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.


Masrat Alam booked under Public Safety Act


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The Jammu and Kashmir government is facing flak over its recruitment policy for about 15,000 appointments, including for the much coveted gazetted posts. The catch: the jobs are on contract.


Job-seekers face uncertainty in new J&K contract policy


Pakistani traders on Wednesday turned back 13 Indian trucks carrying bananas from Jammu and Kashmir over a dispute with Indian traders, an official said.


Pakistanis return 13 Indian trucks with bananas


The water level in the Jhelum river and its tributaries receded significantly on Wednesday as the weather improved in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said, adding the looming flood threat has decreased.


Flood threat wanes in Kashmir as weather improves


Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is all set to begin his first ever film shooting schedule in Kashmir this week with "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", directed by Kabir Khan.


Salman Khan in Pahalgam to shoot 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'


A day after violence erupted following the death of a teenager in police firing, the situation in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday remained tense but peaceful.


Situation in Kashmir Valley remains tense but peaceful


A teenager was killed in Kashmir during firing by security forces who battled stone pelting protesters on Saturday, the day hardliner separatist Yasin Malik and social activist Swami Agnivesh were taken into preventive custody as they headed to the village where violence broke out. Two policemen were arrested for the firing.


Kashmiri protester killed in firing, two policemen held (Intro Roundup)


Two policemen who opened fired on an unruly and stone-pelting crowd in Narbal area, leaving a teenager killed and two people injured were arrested on Saturday, police said.


Two policemen held for Kashmir's Narbal firing incident


The central and state governments are fully prepared to deal with any mischief by Pakistan or the terrorists, Jitender Singh, minister of state in Prime Minister's Office, told reporters on Saturday.


'State, central governments prepared to deal with mischief by Pakistan, terrorists'


Activist Swami Agnivesh on Saturday said he and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik were not arrested but detained for marching towards the village where a teenager died in security forces' firing in the morning.


Not arrested, only detained for 10-15 minutes: Agnivesh


Police on Saturday arrested Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik and Swami Agnivesh in Srinagar.


Yasin Malik, Agnivesh held; police accept lapses in Narbal firing


One person was killed on Saturday in security forces' firing on protesters in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.


One killed in security forces firing in Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir's hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam will be sent to jail again, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, adding that those charged with sedition will not be forgiven.


Masrat Alam will be jailed again: Rajnath Singh


Clashes erupted between stone pelting protesters and the security forces in the old city area of Srinagar after the Friday prayers.


Clashes erupt in Srinagar after Friday prayers


Hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam was shifted again on Friday from Srinagar to Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir where a police complaint has been lodged against him over hoisting Pakistani flags on April 15.


Masrat Alam shifted out of Srinagar


After placing hardline separatist leader Masrat Alam under house arrest, authorities shifted him to a police station in Srinagar, police said on Friday.


Masrat Alam shifted to Srinagar police station


Jammu and Kashmir authorities here on Thursday night placed hardline separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Masrat Alam under house arrest.


Geelani, Masrat put under house arrest in Srinagar


The recent incessant rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir had triggered fears of another flood, pushing many to cancel their travel plans. But tourism officials from the Valley on Thursday said "things were blown out of proportion" and appealed to all stakeholders to refrain from negative publicity and promote tourism.


End negative publicity, time to rediscover Kashmir: J&K officials


About a month after being controversially released from a jail, separatist leader Masrat Alam was here on Wednesday booked for unlawful activities. But he was not arrested.


Masrat Alam booked for unlawful activities in Srinagar


Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the Border Security Force (BSF) outpost in Hiranagar sector of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Wednesday.


Pakistan Rangers resort to unprovoked firing in Kathua


After losing its peak autumn tourist season last year due to unprecedented floods, Kashmir is bedecked with flowers to receive tourists this year. The good news is that tourists are already arriving here in encouraging numbers.

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