The Army, which was deployed in parts of Srinagar four days ago to assist the civil administration, may be withdrawn from the streets early next week, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. The state government would consider withdrawing its deployment from the Valley after Martyrs’ Day on Tuesday, he said, if there was an improvement in the situation.

Security agencies are trying to ascertain the purpose of the visit of diplomat Madhuri Gupta, arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, to Rajouri district, amid mounting suspicion that she was there to receive documents from a “source” but could not do so after her movements were detected by the Jammu and Kashmir police. Contrary

In a new strategy to combat stone pelting menace, the Jammu and Kashmir police is wooing the separatist-backed misguided youth and even made some of them Special Police Officers to take on their forme