Jammu and Kashmir government provides security cover to separatists in the state and the Central government has nothing to do with it, Parliament was told on Tuesday.


Separatists being provided security by J&K government: Centre


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A militant and four security personnel were killed on Wednesday in an ongoing gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said. Four militants were killed on Tuesday.


Militant, four security personnel killed in J&K gunfight


Two policemen were killed on Wednesday in the ongoing gunfight between security forces and the militants in forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district in which four militants have been killed, police said.


Two policemen killed in JK gunfight


A Kolkata-based company carrying out dredging in the Jhelum River to save Srinagar city from future floods has lodged a police complaint against miscreants who vandalized its valuable machinery, a company official said on Tuesday.


Kolkata firm dredging in Srinagar complains of vandalism


Five civilians were killed and seven others, including five soldiers, injured on Sunday in indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.


Five killed, seven injured in Pakistan shelling


Five persons were arrested on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for killing a policeman and snatching his weapon in Chrar-e-Sharief town in January, police said.


Five arrested in J&K for killing policeman, stealing weapon


A man carrying a Chinese-made pistol and some ammunition was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, police said.


Man with pistol arrested in J&K


Two militants were killed and three policemen including an SHO injured on Thursday in a gunfight that broke out on the outskirts of the city after a BJP leader was attacked, said police.


Two militants killed, three policemen injured in Srinagar gunfight


A youth from Telangana, who was killed along with two Kashmiri militants in a gunbattle with the security forces in the border state last week, was allegedly working for international terror group Islamic State, police said.


Telangana youth killed in Kashmir was working for IS


A day after Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu was dropped from the cabinet, the ambitious public accounts office (PAO) system he had envisaged was put on the hold, said informed sources on Tuesday.


J&K's ambitious PAO system deferred after Finance Minister's ouster


A militant was killed and a policeman injured in a grenade attack at a police station, one civilian was injured in a clash with security forces, while an infiltration bid was foiled in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.


Escaping militant killed in blast, infiltration bid foiled in J&K (Evening Lead)


A policemen deployed to guard a senior separatist leader here was shot dead by militants here on Sunday, police said.


Police guard of senior separatist leader shot dead


The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is all set to purchase 25 high-end drones to equip itself to better conduct anti-Maoist operations and deal with militants in Jammu and Kashmir.


CRPF to get 25 high-end drones to tackle Maoists, terrorists


Panic gripped residents of border villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday when Pakistan army made loudspeaker announcements asking people living near the Line of Control (LoC) to move to safer areas.


Pakistan army uses loudspeakers to ask LoC residents to move away


Three people were killed on Saturday in a mudslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.


Three killed in J&K mudslide


Indian and Pakistan soldiers on Friday traded heavy fire on the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.


Heavy firing between Indian, Pakistani armies on LoC


India's Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers on Friday agreed to maintain peace and tranquility on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said.


BSF, Pakistan Rangers agree to peace on international border


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that it has registered a case in connection with the terror attack on an army camp in Jammu on the Home Ministry's direction.


NIA takes up probe in Army camp terror attack case


Heavy snow and rainfall is forecast in Jammu and Kashmir from friday evening, the local weather office said.


Rain, snowfall forecast in J&K from Friday


A Border Action Team (BAT) attack from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district has been foiled and one intruder killed while two Indian soldiers were injured, defence sources on Monday.


Army foils BAT attack on LoC, intruder killed


A militant was killed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday as the army foiled a major infiltration bid, defence sources said.

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