A total of Rs.1,805.87 crore claims have  been paid by the general insurance companies in the country towards losses due to floods in Jammu and Kashmir in September 2014, said the union finance ministry.


Kashmir floods: Rs.1,805 crore paid as insurance claims


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Expressing concern over targeted killings in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Wednesday directed security agencies to take all measures to maintain peace and tranquility.


Mufti orders all out measures to end Sopore killings


Political interference in the appointment, posting and transfer of teachers have virtually destroyed the educational system in Jammu and Kashmir, says Education Minister Naeem Akhtar, who says he wants to make government schools "models" for private schools in the state.


Government schools will be model for private schools in Kashmir: Education Minister (IANS Interview)


A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was shot and killed by separatist guerrillas in Anantnag district on Tuesday, a police official said.


Policeman shot dead by guerrillas in Kashmir


The central government on Tuesday said it was committed to the reconstruction and overall development of Jammu and Kashmir, and announced additional assistance of Rs.2,437 crore for rebuilding infrastructure, including housing, in the state.


Centre announces more funds for Jammu and Kashmir


Five people were injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Doda district, police said. of Jammu region.


Five injured in Kashmir road accident


Passengers of a Jammu-Srinagar Air India flight had a narrow escape on Monday when a tyre burst during landing at Srinagar international airport, officials said.


AI plane suffers tyre burst at Srinagar, all safe


A commander-level flag meeting was held on Sunday between India's BSF and Pakistan Rangers to discuss arrangements for the forthcoming festival at the shrine of Sufi saint Baba Chamliyal.


India-Pakistan flag meeting ahead of Sufi festival


Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot at and killed a former  militant at Sopore town in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Former militant killed in J&K


Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot at and killed a former militant at Sopore town in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Former militant killed in Jammu and Kashmir


The Indian army on Saturday said it had repatriated a resident of Pakistani Kashmir who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into indian territory.


Pakistani Kashmir resident repatriated by Indian army


Security forces on Saturday busted two guerrilla hideouts in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and Rajouri districts and recovered an amount of explosive material and weapons, officials said.


Guerrilla hideouts busted in Kashmir's Kathua, Rajouri


Pakistan  Rangers on Friday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at Border Security Force (BSF) positions in Jammu, an official said.


Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire in Jammu


A CRPF trooper committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Wednesday.


CRPF trooper commits suicide in Jammu and Kashmir


A teacher of Rabindra Bharati University and her son - a student of IIT Kharagpur - died when their vehicle fell into a gorge following an avalanche while on a sightseeing trip in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.


Bengal varsity professor, son die in Ladakh avalanche


Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday shot dead a health department employee in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town, police said.


Government employee gunned down in Kashmir


Two people were killed and three injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.


Two killed in Jammu and Kashmir road accident


Title:From Home to House: Writings of Kashmiri Pandits in Exile; Edited by: Arvind Gigoo, Shaleen Kumar Singh and Adarsh Ajit; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 216; Price: Rs.350


The last vestiges of Kashmiri Pandits' memories (Book Review)


Breaching the ceasefire on the Line of Control, Pakistani troops on Sunday evening fired towards Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, triggering a series of landmine explosions, officials said. No casualties or damage was reported.


Pakistan firing across LoC triggers landmine explosions


The mortal remains of six soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir, killed in a Manipur militant ambush last week, were cremated with full military and state honours here on Sunday, defence officials said.


Last rites of six soldiers killed in Manipur held in Jammu


Kashmir's 'half-widows" -- whose husbands have disappeared -- are exposed to various gender and economic vulnerabilities, a report launched here on Friday said.

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