Unidentified people in Jammu and Kashmir thrashed employees of two mobilephone companies overnight after one of their technical staff removed an unauthorised device from a cellphone tower.


Telco staff removing illegal device thrashed in Jammu & Kashmir


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Jammu and Kashmir is likely to receive light to moderate rainfall with a fresh western disturbance (WD) making an approach towards the state on Friday evening, the local Met Office said.


Rain likely in Jammu and Kashmir


The Srinagar-Leh national highway was on Thursday reopened for traffic after remaining closed for five months due to heavy snowfall.


Srinagar-Leh highway reopens after five months


A bear entered a school ground in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday, triggering panic and leading to a stampede in which 26 school children were injured, police said.


Bear enters Kashmir school ground, 26 kids injured


A Jammu and Kashmir health department employee was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar district on Monday, police said. The motive behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.


Government employee shot dead in Srinagar


It was a partly sunny morning in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar on Friday, with the minimum temperature settling at 8.4 degrees Celsius and bringing some respite after days of inclement weather.


Weather improves in Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Thursday called on Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar here and invited him to visit his state, an official statement said.


Sayeed meets Dilip Kumar, invites him to Kashmir


Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here on Thursday and expressed his interest in shooting in the state.


SRK meets Sayeed, wants to shoot in Kashmir


The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday killed an intruder on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.


BSF kills intruder in Jammu and Kashmir


The Kashmir valley was hit by inclement weather on Thursday and the weather office has predicted widespread rain.


Inclement weather in Kashmir


The bodies of two people from Jammu who were killed in the Nepal earthquake were on Tuesday brought back here from the Himalayan nation, while 36 people were airlifted to the Kashmir Valley, officials said.


Nepal quake: 36 people airlifted to Kashmir, two bodies to Jammu


It was a cloudy morning on Tuesday in  Srinagar and the state. But despite the inclement weather, the Jammu-Srinagar highway remained open for one-way traffic on Tuesday.


Weather likely to improve in Kashmir


Ten people were injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Monday as police carried out a baton charge to restore order at an army recruitment drive which drew huge crowds, police said.


10 injured in baton charge at army recruitment drive


Heavy rains lashed the Kashmir Valley on Monday, leading to water-logging at many places in Srinagar.


Heavy rain lashes Kashmir Valley


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday asked local traders and tourism players to help make Kashmir a prime tourist destination.


Help make Kashmir prime tourist destination, Sayeed urges stakeholders


Two people from Jammu and Kashmir have been killed in Nepal earthquake, a source said here on Sunday.


Two from Jammu killed in Nepal earthquake


The AIIMS sanctioned for the Kashmir Valley was originally meant for Jammu region, Minister of state in the PMO Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.


AIIMS in Kashmir was originally sanctioned for Jammu: Minister


A shutdown called by separatists on Saturday affected life in the Kashmir Valley, but police said no untoward incident took place anywhere.


Separatist shutdown hits life in Kashmir


India has termed as "most unfortunate" Pakistan's reference to the Kashmir issue at the Asian African summit in Jakarta, an official in New Delhi said.


India, Pakistan spar over Kashmir at Bandung


Alleging discrimination against Jammu region by the state government, various traders organisations on Thursday announced a complete shutdown here on Friday.


Jammu traders allege discrimination, announce shutdown


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday booked hardline separatist Masrat Alam under the Public safety Act (PSA) and shifted him to a jail outside the Valley.

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