At least two militants and two army soldiers were killed on Thursday in a gunfight between the security forces and separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Four killed in ongoing Kashmir gunfight


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As ripening paddy fields impart a magical golden-brown magnificence to the countryside, the soothing autumnal sun shines to confirm that the season of plenty has arrived in Kashmir - as an environmental disaster looms.


Would Kashmir's autumnal grandeur be lost to urbanization greed?


The government on Wednesday approved two separate cost estimates worth a combined total of Rs.4,305 crore for road projects which will increase connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the rest of the country.


Government approves new cost estimates for J&K road projects


A massive manhunt was launched on Tuesday to trace two former militants-turned-special police officers (SPOs) who deserted duties and fled with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.


Two SPOs flee with weapons in Jammu & Kashmir


Talks between the director general of India's Border Security Force (BSF) and his Pakistan Rangers counterpart are scheduled to get underway here on Wednesday,  even as intermitent mortar shelling and firing continues along the frontier in Jammu and Kashmir.


India to raise truce violations during BSF-Rangers talks


"What if the water engulfs the whole city," my friend asked as we  crossed Lalchowk, in a local bus, its wheels submerged in water. "Impossible," I replied  laughingly. This was my last meeting with her for more than a month.


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Nearly a year later, Jammu and Kashmir is yet to recover from the devastating floods that claimed nearly 300 lives and caused widespread destruction. But many Kashmiris say the deluge has united them like never before.


Kashmiris yet to recover from flood disaster (A Year After)


Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday flagged off the extended Chennai-Jammu Tawi Andaman Express, which now go up to Katra, the base camp for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.


Now Andaman Express to go up to Vaishno Devi base camp


Violent clashes erupted between stone-pelting youth and security forces after Friday prayers in old city ares of Srinagar as authorities prevented a march being taken out, police said.


Clashes in Srinagar after march foiled


A teenaged boy on Friday succumbed to injuries sustained when a grenade exploded at the site of a gun battle between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.


Teenager dies in accidental grenade blast in Kashmir


Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked shelling at a Border Security Force (BSF) post along the international border in the Jammu district on Friday.


Pakistan targets BSF post in Jammu


Casinos were a potential avenue for tourism promotion in Jammu and Kashmir, but it was not a priority right now, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said on Thursday.


Casinos can start in Kashmir, but not a priority: Deputy CM


The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore-rupee cricket fund scam allegedly involving some office bearers of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), including former chief minister Farooq Abdullah.


CBI to probe cricket fund scam in Kashmir


A three-member delegation from the Hurriyat Conference belonging to the Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction met Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit here on Tuesday and handed over a confidential letter for Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.


Geelani sends secret letter to Pakistan PM


A soldier and a Hizbul Mujahideen guerrilla were killed in a gun battle on Wednesday in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said.


Soldier, guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight


Pakistan Rangers fired two mortar shells towards a BSF post on the international border in Jammu district, with many families in the border villages began migrating to safer places.


Pakistan shelling forces border residents to migrate


Immediately after cancellation of the National Security Adviser (NSA)-level talks between India and Pakistan, the latter explained tothe United Nations its stance on the issue, a media report said on Thursday.


Pakistan informs UN of its stance on NSA talks


Retaliating to the Pakistani firing on the borders in Jammu and Kashmir was the prerogative of the Indian Army and it cannot be questioned on that, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday.


Can't question army on retaliating to Pakistani firing: Rahul Gandhi


Lt. Gen Narinder Pal Singh Hira has taken over as the chief of staff of the Northern Command, it was announced on Tuesday.


Lt Gen Hira chief of staff of Northern Command


In its first major violation of the border ceasefire after cancellation of the NSA level talks, Pakistan Army on Tuesday resorted to unprovoked firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, killing an Indian soldier, officials said.


Soldier killed in Pakistan firing, gunfight on near LoC


A MiG-21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district on Monday, with the pilot managing to eject safely.

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