Srinagar

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the release of Liyaqat Shah on bail and expressed hope that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will complete its probe soon.

A 28-year-old youth, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, was brutally killed by three labourers from Pulwama district, who were working in his orchard at Bashkuchan village near Shopian. It was the aspiration to show-off a Blackberry mobile phone and to live a stylish life that led the trio to take to crime. "Before murdering Bhat, the trio snatched the BlackBerry cellphone," said Shopian station house officer (SHO) Irshad Reshi. It was on April 23, locals spotted the body of Bhat, a contractual lecturer, near his orchard. The body bore strangulation and injury marks.

Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah granted bail

Had he not forgotten the remotes, a 25-year-old youth in Srinagar would have made good escape after allegedly stealing 10 LED TVs from an electronics shop with a deft touch. His subsequent attempt to get remotes from the city market landed him in jail. HT reports.

Authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday handed over to Jammu and Kashmir government officials the body of an Indian national who had drowned in the Jhelum river last week.