Eleven people were killed in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday, police said.


11 killed in Kashmir road accident


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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan on Monday and tremors were felt in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Rajasthan, as well as in many places in Pakistan, officials said.


Quake hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in north India, Pakistan


A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, but there were no reports of any casualties, officials said.


Quake rocks Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir police here on Monday used batons and water cannons to disperse government daily-wagers, agitating for their regularisation, as they marched towards Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's official residence.


Daily-wagers seeking regularisation baton-charged in Kashmir


An Israeli mountaineer, who had accidentally fallen off the summit of the 20,182 high Stok Kangri mountain in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and was badly injured, was rescued by the Indian Force on Sunday, defence officials said.


IAF rescues Israeli mountaineer in Ladakh 


Pakistan High Commissioner  Abdul Basit had a guest from Kashmir earlier this week -hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani 's son-in-law Altaf Shah - in what is being seen as an effort at rebuilding bridges after the senior separatist leader decided against attending the Eid Milan at the Pakistan High Commission last month.


Pakistan quietly builds bridges with  Hurriyat leader Geelani


A soldier was killed and three others were injured in a gunbattle on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said on Saturday.


Soldier killed in gunfight on LoC


The army has launched major rescue and relief efforts after heavy rains and flash floods affected large parts of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.


Army in relief, rescue efforts in flood-hit Ladakh


Two soldiers were injured on Saturday when they fought a gun battle with terrorists trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, a military official said.


Two Indian soldiers injured by terrorists


Two soldiers were injured in a gunfight that broke out as they foiled an infiltration bid on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday, a defence official said.


Two soldiers injured in LoC gunfight


Triggering a fresh controversy, Pakistan again raised the Kashmir issue by refusing to invite the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference it is hoisting on the ground that the state is disputed territory, leading to India threatening to skip the meet and demanding the venue be shifted to some other country.


India not to attend Islamabad Commonwealth meet without Kashmir speaker


In fresh controversy, Pakistan again raised the Kashmir issue by refusing to invite the Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker to a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference it is hoisting on the ground that the state is disputed territory India said it will boycott the meet and demanded the venue be shifted to some other country.


India to boycott Commonwealth meet as Pakistan doesn't invite Kashmir speaker


Two youth were injured on Friday in clashes between protesters and security forces in Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Two injured in Kashmir clash


Two policemen were injured when guerrillas attacked a police post in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, an official said.


Two Kashmir policemen injured in Udhampur attack


Only one of them had a weapon to protect his over 40 unarmed colleagues returning from long leave but two BSF troopers doggedly fought two heavily-armed terrorists, not only saving their convoy but nearly two dozen others passing that stretch in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Wednesday - but at the cost of their own lives.


Troopers Rocky, Subhendu saved colleagues, many other lives: BSF


A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Thursday visited the site where a BSF convoy was attacked by two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district and the village where one of them fled but was caught by residents and handed over to police, officials said.


NIA team visits attack site, captured terrorist being quizzed


A 'district commander' of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was shot dead in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday, police said.


LeT district commander killed in Kashmir


A civilian was injured in unprovoked shelling by the Pakistani Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, an official said.


One injured in Pakistani firing along LoC


BJP member R.K. Singh on Wednesday questioned why the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir was not taking strict action against repeated display of Pakistani flags in Kashmir.


BJP member raises Pakistan flag issue in Lok Sabha


Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the credit for catching a Pakistani terrorist involved in the highway attack on BSF troopers should go to Chirdi villagers.


Villagers denied credit for overpowering terrorist: Omar


A teenager was killed and two others were injured on Wednesday in an explosion in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

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