Violent protests after congregational prayers on Monday marred Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations in the city as a mob set ablaze a police vehicle and beat up three policemen in Eidgah area.

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has asserted that neither gun nor economic measures can solve the political issues faced by the state.

A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir Valley in the wee hours on Tuesday but there was no report of any damage from anywhere.

"Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 oc

Hitherto unknown militant outfits have asked women in Kashmir to observe purdah and not to use mobile phones in public. “People should ensure that girls observe purdah in public places.

Hitherto unknown militant outfits have asked women in Kashmir to observe 'purdah' and not to use mobile phones in public.

"People should ensure that girls observe purdah in public places. If we spot

At least 30 people were injured, six of them seriously, when a wooden bridge on the Dal Lake collapsed during a protest demonstration in downtown Srinagar on Saturday.

A group of people at Gaadi Moha

An Army jawan was killed while foiling an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipore district overnight, officials here said on Thursday.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that a “love-hate relationship” existed between politicians and media and termed it as “supplementary and complimentary to each other.”

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has picked up two minors in Sopore town for allegedly hurling grenades at the security forces. The attack carried out by the two boys last week was caught on a CCTV camera

A top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant commander was on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in a village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

"Abu Hanzullah has been killed in the operation