Protests erupt in J&K; against anti-Islam video (Lead)
September 18th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Spontaneous protests erupted in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley Tuesday as a strike called against an anti-Islam video affected normal life with markets, ... Read more...
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Kashmir shuts to protest anti-Islam video
September 18th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) A protest shutdown over a US-made anti-Islam video, called by local traders, transporters and some religious organizations, affected normal life here and other places in the ... Read more...
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Protests erupt against blasphemous video in Srinagar
September 14th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 14 (IANS) Dozens of Kashmiri protestors raised anti-US slogans against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" after Friday prayers at several places in Srinagar in the afternoon.Protests ... Read more...
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Guerrilla module busted in Srinagar
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IANS) A separatist guerrilla module has been busted in the Srinagar capital city with the arrest of two Kashmir Islamic Movement militants, and a huge cache of ... Read more...
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Curfew in Kashmir village after clashes
August 7th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Curfew has been imposed in a Kashmir village after one person was killed in clashes between two groups over the use of a mosque loudspeaker Monday ... Read more...
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Separatist leaders under house arrest, restrictions in Srinagar
July 13th, 2012 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) Separatist leaders were placed under house arrest and authorities Friday imposed restrictions in old city areas of summer capital Srinagar to prevent proposed rallies in connection ... Read more...
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Normalcy slowly returning to Srinagar
June 27th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Life in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar, especially in the uptown areas, started returning to normal Wednesday with educational institutions, markets and public transport operating ... Read more...
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Cold comfort: Kashmir battles chill sans power (Lead, with images)
December 28th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 28 (IANS) Perhaps the only thing more numbing than Kashmir's winter is the state government's apathy. Despite official assurances of uninterrupted power supply and of meeting any shortfall ... Read more...
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Cold comfort: Kashmir battles chill sans power
December 28th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 28 (IANS) Perhaps the only thing more numbing than Kashmir's winter is the state government's apathy. Despite official assurances of uninterrupted power supply and of meeting any shortfall ... Read more...
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Kashmiri fans mourn Jagjit Singh’s death
October 10th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 10 (IANS) As the voice that enthralled thousands of ghazal fans fell silent Monday, people in Jammu and Kashmir remembered Jagjit Singh as someone with a "rare gift" ... Read more...
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Guerrillas shoot cop in Kashmir
June 30th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas late Wednesday evening shot and critically injured an inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police here, an officer said."The militants fired six pistol ... Read more...
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Osama’s burial at sea offended Muslim sensibility: Geelani (Lead)
May 6th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 6 (IANS) Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, who Friday led the funeral prayers for Osama bin Laden, said Muslim sensibilities throughout the world have been hurt by ... Read more...
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‘Rich tourist infrastructure necessary for J-K tourism sector’s development’
April 17th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanSrinagar, Apr 17(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday called for construction of five-star hotels in the state, saying that it is necessary for the ... Read more...
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Top Kashmiri separatist leaders refuse security offer (Lead)
April 10th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Top Kashmiri separatist leaders have refused the government's offer to provide them security in the wake of senior cleric Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah's assassination two days ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatist leaders offered security cover
April 10th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 10 (IANS) Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders have been offered security cover in the wake of top cleric Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah's assassination in a blast two days ago, ... Read more...
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National Conference activist shot dead, killers identified (Lead)
March 31st, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) An activist of the ruling National Conference (NC) was shot dead in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said Thursday, adding the killers had been identified as ... Read more...
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Terrorist killed in Awantipora encounter
March 2nd, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by ANI
Pulwama, Mar 2 (ANI): Security forces gunned down a militant in an encounter in Dadsara village of Tral in Awantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama District on Wednesday.A gunfight broke out ... Read more...
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Cold wave freezes Kashmir, Leh minus 12.6
December 26th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) Chilly winds and freezing temperatures continued in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region Sunday. Leh was a chilling minus 12.6 degrees Celsius while Srinagar saw thick fog."The ... Read more...
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Rail service resumes in Kashmir Valley
December 24th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Dec. 24 (ANI): Train services resumed in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday after being suspended for about six months during unrest in the region.The train services between Budgam and Qazigund district ... Read more...
