Five pilgrims were killed and eight injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, police said.


Five dead in J&K accident


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Rajnath, 72, a retired school headmaster, continues to live in his ancestral home in north Kashmir's Manigam village. The turmoil of the 1990s saw most members of his minority Kashmiri Pandit community leave the village, but Rajnath stayed back in the village he was born in, with his wife and daughter.


In Kashmir's hate-and-violence narrative, a silver lining of goodwill and amity (IANS Special Series)


The intruder who was shot dead by security guards for breaching security at the Jammu residence of former Chief Minister and Lok Sabha member, Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday, did not carry any weapon, police said.


Intruder shot dead at Farooq's house was unarmed


A civilian was killed and two others injured in clashes between the security forces and protesters following an anti-terror operation that killed five militants in Jammu and Kashmir Shopian district on Saturday.


Civilian killed in J&K clash


The number of ceasefire violations increased during the month of Ramadan -- from May 17 to June 16 - this year by over double at 338 as against 139 in the previous month, Parliament was told on Tuesday.


Ceasefire violations doubled during Ramadan: Government


Asiya Andrabi, chief of the Kashmiri women's separatist group "Dukhtaran-e-Milat" (Daughters of the Faith), and two of her associates were sent to 10 days National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday for allegedly advocating secession of Jammu and Kashmir and making hateful speeches advocating violence.


Asiya Andrabi, two aides sent to 10 days NIA custody


Army chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat on Friday met a group of Kashmiri students and exhorted them to join the Indian Army and serve the nation.


Army chief asks J&K students to join Indian armed forces


The two-month-long annual Amarnath Yatra, for which 1.96 lakh pilgrims from different parts of the country have registered this year, will begin from Wednesday amid unprecedented security arrangements.


Amid unprecedented security, Amarnath Yatra to begin from Wednesday


A day after the Central government decided not to extend the Ramadan ceasefire in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Army chief, General Bipin Rawat on Monday visited Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation, an official statement said.


Army chief visits Kashmir to review security situation


Militants in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday abducted an Indian Army soldier from states Shopian district, police said.


Militants abduct soldier in J&K


Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Tuesday thanked the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department for supporting the shooting of his forthcoming film "Race 3".


Salman thanks J&K Tourism for supporting 'Race 3' shoot


India on Monday said it has lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan against the "Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution (13th Amendment) Act 2018" and asked the neighbouring country to vacate all areas it illegally occupies in Kashmir.


India lodges protest with Pakistan over 'AJK Constitution Act'


Militants attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Tuesday evening, sparking of a gunfight, police said.


Militants attack army camp in J&K


Eight people including four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and an equal number of civilians were injured on Saturday in three grenade attacks carried out by the militants.


Series of grenade attacks in Srinagar, eight injured (Roundup)


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has made a second arrest in connection with the Nagrota terror attack that killed seven soldiers at Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota Army camp in November 2016.


NIA makes second arrest in Nagrota terror attack


The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said it has approved Rs 415 crore for construction of more than 14,000 bunkers along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) to protect the border residents in Jammu and Kashmir.


14,000 bunkers to be constructed along J&K border


Militants took away service rifles from two policemen in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district late on Saturday, police said.


Militants snatch two police rifles in J&K's Anantnag


The Pakistan Army has summoned former ISI chief Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani (retd) to explain his position on views attributed to him in a book of dialogues with former Indian intelligence chief A.S. Dulat, accusing him of violating the "Military Code of Conduct".


Pakistan Army summons former ISI chief over claims in new book (Third Lead, Correcting dateline)


At least five people in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district were injured in Pakistani shelling on Tuesday evening, taking to 13 the number of injured in the ceasefire violations in the day, an official said.


Five more injured in Pakistani shelling


Theirs has been the most vicious of all relations -- one was a former chief of India's RAW and the other of Pakistan's ISI -- but their coming together in a first-of-its kind groundbreaking book of dialogues highlights that "all hope is not lost" as far as sub-continental relations are concerned.


All hope is not lost: 'Comrade in arms' former RAW and ISI chiefs team up in new book


Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Saturday told Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba that the alleged attack on a group of Kashmiris in the national capital involved a local issue and had nothing to do with their origin, an officer said.

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