Asserting that electric power is the key for a rebound of Jammu and Kashmir's economy, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the identified 15,000 MW potential of the state needs to be harnessed.


Harnessing power potential key to Kashmir's economic rebound: Mehbooba


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A gunfight started on Thursday evening between the security forces and guerrillas in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.


Gunfight breaks out in Kashmir's Kupwara


Taking a hands-off approach on Kashmir, UN Peace Building Commission chair Macharia Kamau has said that the primacy of politics and the local conditions that drive any negotiations between India and Pakistan have to be "respected."


Respect political situation in Kashmir: UN peace panel head 


There is a huge disconnect between Kashmir and New Delhi and the state's BJP-PDP government has further alienated the Kashmiris, says author and columnist Humra Quraishi, who has penned books such as "Meer" and "Kashmir - The Untold Story", a narrative of painful stories from the Valley.


Disconnect between Kashmir and Delhi: Author Humra Quraishi


Authorities imposed restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir's city centre Lal Chowk and adjacent areas here on Wednesday to prevent the JKLF called funeral prayers in absentia of Amanullah Khan who died on Tuesday in Pakistan.


Restrictions imposed in Kashmir's Lal Chowk


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday stressed the need for timely completion of various highway projects in her state.


Mehbooba for timely completion of highway projects in J&K


The government on Tuesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that deployment of central forces at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar would not result in alienation of Kashmiri youth.


Central forces at NIT Srinagar will not alienate Kashmiri youth: Government


The Indian Army Monday said it has apprehended two residents of Pakistani Kashmir residents who had crossed into India over the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.


Army apprehends two Pakistanis in Rajouri


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday sought the backing of the entire nation in helping tide over the difficult challenges confronting her state, which had pegged it back on the development index as compared to other states.


Nation must help Kashmir meet huge challenges: Mehbooba Mufti


Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has "assured" Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik that the Pakistan government will not change the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan, which it occupies.


No change in Gilgit-Baltistan status, Nawaz assures Malik


Over 130 students from Mumbai schools are on an adventure tour of the border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, interacting with war veterans and even trying their hand at firearms and border patrolling as part of the Indian Army's project  'Sadbhavna'.


Army takes Mumbai students on adventure tour in Kashmir


Restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara town were completely lifted after six days after the four-hour curfew relaxation on Tuesday remained peaceful.


Normalcy returns to Kashmir's Handwara as curfew lifted completely


Curfew was relaxed on Tuesday for four hours in trouble-torn Handwara town in north Kashmir to enable people to buy essential commodities of life, according to police.


Hanwara curfew relaxed for 3 hours in Jammu and Kashmir


Pakistan Rangers on Tuesday violated the ceasefire agreement by firing at a Border Security Force (BSF) border outpost in Samba district of Jammu region, a senior police officer said.


Pakistan breaches truce on international border in J&K


Life was normally in Srinagar and most other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Monday but curfew continued in Handwara town where it was reimposed after a short relaxation saw violence while tension was reported in Rajouri University where sporadic clashes were reported.


Curfew on in Handwara, Valley heads to normalcy, tension in Rajouri varsity (Roundup)


Police was deployed in the the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah (BGSB) University in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district following tension after a scuffle between two groups of students, said a police officer on Monday but stressed it was not a "communal clash".


Tension in Rajouri varsity after scuffle between students


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday visited curfew-bound Handwara town to take stock of the situation even as the central government has decided to send more paramilitary forces to the state - on the boil for four days over civilian killings by security forces.


Mehbooba visits Handwara, more troopers being sent to Kashmir (Roundup)

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The mother of the young girl who was allegedly molested by an army man in Handwara approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday alleging that her daughter was being held by the police in "unlawful confinement".


Mother of Handwara girl approaches high court over 'confinement'


The mother of the young girl whose alleged molestation by a  army soldiersparked off violent protests in Handwara earlier this week alleged on Saturday that a video statement made by the girl was done under "police pressure".


Handwara girl's mother says video recorded under police pressure


A rights group in Kashmir on Thursday accused security forces of virtual "abduction" of the father of the girl whose alleged molestation by soldiers led to violent protests and subsequently to deaths of four people in firing by security forces.


Father of molested girl 'abducted', says Kashmir group


Ceremonial border personnel meetings (BPMs) between the Chinese and the Indian Army were held on Thursday on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of harvest festivals across India.

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