Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met with a group of Muslim clerics, who discussed with him ways and means to restore normalcy in the Kashmir Valley, which is in turmoil following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani last week.


Rajnath meets Muslim clerics on Kashmir


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Demonstrators injured in street protests and warded in hospitals are battling shortages of key medicines, families and volunteers said here. Authorities, however, denied the claim.


Kashmir injured battle medicine shortage


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed for peace in Jammu and Kashmir where more than 30 people have been killed in widespread protests after the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani.


Kashmir remains on edge as PM calls for peace


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed for peace in Jammu and Kashmir and assured every possible assistance to the state government in maintaining law and order in the wake of the violent clashes.


Modi chairs high-level meet on Kashmir, appeals for peace


At least 77 Kashmiri youth have been admitted to a hospital here with eye injuries due to pellet firing by the security forces amid the clashes, and three men have lost their vision so far, doctors said on Monday.


Three Kashmiri men lose vision due to pellet injuries


Alleging delaying tactics were being employed, authors of a book on alleged mass rape committed by security forces in 1991 in Kashmir's Kunan-Poshpora, on Monday called on the people at large to join their fight in getting justice to the survivors.


'Time for India to stand up for Kunan-Poshpara'


The situation in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley is "improving continuously", CRPF Director General Durga Prasad said on Monday.


Kashmir situation improving, says CRPF chief


With violence over a guerilla leader's killing continuing in Kashmir, Tata Sons-run airline Vistara on Sunday offered to change flights and flight dates free of cost to customers  travelling to and from Srinagar.


Vistara offers free change of flight facility to Srinagar fliers


The death toll in violence in Kashmir Valley on Sunday rose to 16 after a youth was killed and four other persons succumbed to the injuries they sustained in Saturday's clashes with security forces.


Kashmir violence: Toll climbs to 16


The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Saturday and no pilgrim was allowed to move from Jammu city following the unrest in the Kashmir Valley over the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani but over 15,000 pilgrims already at the shrine had 'darshan'.


Valley violence curbs Amarnath pilgrims movement, but 'darshan' on at shrine


Ten people were killed and nearly 200, including 96 security personnel, injured in violent clashes between mobs protesting the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.


Ten killed, nearly 200 injured in Kashmir protests over Wani's death (Intro Roundup)


Eight people were killed and nearly 100 injured in violent clashes between mobs protesting the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.


Eight killed, nearly 100 injured in Kashmir protests over Wani's death (Roundup)


The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Saturday and no pilgrim was allowed to move from Jammu city following the unrest in the Kashmir valley over the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.


Amarnath Yatra suspended over Valley violence


Four protesters were killed in clashes between security forces and people protesting the death of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.


Four killed in Kashmir protests over Wani's death


Burhan Wani, Jammu and Kashmir's most wanted local guerrilla commander who became a poster boy of militancy, was killed on Friday with two associates by security forces in Anantnag district, police said.


Militancy poster boy Burhan Wani killed in Kashmir


The Indian and Pakistani armies on Thursday exchanged sweets and greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.


Indian, Pakistani armies exchange Eid sweets on LoC


Two persons were arrested by police on Thursday in north Kashmir's Kupwara district for alleged gang rape of a woman.


Two arrested in Kupwara for alleged gang rape


A separatist guerrilla was shot dead so far in an ongoing gunfight between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday, police said.


Guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight


Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured on Friday evening in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district when guerrillas attacked their camp, police said.


Three CRPF troopers injured in Pulwama guerrilla attack


A deluxe bus service that connects this Himachal Pradesh town to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir restarted on Friday after remaining closed for over six months due to snowfall, an official said.


Deluxe bus connecting Manali to Leh restarts


In the wake of sudden surge in militancy-related violence, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on Friday afternoon on a two-day visit to the valley to chair a security review meeting.

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