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.


Army foils infiltration bid, kills militant


IANS Automatic

Long before it was infected by violence and its streets reverberated with sounds of slogans and gunfire, Kashmir was a place where one could hear laughter in every household in the evenings when Nazir Josh, Kashmir's very own "Charlie Chaplin", used to come on Doordarshan (DD), the national broadcaster, with his facial expressions of total bewilderment, the street impressions of a joker and strong Chaplinesque elements in his walking style.


Kashmir's laugh doctor: He wants to bring mirth back to Kashmir's depressed lives (IANS Special Series)


A court here on Thursday granted the NIA two days' transit remand of five accused in LeT terrorist Naveed Jat alias Abu Hunzullah's escape case.


NIA gets transit remand of five behind LeT terrorist's escape


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Jammu and Kashmir's ruling PDP-BJP for their "opportunistic alliance and non-existent Kashmir policy", in the wake of divergent statements by state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman regarding Pakistan following the Jammu attack.


Rahul slams PDP-BJP for 'non-existent Kashmir policy'


An unusual fictional romantic novel, "When the Chief Fell in Love: Kashmiriyat, Jamhooryiat, Insaniyat.. Hindustaniyat," has sparked a guessing game on its underlying political message, its author Tuhin A. Sinha said here on Tuesday.


'When the Chief Fell in Love', to release tomorrow


A day after a  woman was killed in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, Pakistani troops on Sunday opened heavy shelling and firing in Rajouri district, targeting both Indian Army posts and civilian facilities, officials said.


Pakistan troops target Indian posts, civilian facilities on LoC


Two soldiers, including a junior army officer, were killed and and nine others, including women and children, injured when a group of heavily-armed JeM militants dressed in army fatigues stormed a military camp here in a pre-dawn attack on Saturday, hurling grenades and spraying automatic gunfire as they entered the family quarters when everyone was asleep, officials said. Three terrorists have been killed so far, while the others are still holed up.


Two soldiers killed as terrorist storm J&K army camp, three assailants shot dead


Two soldiers, including a junior army officer, were killed and and nine others, including women and children, injured when a group of heavily-armed JeM militants dressed in army fatigues stormed a military camp here in a pre-dawn attack on Saturday, hurling grenades and spraying automatic gunfire as they entered the family quarters when everyone was asleep, officials said. Two terrorists have been killed so far, while the others are still holed up.


Two soldiers killed as terrorist storm J&K army camp, two assailants shot dead (Fifth Lead)


A woman was killed on Thursday in Pakistan firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said.


Woman killed in Pakistan firing on LoC


Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy fire Tuesday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district after Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing, defence sources said.


Heavy firing on LoC after Pakistani ceasefire violation


Five overground workers (OGWs) of militant outfits responsible for carrying out grenade attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district were arrested on Friday, police said.


Five 'overground militants' arrested in J&K


Expressing grief over the death of Indian soldiers in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said their "sacrifice for the nation will not go down in vain".


Mamata condoles soldiers' death in Pakistani firing


Four Indian soldiers, including a 22-year-old officer, were killed and four other persons were injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, Army officials said.


Officer, three soldiers killed in Pakistan firing on LoC (Fourth Lead)


Four Indian soldiers, including an officer, were killed and four other persons were injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, defence officials said.


Officer, three soldiers killed in Pakistan firing on LoC (Third Lead)


Three Indian soldiers were killed and four other persons were injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts, defence officials said.


Three soldiers killed in Pakistan firing on LoC


An Indian soldier and a teenaged girl were injured after Pakistan opened "unprovoked and indiscriminate" firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Sunday, officials said.


Girl, soldier injured in Pakistani firing on LoC


Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday visited the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir and interacted with soldiers guarding the border with China, a defence statement said.


Sitharaman visits forward posts in Ladakh


The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved withdrawal of cases against 9,730 stone pelters, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told the assembly on Saturday.


J&K government withdraws cases against 9,730 stone pelters


Two Pakistan-trained LeT militants from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested soon after they returned to India via the Wagah-Attari border crossing in Punjab with valid passports and visas, police said on Friday.


Two Pakistan-trained LeT militants arrested at Wagah-Attari crossing


Three soldiers were killed on Friday when an avalanche hit their post near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


Three soldiers die in avalanche in J&K


If the lotus stem, an expensive delicacy much loved in Kashmir, is abundantly available in local vegetable markets these days, it is because of the sheer hard work of farmers who cultivate it in the Dal Lake here.

Page 9 -