar


The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading the anti-India agitation in the state.


SC to hear plea for stopping government funding on Kashmir separatist groups


The supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading the anti-India agitation in the state.


SC to hear plea for stopping government funding of Kashmir separatist groups


In a step aimed at boosting tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government has decided to extend the facility to travel by any airlines on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) for its employees for two years, it was announced on Thursday.


Government extends LTC facility for J&K


Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said that people of Kashmir will continue to get Islamabad's support on diplomatic front, adding that the country was strong even before, and now it has turned "unconquerable".


Pakistan Army Chief salutes Kashmiris 'undaunted sight for freedom'


The central government has decided to take a hardline posture vis-a-vis separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and may soon order scaling down of their official security as well as other steps, said informal sources here on Tuesday.


Kashmir: Rajnath briefs PM, hardline stance against separatists likely


The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75, officials said.


Toll rises to 75, Kashmir closed for 59th consecutive day


A day before an all-party delegation reaches the state, another youth was killed on Saturday during clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, taking the toll to the ongoing violence to 74.


Another youth killed, toll in Kashmir unrest rises to 74


As his colleagues battle violence in the Kashmir Valley, a junior level police officer has found time to marry a girl born in Muzaffarabad -- the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

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