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


Most Kashmir 'half-widows' are vulnerable: Report


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Protests were reported from various places in Jammu on Friday despite indefinite curfew imposed in parts of the city following violence over Sikh militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's posters in which a youth was killed.


Violence in Jammu despite curfew, FIR filed against policeman


A protester was killed and over a dozen others injured on Thursday in a clash between security forces and a group of Sikhs who blocked roads here against removal of a poster with a picture of late militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The incident sparked off more protests in the city and authorities called in the army to carry out a flag march.


Sikh protester killed in police firing in Jammu, protests in city (Third Lead)


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday imposed a ban on the sale of Maggi noodles in the state.


Kashmir bans Maggi noodles


A protester was killed and over a dozen others injured on Thursday in a clash between security forces and a group of Sikhs who blocked roads here against removal of a poster with a picture of late militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The incident sparked off more protests in the city and the authorities were mulling curfew in affected areas.


Sikh protester killed in police firing in Jammu, protests in city


A protester was killed and over a dozen others, including three policemen, were injured on Thursday in clashes between security forces and a group of Sikh who blocked roads here on Thursday denouncing the removal of a poster carrying picture of militant Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.


Sikh protesters clash with police in Jammu, one killed


Frequent rain across the Kashmir Valley in  over past two months have left local farmers and fruit growers worried, since the inclement weather has affected transplantation of paddy and put fruit-bearing trees at risk of diseases.


Frequent rain worries Kashmir farmers, fruit growers


The mobile phone towers owner association in Kashmir on Tuesday decided to keep transmitting towers off till June 10 after separatist guerrillas attacked mobile vendors in Sopore town and adjoining areas, forcing them to shut down outlets of different companies.


Kashmir mobile tower land owners to suspend operations till June 10


India on Tuesday slammed the proposed June 8 election in Pakistani Kashmir's Gilgit-Baltistan area, terming it as an attempt by Islamabad "to camouflage its forcible and illegal occupation of the regions" and to deny its people their political rights.


India slams June 8 Gilgit-Baltistan polls


Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on Tuesday at Border Security Force (BSF) positions on the international border in Kathua district of Jammu region.


Pakistan resorts to unprovoked firing at international border


Four separatist guerrillas and a civilian were killed in an over 36-hour gun battle in the frontier town of Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said on Monday.


Four guerrillas, civilian killed in Kashmir gunfight


Three people -- a retired State Bank of India officer and two women -- were killed when a truck fell on their car on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, while 22 people were injured in another accident on the same highway in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.


Three killed, 22 injured in two Kashmir accidents


Thed Pakistan army on Monday twice violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district by resorting to unprovoked firing at Indian positions.


Pakistan army violates ceasefire twice on LoC


Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised "very strongly" the issue of the China-Pakistan economic corridor during his visit to Beijing and told them that it is "unacceptable", External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Sunday.


Modi told China, Pakistan economic corridor unacceptable: Sushma


Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday said separatist guerrilla outfit Hizbul Mujahideen is involved in attacks on mobile vendors which has led to disruption in telecommunication services in many parts of north Kashmir.


Hizbul Mujahideen behind attacks on mobile vendors: Police


India on Friday rejected an OIC resolution commenting on Jammu and Kashmir as "completely unacceptable" and asked the association of 56 Islamic states to "refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of India".


India terms OIC resolution on Kashmir 'completely unacceptable'


Urging both India and Pakistan to rise above differences to resolve conflicts peacefully, famed Urdu poet Muhammad Iqbal's grandson and prominent Pakistani politician Waleed Iqbal on Friday said he is "cautiously optimistic" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives regarding foreign relations.


Cautiously optimistic about Modi on India-Pakistan relations: Iqbal's grandson


An Indian soldier was critically injured when he accidentally stepped on a landmine near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district on Thursday and had to have a foot amputated, officials said.


Soldier steps on landmine near LoC, loses foot


An Indian soldier was critically injured in a landmine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district on Thursday, police said.


Soldier injured in landmine blast near LoC


Two people died on the spot and two others were critically injured in a road accident on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said.


Two killed, two injured in Kashmir road accident


International rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday said the Jammu and Kashmir government must prohibit the use of pellet firing shotguns during policing of demonstrations.

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