Jammu & Kashmir, India News

Four Border Security Force troopers were injured when their patrol was hit by a blast Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector close to the international border.

New Delhi: In a noteworthy progress, a Working Group of the Prime Minister has suggested autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the Central Government may consider an offer made by the ruling National Conference in this regard.

December 24, 2009 Visionmp.com news service The Prime Ministera s Working Group on the Centrea s relationship with Jammu and Kashmir has suggested considering National Conferencea s proposal on autonomy for J&K which seeks the pre-1953 position for it.

New Delhi, Dec 24: Sixteen deaths, including four from the national capital, were reported Thursday, taking the toll in India to 831, health authorities said here.

The World Bank has insisted upon a disclaimer from the Jammu and Kashmir government that funding for a project will not be seen as recognition of India`s territorial claim on the state.

Cross border infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir has risen, with 433 such attempts recorded this year, about 90 more than last year.

Accusing the government of engaging in a 'game of quiet diplomacy' with certain groups in Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ], a Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] Member of Parliament on Monday claimed it was playing into their hands by withdrawing 30,000 troops from the state.

Samba : The Border Security Force hindered major infiltration bids by militants to enter Indian territory on Tuesday as Pakistani troops fired at two forward posts in the Samba sector.

India Gazette Monday 21st December, 2009 Islamabad, Dec. 21 : Pakistan Foreign Ministry has termed India's announcement to withdraw 30,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir as a 'cosmetic measure.' The Daily Times quoted Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit as saying that the long-standing Kashmir dispute needs to be resolved in accordance ...

Jammu /Srinagar, Dec 17 : Activists of People's Democratic Party , staged a demonstration over the price hike in Jammu while the CBI's report on Shopian murder was protested in Srinagar on Thursday.

Some Kashmiris have found an ingenious way of beating the Union Home Ministry's ban on travelling to China with visas stapled to their passports.

Mainstream political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the announcement of union Defence Minister A.K. Antony that 30,000 soldiers have been withdrawn from the state, but separatist leaders are cynical, saying the troop cut was not visible.

Srinagar, December 19 : The lawyers' forum in Kashmir on Friday demanded an impartial probe in the Shopian rape and murder case that took place in May this year.

Saturday, December 19, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit on Friday said India had been making announcements about the withdrawal of its troops from held Kashmir in the past as well but the real issue was to improve the situation on the ground.

India Gazette Thursday 17th December, 2009 Srinagar, Dec.17 : Jammu and Kashmir police, as part of its continuous drive against social crimes, has arrested two persons who allegedly kidnapped a newly wedded woman here recently.

New Delhi, Dec 18 Defence minister A.K. Antony Friday stated categorically that the armed forces require special powers to counter terrorism and insurgency in Jammu and Kasmir and the northeast.

The four senior police officers arrested in the Shopian case were given a clean chit by the CBI after nothing adverse against them was found in lie detector test, matching of DNA profiles and examination of their call records.

"There is absolutely no confirmed reports of any Taliban footprints in Jammu and Kashmir or elsewhere ," General Officer Commanding, 16 Corps, Lieutenant General Rameshwar Roy toldA media-persons in Jammu.

Suspected separatist guerrillas barged into a house in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district and shot dead a 20-year-old girl in front of her father sparking outrage.

Protesters shut down much of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday after investigators said two women allegedly raped and murdered had actually died by drowning, triggering furious claims of a cover-up. Mass rallies and outbreaks of violence shook the state in May after the bodies of the two women were found in a stream.