CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday urged the government to initiate talks with Pakistan to address India's concerns.


CPI-M urges talks with Pakistan to address Indian concerns


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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said a handful of people opposed to peace were inciting youth to violence in the Kashmir Valley.


Handful of 'vested interests' inciting trouble in Kashmir: Mehbooba


Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a "huge step" by referring to the "humanitarian crisis" in Balochistan, and other world leaders should now follow to highlight the "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in the Pakistani province, says a prominent Baloch freedom movement activist.


Kashmir India's integral part, world should follow Modi on Balochistan: Baloch activist  (IANS interview, With Images)


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday posted a video on his Twitter and Facebook pages urging the youth in the Kashmir Valley to give up protests and violence and pick up books.


Pick up books, not stones, Rajnath appeals to Kashmir youth


Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cautioned the people of Kashmir against letting "other nations" interfere in their affairs and asked them to take a lesson from the people of Afghanistan.


Karzai cautions Kashmiris against 'foreign interference'


Three guerrillas were killed on Sunday when they were engaged by the security forces in a gunfight in Tangdhar border town of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said.


Three guerrillas killed in gunfight in Kashmir


The Indian Army on Thursday said its role was limited to security and anti-militancy operations in Kashmir while law and order continued to be the responsibility of the state police.


Our role limited to anti-militancy operations in Kashmir, says Army


Security forces clashed with protestors on Thursday in the Kashmir Valley after the house of an MLA was attacked in south Kashmir, police said.


Mob attacks MLA's house, torches guard room in Kashmir


Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government for its "inconsistent" foreign policy, the Congress party on Wednesday said the government must refrain from knee-jerk reactions vis-a-vis Pakistan.


Refrain from 'knee-jerk' Pakistan policy, Congress tells Modi


Three security personnel including two army soldiers and a policeman were killed and four others injured when the militants attacked an army convoy in Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday.


Militants kill three security personnel in Kashmir


Amid escalating tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the ongoing violence in the Kashmir Valley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said here that going to Pakistan was the same as going to hell.


Going to Pakistan same as going to hell: Parrikar


The funeral of CRPF commandant Pramod Kumar, killed in a terrorist attack in Kashmir, was held on Tuesday with state honours in Jamtara district of Jharkhand.


Last rites of martyred CRPF commandant held in Jharkhand


A sarcastic former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said it was time for India to sort out Pakistan's Balochistan problem since the government was already doing "such a good job" in Jammu and Kashmir with fresh six killings.


Omar attacks Modi's reference to Balochistan in I-Day speech


Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered by the July 8 killing of a popular rebel commander.


Five killed in new Kashmir violence (Third Lead)


One person was killed and three others injured on Tuesday when a mob clashed with security forces in Beerwah tehsil of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.


Kashmir unrest: 1 killed, 3 injured


A common Kashmiri shopkeeper is in a dilemma. To open or not. And if yes, when! In the war of wits between separatists and the government, small business owners are suffering hugely in the deadliest unrest the valley has seen in years.


In separatist-government war, common Kashmiri suffers the worst


Dozens of people were injured post Friday prayer protests across the Kashmir Valley, despite the strict curfew and restrictions.


Dozens injured, lockdown continues in Kashmir


The Supreme Court on Friday said exhumation and post-mortem examination of the body of Shabir Ahmed Mir will be conducted under the supervision of Srinagar's Principal District and Sessions Judge.


SC orders exhumation, autopsy of Kashmiri youth's body


Pakistan's top foreign affairs advisor on Friday said Islamabad "should invite New Delhi for a dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir dispute".


Pakistan should invite India for dialogue on Kashmir: Aziz


The glorification of terrorists is unacceptable and Pakistan must immediately stop supporting cross-border terrorism and infiltration, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.


Glorification of terrorists unacceptable: Sushma Swaraj


Pakistan on Thursday expressed its concerns over continuing violence in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the international community to check the "brutalities" in the Valley.

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