Authorities on Friday asked people to maintain calm in Udhampur district of Jammu region asserting that three bovine carcasses found on Thursday most likely were result of poisoning and not slaughter.


'Bovine carcasses in Chenani town not slaughter'


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Tension gripped Jammu city and Chenani town in Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday following rumours about cow slaughter.


Tension in Jammu region over cow killing rumours


Half a dozen policemen were injured on Thursday when a mob attacked a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said.


Mob attacks police station in Poonch, injures six


To commemorate the golden jubilee of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), a national integration tour of 25 war widows from Jammu and Kashmir was flagged off from Udhampur on Wednesday.


Army holds national integration tour for J&K war widows


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Wednesday said that over 20,000 concrete bunkers would be built along the LoC and IB for the safety of residents living in border areas in Jammu region.


Over 20,000 bunkers to be built for border residents in J&K


Four members of a family were injured on Tuesday in a cooking gas cylinder explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, police said.


Four injured in gas cylinder blast in Kashmir


Six members of a gang were arrested after they fired at a man from a rival group in the Jammu court complex on Tuesday, police said.


Six arrested for firing at man in Jammu court


: The only solution to the vexed issue of Kashmir is by adopting backchannel diplomacy, says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.


Modi should adopt backchannel diplomacy to solve Kashmir issue: Ex-Pakistan Minister Kasuri (IANS Interview)


Lying near thick deodar forests, terraced cornfields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the hamlet of Dardpora looks idyllic. But this Kashmiri village nurtures deep wounds from decades of conflict and hides within its fold a substantial number of what has come to be known as "half-widow".


The pain of Dardpora: Kashmiri half-widows living in a state of limbo


The Supreme Court on Monday asked the chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to form a three-judge bench to examine the validity of penal provisions that ban slaughtering of cattle and sale of beef in the state.


Beef ban: SC tells J&K High Court to form bench


At least four soldiers and one militant was killed on Monday as two separate gun battles raged in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Four soldiers, one militant killed in Kashmir gunfights (Third Lead)


Around a dozen people have been booked for stoking communal passions in Jammu and Kashmir's tension-ridden Rajouri town, police said on Sunday.


Dozen booked in Rajouri for stoking communal passion


Two JeM militants, hailing from Pakistani Kashmir, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police said.


Two Pakistani militants killed in Kashmir gunfight


Pakistan has accused India of "setting preconditions" for bilateral talks and "vitiating atmosphere" between the two countries, and has presented dossier to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon containing alleged evidence of "Indian involvement in terrorism and fomenting instability in Pakistan".


India setting preconditions for talks, says Pakistan


Two people were killed in Jammu on Friday in a head-on collision between a tuck and a car, police said.


Two killed in Jammu accident


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said the scenic tourist resort of Pahalgam will attract more tourists and film makers as it readies to become an all weather destination with the modern facilities inaugurated there on Thursday.


Pahalgam will attract tourists, film makers in all weather: Sayeed


India and Pakistan clashed at the UN General Assembly after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raked up Kashmir in his address, terming the issue "the most persistent failure" of the UN. India hit back, saying Kashmir was unresolved because Pakistan has continuously chosen to disregard its commitments, including the most recent one at Ufa in Russia.


India, Pakistan clash at UN over Kashmir (Roundup)


A ceremonial border personnel meeting between Indian and Chinese armies was held in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region on Thursday to mark China's National Day, a defence official said.


Indian, Chinese troops meet at Ladakh border to mark China's national day


The army on Thursday said it would vacate the Tattoo Ground here in three months if alternate land is given at a mutually acceptable place within this period.


Agreed to vacate Srinagar ground if given alternate land: Army


India has rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's "peace initiative" saying that de-terrorising Pakistan is the answer, not demilitarising Kashmir.


India rejects Sharif's 'peace initiative' to demilitarise Kashmir


India on Thursday hit back at Pakistan terming Kashmir as "oppressed by foreign occupation" at the UN General Assembly, saying that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif "gets foreign occupation right, occupier wrong. We urge early vacation of Pak occupied Kashmir".

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