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.


Home minister arrives in Srinagar amid surge in militancy


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Three people including a police officer and two civilians were injured when guerrillas fired outside a mosque after the Friday prayers in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.


Policeman, two civilians injured in Kashmir attack


Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar on Thursday recorded season's highest temperature so far at 34.4 degrees Celsius while the heat wave continued unabated in Jammu where the maximum was 38.7 degrees.


Srinagar records hottest day, Jammu scorches at around 39 degrees


Given the alacrity with which militants have carried out attacks against the security forces this year, the annual Amarnath Yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine beginning July 2 is going to be the biggest security challenge faced by the Jammu and Kashmir government headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.


Peaceful Amarnath Yatra biggest security challenge in J&K


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there has been a rise in the number of "encounters" in Jammu and Kashmir, but not terror attacks.


Rise in encounters in J&K: Parrikar


Militants on Tuesday snatched the service rifle of a security guard posted with a middle-rung Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district.


Militants snatch weapon from Kashmir BJP leader's guard


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday announced financial aid of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five CRPF troopers who died in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on June 25.


Pampore attack: UP announces aid for families of slain CRPF troopers


The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Monday it would review the entire security scenario in the state to ensure that militant attacks like the Pampore suicide strike are prevented in future.


J&K to review security scenario to prevent Pampore-like attacks


Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar on Sunday recorded this season's highest temperature at 33.5 degrees while the heat wave continued in Jammu where it was 35 degrees.


Srinagar records season's hottest day, heat wave on in Jammu


A day after eight CRPF troopers were killed by 'fidayeen' militants in Jammu and Kashmir, the government said on Sunday that a central team will visit the state to look into possible spike in cross-border infiltration of terrorists.


Central team to visit Kashmir to look into infiltration


Army troops on Saturday gunned down two militants as it foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, an official said.


Infiltration bid foiled on LoC, two militants killed


Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 22 injured in a deadly firing attack on their bus by two LeT 'fidayeen' terrorists on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Pulwama district on Saturday. The two Lashkar militants were gunned down, officials said.


Eight CRPF troopers killed, 22 injured in LeT fidayeen attack in Kashmir (Intro Roundup)


Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 22 others injured in an attack on their bus by two LeT 'fidayeen' terrorists on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Pulwama district on Saturday. The two Lashkar militants were gunned down, officials said.


Eight CRPF troopers die in Kashmir attack, two LeT fidayeen also killed (Roundup)


Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and another 22 injured on Saturday after militants ambushed a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Eight CRPF men die in Kashmir highway ambush, two militants killed (Third Lead)


Five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and another seven injured on Saturday after militants ambushed a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Five CRPF men killed in Kashmir highway attack


Two separatist guerrillas were killed and five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers injured on Saturday in a gunfight after guerrillas ambushed a CRPF convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Two guerrillas killed, five troopers injured in Kashmir highway attack


Eighteen policemen including two officers were injured Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara town after an irate mob attacked a police post with stones.


Mob attacks police post in Kupwara, 18 policemen injured


Security forces on Friday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists under a highway flyover here, averting a major tragedy.


IED defused in Kashmir


Six unidentified militants were gunned down by troops in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Thursday, a defence spokesman said.


Six militants killed in two Kashmir gunfights


Contending that India's commitment to holding a plebiscite or proposing to make the LoC the international border were legally untenable, advocate and author Aman Hingorani on Wednesday advocated approaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Kashmir dispute.


Author bats for approaching ICJ on Kashmir issue


Extraordinary security arrangements were in place for Wednesday's polling in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is in the fray, against the backdrop of boycott calls by separatist leaders and militant outfits.

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