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Pakistan resorts to unprovoked firing along LoC in J&K, India retaliates

The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions at the Digwar sector in Poonch district

Phase-3 of J-K civic polls: 3.49% turnout in Valley, 80% recorded in Samba

Municipal elections are being held, amid tight security, after a gap of 13 years in four phases, covering 79 municipal bodies with an electorate of about 1.7 million electors across the state

J-K local polls: Over 1,000 candidates to participate in second phase

The second phase will cover a total of 384 wards spanning 13 districts across the state seven of which are in the Valley, officials said

J&K municipal polls: 55% polling in Rajouri till 11 am, 47% in Poonch

In the first phase, 1,204 candidates are in the fray for 422 wards

BJP seeks de-recognition of parties boycotting Jammu and Kashmir polls

Polling for the first phase of municipal elections begins on October 8

Dealing with the Kashmir militancy problem: A journey without maps

The latest strategy requires a serious rethink; heavy-handed tactics indicate the present dispensation in Delhi is incapable of political initiative to resolve Kashmir conflict in a long-term sense

Militant killed in Jammu & Kashmir's Bandipora, encounter underway

The identity of the slain militant is yet to be ascertained

Encounter underway in Kashmir's Bandipora; three terrorists 'trapped'

On Wednesday, four policemen lost their lives in a terrorist attack in South Kashmir's Shopian district

90 years after its establishment, J&K High Court gets its first woman judge

On Friday, Sindhu Sharma became the first woman judge of the Jammu and Kashmir HC

A month on, taking stock of what happened in J&K during Ramzan ceasefire

While stone-pelting saw a decline during the Ramzan ceasefire with no operations initiated by security forces leading to fewer mobilisations, terrorism-related incidents increased considerably

Two CRPF troopers killed, one injured in militant attack in Kashmir

Although earlier the police said it was a grenade attack, but later they clarified that a group of terrorists in a vehicle fired upon a CRPF patrol party in Achabal chowk

Thousands left stranded as traffic gets suspended on Jammu-Srinagar highway

DGP S P Vaid had on Saturday announced suspension of the ongoing Amarnath yatra for Sunday in view of strike call given by separatists to mark second death anniversary of HM commander Burhan Wani

Amid political turmoil, rumours may be travelling ahead of the news in J&K

Influential Shia leader and former minister Imran Ansari, his uncle Abid Ansari, and Abbas Wani have accused Mehbooba Mufti of running the PDP as a fiefdom

Amid rising unrest, 74% more people certified disabled during PDP-BJP rule

Jammu & Kashmir is the only state yet to implement a 2016 law that recognises 21 disabilities-up from the earlier seven-suggesting that actual numbers could be even higher

Army can keep a lid on militancy in Kashmir, not find a political solution

India's preponderance of force can keep the lid on militancy but without political initiative the Valley will continue to simmer

Just one militant killed in Pulwama encounter, others escaped: J&K Police

Director General of Police S P Vaid and Army officials had said three terrorists were killed in the encounte

Militant killed, 3 army personnel injured in separate incidents in Kashmir

A grenade was lobbed towards an Army patrol party in Ahgam area of Shopian in south Kashmir, a police official said

Army operating with people-friendly rules of engagement in J&K: Gen Rawat

The Army chief said in addition to the 'stringent' rules of engagement, local formation commanders continuously give guidelines to soldiers as to how to operate

Pakistan-based terrorist groups used children in Kashmir clashes: UN report

UNSG's Children and Armed Conflict report said over 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict last year while more than 8,000 were recruited or used as combatants

India snubs Pak at UNGA, says empty rhetoric won't change Kashmir's reality

UN has released its first-ever report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir and PoK and demanded an international probe into the matter