Families of two persons killed in a road mishap caused by stone-pelting in Shopian district last week have been given Rs 5 lakh each as ex-gratia relief by the Jammu and Kashmir government.

Following a spurt in infiltration bids by militants ahead of winter, authorities have imposed night curfew in areas close to the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

The orders

Alleging negligence in rescuing a boy who drowned in a pond near the venue of a public meeting of Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, protestors threw stones at vehicles after he left the site

One person was killed and five others were injured when security forces allegedly opened fire to quell stone-pelting mobs in Budgam district of central Kashmir on Friday. The fresh protests came even

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday registered two cases against unidentified persons for uploading "morphed pictures" on prominent social networking sites to incite people against security forces in

Curfew continued in Srinagar city for the second day on Wednesday while it was extended to two towns in Anantnag district following violent clashes between protesters and security forces in these area

Curfew was clamped in parts of Srinagar in the wee hours on Tuesday as violence erupted on Monday night after security forces allegedly opened fire on a stone-pelting mob. Curfew was clamped in eight

Terming the situation in Jammu and Kashmir as "extremely serious", the CPI(M) on Monday said it was shocked by the heavy death toll in the violence in the state.

"The situation is extremely serious.

Fed up with repeated strikes by separatists in Kashmir Valley, shopkeepers are up in arms against protestors, who are tasting their own bitter pill as locals are attacking them with stones.

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Stone-pelting protestors clashed with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir, forcing CRPF to open fire in which one person succumbed to his injuries. Police said that CRPF troops of 177 batt