Two troopers injured, firing continues at India-Pakistan borderJAMMU - There was firing again Friday morning at the Border Security Force (BSF) post on the India-Pakistan border near Jammu where two BSF troopers had been injured Thursday evening. Two BSF troopers injured in Pakistani firingJAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) men were injured in firing by Pakistani troops that continued Friday, military sources said. Abdullah helps militant’s son get passport for soccer campSRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday intervened to get passport for the son of a former militant so that he could travel to Spain and Brazil for special professional training at football clubs there. Two BSF troopers injured in Pakistan firing near JammuJAMMU - Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in firing from the Pakistan side on a border post on International Border (IB) in Pargwal sector near Jammu Thursday evening, officials said. Speeding bus plunges off road in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir; 25 dead, 30 injuredMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — A speeding bus whose driver apparently was eager to break his daylong Ramadan fast spun out of control Thursday and plunged off a mountainous road in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, killing 25 people and injuring 30 others, police said. Jammu region may be declared hit by droughtJAMMU - Authorities here are considering declaring the Jammu region drought-hit as it has received 40 percent less rainfall this monsoon. CBI to take over Shopian probeNEW DELHI/SRINAGAR - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over investigations into the Shopian killings in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year, official said Tuesday. Vohra visits historic Buddhist sites in LadakhSRINAGAR - Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, now on a tour of the state’s Ladakh region, Tuesday visited one of the oldest Buddhist monasteries of the country. Army deserter-turned-thief arrested in JammuJAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday arrested an Indian Army deserter, who had turned to stealing building material from construction sites in the state and in Punjab to sell off cheaply in the market, from the outskirts of Jammu city. Border incursions are nothing to worry about, says LadakhisJAMMU - Residents of Ladakh are not particularly worried by media reports of recent Chinese incursions in the mountainous region of the upper Himalayas. They see these intrusions as “routine” along a disputed border that is yet to be demaracted. Kashmiri Pandits ‘in exile’ tonsure heads in DelhiNEW DELHI - A group of Kashmiri Pandits living in Delhi tonsured their heads Monday to mark this day 20 years ago when a member of their community was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir triggering their exodus from the valley. Kashmiri Pandits in ‘exile’ to tonsure head in DelhiNEW DELHI - Twenty years after the first ever killing of a Kashmiri Pandit by militants in Jammu and Kashmir - which triggered the community’s exodus from their ancestral homes in the valley - some members living in Delhi will tonsure their heads Monday to protest their “exile”. Former militant’s father killed in KashmirJAMMU - A 50-year-old man, the father of a former militant, was shot dead in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district by terrorists, police said Sunday. Three killed in Srinagar blast, police blame LeT (Fourth Lead)SRINAGAR - Two policemen and a woman bystander were killed when suspected militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) blew up a car-borne bomb near a police bus here Saturday evening, police said. Three killed, nine wounded in Srinagar car bomb blast (Third Lead)SRINAGAR - Two policemen and a woman bystander were killed when a car-borne bomb blew up near a police bus here Saturday evening, police said. Police: 3 killed, several wounded in powerful bomb blast in Indian KashmirSRINAGAR, India — Suspected Islamic militants set off a powerful bomb blast Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing three people and wounding at least seven others, police said. Three killed, nine injured in massive Srinagar blast (Second Lead)SRINAGAR - Two policemen and a woman were killed and nine policemen injured in a powerful car bomb blast outside the central jail here Saturday evening, officials said. Three killed in Srinagar blastSRINAGAR - Two policemen and a woman were killed and several people injured in a massive blast outside the central jail in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Saturday evening, officials said. Two dead in Srinagar blastSRINAGAR - At least two people were killed and several injured in a massive blast outside the central jail in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Saturday afternoon, officials said. Trans-Kashmir trade booms, but barter not favouredSRINAGAR - When trade across the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir resumed after a gap of nearly 60 years, there was euphoria. Almost a year on, business has soared, touching Rs.26.30 crore (over $5.2 million), but many are disheartened with the “medieval exchange” of goods. Pakistan, India investigate overnight rocket blasts on Indian side of frontierISLAMABAD — India said that three rockets were fired into the country from Pakistan overnight, but Pakistani officials said Saturday they were launched from India. No one was injured in the blasts. Pakistan rejects Indian protests on Gilgit-Baltistan, damISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan Friday rejected the Indian protest over the Gilgit-Baltistan empowerment and self-governance order, saying New Delhi had no locus standi in the matter. India protests China-assisted dam in Pakistani KashmirNEW DELHI - India Friday protested against the proposed 7,000 MW Bunji hydroelectric project being built in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir with Chinese assistance. Pakistan to take up Kashmir, Afghanistan issues in UNISLAMABAD - Pakistan has decided to take up the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session, Online news agency reported. Policemen get bail in Shopian rape and murderSRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday gave bail to four police officers, arrested for negligence of duty and destruction of vital evidence in the Shopian twin rape and murder case. Geelani under house arrest in SrinagarSRINAGAR - Barely a day after his release, hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was placed under house arrest here late Thursday evening, a police official said Friday. Geelani favours dialogue on Kashmir - on his termsSRINAGAR - Syed Ali Geelani, hardline Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group, Thursday favoured dialogue on Kashmir, but added that both India and Pakistan should first accept Kashmir’s disputed status. Gilgit-Baltistan amalgamation: India must react (Comment)With the signing of the Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order 2009 by President Asif Ali Zardari Sep 7, the Pakistan government has taken the first step towards amalgamating this strategically significant part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government has patted itself on the back for undertaking far-reaching administrative, political, financial and judicial reforms in this region. Kashmiri separatist leader Geelani releasedSRINAGAR - Senior hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group, was released by authorities late Wednesday. Jammu and Kashmir approaches CBI to probe Shopian murdersSRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday formally approached the central government for entrusting the probe into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). |
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