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Students shiver as winter schooling begins in Kashmir
December 16th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) Winter schooling has started in nearly 650 schools of Kashmir Valley, but the lack of heating arrangements in these institutions is worrying parents as most students are shivering ... Read more...
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Workshop held in Kashmir to create awareness about scientific communications
December 7th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Anantnag, Dec 7 (ANI): A one-day scientific workshop was held here on Monday to create awareness among people living in far-flung areas of the Kashmir Valley about scientific communications in day-to-day life.In ... Read more...
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Thousands offer Eid prayers amid sporadic violence in Kashmir
November 17th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers across the Kashmir Valley Wednesday even as youth at some places clashed with the security forces, pelting stones and raising pro-freedom slogans.Some ... Read more...
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Kashmiris protest against shutdown calls of separatists in Valley
November 7th, 2010 - 10:48 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov.7 (ANI): A large number of local residents in Srinagar took to streets in protest of frequent shutdown calls given by the separatists and curfew restrictions imposed by the administration over ... Read more...
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BJP, jailed separatists boycott interlocutors in Jammu (Night Lead)
October 28th, 2010 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 27 (IANS) Two of the three interlocutors on Kashmir could not meet separatist leaders in Jammu's Kot Bhalwal jail which they visited Wednesday evening.Shabir Ahmad Shah, a senior leader ... Read more...
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Free movement of school buses, opening of schools urged in Srinagar
October 17th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct.17 (ANI): A seminar on education was held here on Sunday in which the participating scholars and members of civil society urged the separatists and the Government to allow free movement ... Read more...
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Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants shot dead in Mahore
October 7th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanMahore (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct.7 (ANI): Security forces shot dead two senior Hizbul Mujahideen militants during an encounter in the Mahore tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi District.The dead ... Read more...
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Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in Kashmir
October 6th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Oct 6 (ANI): The security forces gunned down two Hizbul Mujahideen militants including a self-styled divisional commander of the outfit during an encounter in Mahore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi ... Read more...
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Woman killed in Kashmir firing, toll reaches 102 (Roundup)
September 20th, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 19 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman died in Kashmir's Sopore town Sunday evening when security forces fired at a
stone-pelting mob, while three protesters hurt in clashes with the security ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Srinagar; situation remains normal in Valley
September 19th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep.19 (ANI): Curfew continued in the Srinagar city on Sunday mornning even as situation remained normal in the valley and the Highway was open from Srinagar - Jammu and Srinagar - ... Read more...
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101 deaths in 101 days of unrest in Kashmir Valley
September 19th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 19 (IANS) Three protesters hurt in clashes with security forces succumbed to their injuries Sunday, taking the number of people killed in the 101-day long unrest in the Kashmir Valley ... Read more...
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37 heritage sites declared protected monuments in Kashmir
September 7th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep 7 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has declared 37 heritage sites as protected monuments to encourage pilgrim and heritage tourism.These sites will be protected and conserved by the Archaeological ... Read more...
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Another youth killed in Kashmir, toll reaches 48 (Second Lead)
August 5th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) A youth was killed Thursday in firing by security forces, while a 50-year man died in hospital of injuries sustained Wednesday, taking to 48 the toll in the ... Read more...
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Hurriyat leader held for instigating violence
July 9th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) Shabir Ahmad Wani, a middle rung leader of Jammu and Kashmir's hardline Hurriyat group, has been arrested here for allegedly instigating violence in the valley, police said Friday.
Wani ... Read more...
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Health care facilities affected in Kashmir
July 5th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar July 05: (ANI) The healthcare facilities of Srinagar have been hit badly due to the disturbance followed by curfew in Jammu and Kashmir.The curfew has led to closure of many ... Read more...
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Kashmir separatist leader Shabir Shah hospitalised
April 28th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 28 (IANS) Shabir Ahmad Shah, prominent separatist leader and president of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, was hospitalised here Wednesday after he fell unconscious in his prison barrack, ... Read more...
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