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Srinagar: wanted LeT militant killed in encounter

Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar on Thursday morning, police said.

Need to get back PoK, says Swamy

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, whose party is a constituent of the National Democratic Alliance, said on Wednesday the need of the hour was to recover the part of Kashmir held by Pakistan and not cede an inch of land further.

Separatists to move court against pellet guns' use

A day after a youth was grievously injured in security forces' firing in Srinagar, moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday decided to knock the doors of the court to ban the use of newly introduced non-lethal weapons like pellet and pepper guns.

Vote out those who boycotted assembly session: Omar

Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked people to vote out all those MLAs who boycotted the assembly sessions, and predicted "overwhelming victory" for his government in the 2014 general assembly polls.

‘Militants want to return’

The Pakistan dream of Kashmir militants has gone bust. Those who moved there are now eager to return, just to earn a decent living. This was what former militant Liyaquat Ali Shah, who returned to his village in Kupwara, had to say.

First floodlit football tourney illuminates weary Kashmir

Where cricket failed, football made it possible. State's summer capital Srinagar, otherwise darkened by two decades of violence, was illuminated beyond imagination on Monday night - courtesy soccer.

Raped disabled woman delivers; neighbour, kin held

Relatives and a neighbour of a 26-year-old mentally and physically disabled unmarried woman were detained in central Kashmir's Budgam district after she delivered a baby recently.

Eye on polls, Kashmir parties cosy up to separatists

Kashmir's ruling National Conference (NC) and opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) are busy these days showering praises on those separatists who espoused the cause of the state's secession from India.

J&K govt wary to allow Mirwaiz observe his father's death anniversary

It seems the government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided against allowing moderate separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to commemorate death anniversary of his father Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq on May 21.

Mirwaiz placed under house arrest in Srinagar

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest on Monday, a day before the group has called for a march to the Eidgah here.

Bears on prowl in Ganderbal, maul five

Five people, including a 5-year-old boy, were injured after attacked by wild bears in three different incidents in north-eastern district of Ganderbal, some 30 km from Srinagar.

LeT operative held on militant’s tip-off

Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested the financial manager of Lashkar-e-Taiba in northern town of Sopore.

Mirwaiz not allowed to hold seminar in Srinagar

The police on Saturday disallowed moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's scheduled seminar in the old city's Khanyar area, which is incidentally constituency of state rural and panchayat minister Ali Muhammad Sagar, also senior National Conference leader.

Officer killed as army foils infiltration bid in J&K

The army on Saturday said it repelled a major infiltration bid by militants to sneak into Kashmir’s Machil sector but a junior commissioned officer (JCO) was killed and a soldier seriously injured while attempting to push back the militants into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Peerzada Ashiq reports.

Bollywood director Imtiaz Ali awes Kashmir students

Bollywood took an extra leap on Friday when writer-director Imtiaz Ali interacted with the students of Kashmir University in a rare gesture and faced questions ranging from politics to his romantic life to film techniques.
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