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.


Indian, Chinese armies meet on LAC in Kashmir


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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday ordered that no harm be done to civilians while controlling crowds as an eerie calm prevailed amid curfew in parts of a tense Kashmir Valley after the killing of four civilians in alleged firing and tear gas shelling by security forces since Tuesday.


Mehbooba orders civilians not be harmed as Kashmir stays tense (Roundup)


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday directed the state police to ensure that no civilian is harmed during crowd control, as the valley remained tense over the deaths of four people, including three in alleged firing by security forces.


Ensure no civilian is harmed: Mehbooba directs Kashmir police


Curfew was on Thursday clamped again in parts of a tense Kashmir Valley amid simmering anger over the death of four civilians, killed in alleged firing and tear gas shelling by security forces in the last two days.


Curfew in tense Kashmir, internet services snapped after civilian deaths


A young man was killed on Wednesday in a clash between police and a group of protestors, who were agitated over three civilian deaths in an alleged firing by security forces the day before in north Kashmir, officials said.


One more dies as Kashmir simmers against civilian killings (Roundup)


An assistant sub-inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir police has been suspended for mishandling the law and order situation in Handwara where three people were killed in firing by security forces.


Cop suspended over Handwara firing


Two youths were killed and three others were injured on Tuesday as security forces opened fire after clashes with a stone-pelting mob in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.


Two youth killed in security force firing in Kashmir


A "provocative" Facebook post over the NIT -Srinagar issue by a Kashmiri student led to a scuffle between Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students at a private college here on Tuesday.


NIT - Srinagar row reverberates in Jammu college


Two youth were killed and one injured allegedly during in firing by  soldiers on a stone-pelting mob in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday, police sources said.


Two youth killed in army firing in Kashmir


A flag meeting was held on Tuesday between commanding officers of the Indian and Pakistani armies on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region.


India, Pakistan hold flag meeting at LoC


A majority of non-local students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, on Monday did not appear for exams being held for various classes.


Non-local students stay away from NIT exams


Five people were killed and 30 injured on Sunday when the bus they travelling in rolled down a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said.


Five killed, 30 injured in J&K bus accident


Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in Poonch district of Jammu region.


Pakistan army resorts to unprovoked firing on LoC in Poonch district


Students from four local colleges on Saturday blocked the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.


Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked over NIT protest


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the unrest in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, where non-local students are boycotting classes in protest.


Magisterial inquiry ordered into NIT unrest


Tension gripped the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar after a group of students clashed with police on Tuesday.


Tension grips NIT Srinagar as students clash with police


Eight protesters were injured on Tuesday in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district where a gunfight was on between holed-up guerrillas and the security forces, said police.


Protests as gunfight rages in Kashmir, eight injured


A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable, posted near the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, shot himself dead on Tuesday, police said.


CRPF trooper shoots himself dead


Amid reports that some students from outside Jammu and Kashmir were proposing to leave the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spoke to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and hoped that the state government will take "immediate action" in the matter.


Rajnath speaks to Mehbooba over students leaving NIT


A cordon and search operation was launched on Tuesday by the security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara district after guerrillas fired at an army patrol.


Army patrol fired upon, search for militants begins in Kashmir village


Normalcy was restored a day after clashes took place between two groups of students at NIT Srinagar, the HRD Ministry said on Saturday, adding that academic activities would resume on Monday.

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