Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he was “grateful” to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for backing him.

Eight militants were shot dead by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police’s counter-insurgency Special Operations Group (SOG) in two separate gunbattles in the state on Thursday, one of these taking pla

The Army on Thursday conducted a flag-march in curfew-bound Mendhar, in Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier district of Poonch, where angry mobs torched almost all government buildings, offices and vehicles

The deadly outburst over the reported desecration of the holy Quran in the US claimed six more lives in incidents of police firing on protesting crowds in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, raising the toll to 24 since Monday.

In a significant development, the Army has stepped in to help the police and paramilitary forces in restoring peace in Kashmir Valley and particularly frustrate Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference’s fresh calendar of protests and strikes announced here on Tuesday.

Indian Kashmir’s top separatist called on Thursday for protesters to hold mass sit-ins at police and Army camps, posing a new challenge to security forces as they struggle to restore order.

As political leaders gathered in the national capital for a crucial all-party meeting to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, life continued to be at a standstill across the Valley on Wednesday

Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday said the all-party meet in New Delhi is unlikely to help improve the situation in the Kashmir Valley as Prime Minister Manmohan S

At least 14 protesters, including a woman, were killed and scores wounded in incidents of firing by the security forces while a policeman was lynched by an angry crowd as reports about the desecration of a copy of the holy Quran in the United States fuelled mob fury in the Kashmir Valley on Monday.

Iran’s Press TV has been banned in Jammu and Kashmir following its footage of a small group of conservative Christians tearing some pages from a Quran in a protest outside the White House to denounce what they called the “charade of Islam” on the anniversary of the 9/11attacks.