The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Thursday said that the country's widening divide between rich and poor was a factor that encouraged crime and caused difficulties for police.

Dr Singh told a

A 20-year-old man succumbed to his injury in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital on Tuesday, taking the toll in the ongoing unrest since June 11 to 58 even as authorities lifted curfew from the vall

The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Omar Abdullah, will chair the high-level meeting on Saturday to take stock of the situation.

On Friday, Mr Abdullah cancelled the unified command meeting

Curfew was imposed in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as curfew-defying mobs pelted stones at police and paramilitary vehicles and security forces resorted to firing, injuring two protesters.

"Except

The home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said on Friday the government was committed to reactivating the political process in Jammu and Kashmir and would be "very happy" if hardline separatist leader, Mr

The Centre has decided to send nearly 2000 Central paramilitary force personnel to violence-hit Kashmir Valley while another 3,200, currently based in the state, will be redeployed in trouble-torn are

Violence on Tuesday erupted in Srinagar and Budgam districts of the Kashmir Valley where protestors clashed with security forces who opened fire leaving a youth dead and five others injured.

Curfew remained clamped on Sunday in violence-hit Kashmir Valley as security forces maintained a close vigil on the situation, which continued to be tense following the death of six persons since Frid

A protester was killed on Sunday in revolt-hit Kashmir, taking to seven the number of young men shot dead by security forces in three days of street clashes, police said.

The latest casualties mark t

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, on Saturday met the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, here, their first meeting after the recent unrest in the Kashmir Valley, and is understood