Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and the state chief minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday jointly reviewed the prevailing law and order and security situation at a high level meeting of officers on Wednesday evening.
Authorities on Tuesday imposed restrictions in old city in Srinagar to foil plans of moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference to hold a rally at Eidgah to commemorate the death anniversary of its two assassinated leaders.
The headquarters of the moderate All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Sunday witnessed ugly scenes as rival supporters clashed with each other during a seminar.
Six people, including two policemen, were injured in a powerful blast in north Kashmir on Saturday. Militants tossed a hand grenade at the local police station in Sopore town, which exploded near the main entrance to the police station, said a senior police officer.
The police on Thursday evening thwarted a deadly car bomb attack on the busy Jammu Srinagar national highway by-pass near Chanpora in capital city.
People of Jammu and Kashmir had a moment of elation as a record number of 10 candidates made it to the prestigious All India Civil Services this year, the results of which were declared last week.
The Army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid in north Kashmir Uri sector killing five infiltrators. This is the first infiltration bid in the Uri sector this year, according to a defence spokesman.
Efforts of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq to smoothen the relations among the various constituents of the separatist conglomerate fell flat as supporters of the various constituents shouted down each other at the meeting of the executive body on Tuesday afternoon.
Srinagar Municipal Corporation has on anvil plans to refurbish the corporation in a big way and is planning to use the experiences of Pune Municipal Corporation in this regard.
Two militants of Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir's Baramulla district Saturday morning.
Unidentified persons looted two automatic rifles from a police post guarding minority community in Padguchi village of south Kashmir Shopian district on Friday afternoon.
The magisterial probe ordered by the Jammu and Kashmir government into the death of the prominent ruling National Conference worker Haji Mohammad Yusuf has exonerated state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, holding that 'Haji had died of natural death'.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that 'the fear of gun would be removed for ever when the basic political issues of the state are addressed and resolved amicably'.
Addressing the congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid in old city Srinagar on Friday afternoon, the Mirwaiz said: "We will oppose all efforts aimed at fanning division of the Kashmiri Muslims on sectarian lines. If need be, we will expose the elements and institutions patronised by the government for the purpose."
An ordinance to protect Hindu temples and manage their affairs across Kashmir Valley is in the offing.
A top army commander in the Valley on Monday said that 'this week's events in Afghanistan shall have a long term bearing on Kashmir'.
The overall security situation in Kashmir Valley was reviewed at the core group meeting held on Saturday at the headquarters of army's 15 corps in the high security Badami Bagh cantonment area.
A Kashmiri Pandit journalist was found dead in Srinagar on Wednesday morning under mysterious circumstances.
The overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir came for a high-level review during a meeting in winter capital Jammu chaired by the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday.
The kidnapping and subsequent killing of the four foreign hostages has attracted fresh attention following the recent release of a book 'The Meadow, Kashmir 1995 -Where the terror began' and the revelations made therein.
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