Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra on Saturday announced compensation of Rs.3 lakh each to next of kin of three people at the Amarnath base camp at Baltal killed in a cloudburst in the area.


Compensation announced for Baltal cloudburst victims


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Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh on Saturday paid tributes to the brave soldiers who laid down their lives defending the country's frontiers during the 1999 Kargil war.


Army chief pays tribute at Kargil war memorial


The army on Saturday launched a massive relief and rescue operation at the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra where at least three people were killed and seven went missing following a cloudburst overnight.


Cloudburst kills three at Amarnath camp, rescue operation on


A cloudburst hit Baltal area, which houses a base camp for the Amarnath pilgrimage, in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Friday, but authorities said all pilgrims there are safe.


Cloudburst in Baltal area, all pilgrims safe


Four serial attacks here on Friday to disrupt mobile phone services have thrown service providers into panic and security agencies into a tizzy.


Four attacks on mobile phone centres, towers shake up Srinagar (Roundup)


The Jammu region bar association on Thursday said its members would boycott courts starting Friday till July 30, as part of their agitation to press demand for setting up AIIMS in Jammu.


Jammu lawyers to boycott courts till July 30


An infiltration bid across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district has been foiled and two militants killed, the army said on Thursday. Two soldiers were injured in the incident.


Army foils infiltration bid, two militants killed


Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir along with army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh.


Parrikar reviews security situation in Kashmir


A gun battle took place on Wednesday between the army and guerrillas near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said.


Gunfight between army, militants near LoC


Curfew in Rajouri town remained in force for the second successive day on Wednesday without any relaxation even as authorities said no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the town.


Indefinite curfew continues in Rajouri town


The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is looking into Pakistan's complaints about ceasefire violations by India, a UN spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.


UN observer group looking into Pakistan ceasefire complaint


Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said. The army later carried out a flag march there.


Curfew in Rajouri, army carries out flag march


Indefinite curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town Tuesday afternoon following communal tension, police said.


Kashmir town under curfew after communal tension


The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) on Monday ousted former chief minister Farooq Abdullah as its president but a court quickly stayed the decision.


Kashmir cricket body ousts Farooq, court stays coup


A court here on Monday stayed the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) ousting Farooq Abdullah as its president.


Jammu court stays JKCA decision ousting Abdullah


Five civilians including two women were injured as Pakistan violated the ceasefire by opening unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday as people were celebrating Eid, official said.


Five injured in Pakistan firing on LoC


At least three people, including a woman, were injured in  clashes that broke out between a mob and the security forces after the Eid prayers in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police said. Clashes also took places in a few other places where mobs pelted stones at security personnel.


Three injured in Kashmir clashes after Eid prayers


Major traffic restrictions have been imposed across Jammu city ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital on Friday.


Jammu gears up for Modi's visit


Superstar Salman Khan says shooting in Kashmir for his forthcoming film "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" was an "incredible" experience, adding that the place offers a whiff of freshness on each visit.


Salman feels eternal love for Kashmir


India's longest road tunnel -- under the Pirpanjal range in Jammu and Kashmir -- will on Monday see its final blasting ceremony in the presence of union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, an official statement here said.


Final blasting of India's longest road tunnel on Monday


Four members of a nomad's family were killed in a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Sunday, police said.

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