A showdown between Hindu religious groups and the J&K government over the annual Amarnath pilgrimage appears imminent.

A showdown between Hindu religious groups and the J&K government over the annual Amarnath pilgrimage appears imminent. Ignoring chief minister Omar Abdullah’s directive, the Hindu groups have resolved to go ahead with their plan to start the pilgrimage on June 15, a fortnight prior to the scheduled date of June 29.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s security was breached on Friday when a police constable breaking the security cordon tried to move towards him raising slogans as the former was about to board the state helicopter after attending a function in RS Pura in Jammu district.

A merchant navy officer from Jammu and Kashmir has gone missing from his tanker vessel since May 27, three days after leaving an Australian port for Singapore, his family said on Tuesday.

Two teenagers from the Kashmir Valley who strayed into Pakistan a month ago have been returned to Indian authorities by the Pakistan Army, officials said on Sunday.

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Four persons were killed and 11 others injured in 13 separate lightning incidents in Samba, Rajouri, Poonch and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday.

A terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group was killed by security forces in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, but a top commander managed to escape, police said.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi will arrive here on Monday on a day's visit and is expected to address party issues in Jammu and Kashmir, where the Congress is a junior ally in the government.

Close on the heels of Army Chief’s statement that Indian armed forces were competent to carry out US like operation in Pakistan, GOC-in-C Northern Command Lt. Gen. K.T.

Two persons, including an Army jawan were killed and a BSF jawan injured in three separate blasts in Jammu, Samba and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.