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.


MiG-21 fighter crashes in Kashmir, pilot bales out


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MiG-21 fighter crashes in Kashmir


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday arrived on a visit to Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and reviewed the state of defence preparedness.


Parrikar arrives in Ladakh


Pakistan's decision to call off the NSA-level talks with India proves an old maxim for the people of Jammu and Kashmir: Whether the knife falls on the watermelon or the watermelon falls on the knife, it is the watermelon that gets cut.


What does axing of NSA talks mean to Kashmiris (Comment)


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday expressed disappointment over cancellation of NSA level talks between India and Pakistan, but hoped the stalemate would soon be resolved.


Mufti Sayeed disappointed at NSA level talks cancellation


Challenging the Pakistani establishment, Pakistani playwright Shahid Nadeem has been presenting his plays in India and at home for the past 26 years. But during the current visit, he would have liked to see some dialogue between the governments, he said, adding that even if it does not happen, he will continue with his cultural interaction to break the barriers between the neighbours.


Cultural exchanges must break barriers between neighbours: Pakistani playwright Shahid Nadeem


Three militants were killed and an army soldier injured in a night-long gunfight in Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said on Sunday .


Three guerrillas killed in Kashmir


Prospects for NSA talks between India and Pakistan looked increasingly bleak on Saturday as Pakistan insisted it will take up the "core" issue of Kashmir while India said that Islamabad must abide by the agenda agreed to at Ufa and only discuss terrorism.


NSA talks virtually off as India, Pakistan stick to stands (Roundup)


Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said India had "misinterpreted" the Ufa agreement that the Pakistani and the Indian prime ministers had reached last month in Ufa, Russia.


India misinterpreted Ufa agreement: Pakistan


Talks between the national security advisors of India and Pakistan must be held as scheduled if terrorism has to be tackled, a leader of Jammu and Kashmir's ruling People's Democratic Party leader on Friday.


Geelani to meet Pakistan NSA on Aug 24; PDP says talks must go on


India declared on Friday that "unilateral imposition of new conditions and distortion of the agreed agenda cannot be the basis for going forward" with the NSA level talks with Pakistan but stopped short of calling off the dialogue.


Can't talk with Hurriyat provocation, Pakistan told (Second Intro Roundup)



Can't talk with Hurriyat provocation, Pakistan told (Intro Roundup)


Uncertainty loomed over the NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan after Islamabad rejected New Delhi's plea not to meet Hurriyat leaders ahead of the dialogue. To rub it in, Pakistan called the Hurriyat leaders the "true representatives" of Kashmiris.


Uncertainty over NSA talks; India, Pakistan spar over Hurriyat (Roundup)


The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday quashed the detention of hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam under the Public Safety Act (PSA).


Kashmir HC quashes Masrat Alam's detention under PSA


Uncertainty continued over the NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan as New Delhi said on Friday it wanted the parleys to be held but was awaiting Islamabad's response to its advisory asking Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz not to meet Kashmiri separatists.


We want talks, but no speaking to Hurriyat: India to Pakistan (Third Lead)


India on Friday advised Pakistan that it would "not be appropriate" for Pakistan's National Security Advisor (NSA) Sartaj Aziz to meet with Hurriyat representatives in India.


Invite to Hurriyat not appropriate: India tells Pakistan


A curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district late Thursday following communal clashes,  authorities said on Friday.


Curfew imposed in Jammu after communal clashes


Pakistan on Thursday refused to host the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference after declining to change its stance on not inviting the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly.


After Kashmir row, Pakistan axes Commonwealth meet


The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid from across the international border in Jammu district.


BSF foils infiltration bid in Jammu district


Even as talks are scheduled to be held between National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan later this week, an insidious challenge is cropping up in the Kashmir Valley for the security establishment. Kashmiri youth are once again taking up guns.


Resurgence of Kashmir militancy new challenge for security establishment (News Analysis)


The Pakistan army violated the ceasefire again on Tuesday with shelling and machine gun fire at three Indian army posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.

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