'Both my father and brother are very strong. Their spirit is unbroken,' says Dr Farooq Abdullah's daughter and Omar's sister, Safiya Abdullah Khan.
However, it said the high-speed facility which was restored on a trial basis in central Kashmir's Ganderbal and Jammu region's Udhampur on August 16 would continue till this month-end as there has been no report of its misuse in the two districts.
There were no immediate reports of any loss of life or damage to property.
The search operation was on in the area, the official said.
At a time when the Kashmir valley has been shut down, it is perhaps appropriate that we remember Lal Ded, Kashmir's best known spiritual and literary figure, someone remembered with divine adoration both by Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir. A fascinating excerpt from Sandhya Mulchandani's For The Love Of God: Women Poet Saints Of The Bhakti Movement.
The detentions come ahead of a crucial hearing on Article 35-A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday. The article, incorporated into the Indian Constitution in 1954, grants special rights and privileges to the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorist fired on a joint 'naka' of police and the Central Reserve Police Force at Pantha Chowk area late on Saturday night.
Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Saddam Padder is also believed to be among the slain terrorists.
The separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership, on Tuesday called for a strike for Thursday against the killing of Shujaat Bukhari and also civilians allegedly in security forces firing.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
A hunt is underway to nab the terrorists who carried out the attack.
The officials said the situation remained peaceful on Friday and there were no reports of any untoward incident.
The festering dispute over the accession of Jammu and Kashmir stands out as one of the world's most volatile fault lines that divides regions, countries, societies, communities and ethnic groups, notes Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs, on Sheikh Abdullah's 39th death anniversary.
Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan is thrilled that he stood second in his second attempt at cracking the prestigious UPSC civil services examination.
The youths were detained from Pulwama and Awantipora during the night on suspicion of links with the planning of the suicide attack.
The governor also said no life has been lost in Jammu and Kashmir due to any violence in the last 10 days
The separatists have extended the shutdown programme till September 16.
A youth was killed and three others injured as security forces opened fire in Kupwara district of Kashmir to disperse protesters who were pelting stones on an army camp.
She also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre of "murdering the democracy" in the name of polls.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
Chennai City FC, whom Real Kashmir had beaten twice this season, are leading the table with 30 points from 14 matches.
A large number of civilians rushed towards the encounter site at Kundullan and started pelting stones at security personnel.
Classes were not held in most schools across Kashmir as students did not turn up due to the prevailing situation, they said.
Security forces have been deployed in strength in sensitive and vulnerable areas to maintain law and order.
Though markets and commercial establishments remained shut and students stayed away from schools.
Among those abducted included brother of a deputy superintendent of police.
According to separate orders issued by the Home Department of the Union Territory, the PSA against Faesal, who was a 2010-batch IAS officer, Sartaj Madani, uncle of Mufti, and Peer Mansoor, her political advisor during her tenure as chief minister, was revoked 'with immediate effect'.
The driver of the CRPF armoured vehicle was pelted with stones in the area during the withdrawal operation.
India's Under-19 captain Vijay Zol has been suspended for one match, while off-spinner Aamir Gani has been reprimanded after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against England.
The input shared by the state police had attached the twitter handle that carried a 33 second video of troops in Somalia being attacked by militants in a similar fashion as was replicated on Thursday on a bus carrying CRPF personnel at Pulwama in South Kashmir.
Earlier, only access to white-listed sites was allowed as the service was restored for a week on January 25 and subsequently extended from time to time, after being snapped on August 5 last year when the Centre abrogated the special status to the erstwhile state and bifurcated it into two union territories.
The processions stand banned in Kashmir since 1990 when armed insurgency began.
Squashing erstwhile 'separatists', marginalising the 'mainstream', and squeezing funding channels have all evidently had an impact -- at least for the moment, notes David Devadas after a visit to Srinagar.
In the Army headquarters, the wings handling military operations, military intelligence, operational logistics and strategic movement will carry out their functions with bare minimum staff strength till April 19, according to the order. Within the command headquarters, wings handling manpower, logistics and operations will only function with skeletal staff.
The scheme initially envisaged conferment of proprietary rights of around 20.55 lakh kanals of land (1,2,50 hectares) to occupants of which 15.85 per cent of land was approved for vesting of ownership rights.
Went to buy ice-cream. Businessman-turned militant returns home dead.
It will take months if not years before flood-ravaged Srinagar is restored to its pristine glory.
The students were happy to be back at the schools after remaining home all these months.
Snowfall brought cheer to many Kashmiris.
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