Kashmir violence News

According to an intelligence dossier, the ISI held a high-level secret meeting on May 14 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) that was attended by Lashkar-e-Toiba trainers and terror guides.

More than retaliation, the strikes sent a chilling warning – echoes of a region once again simmering dangerously close to the edge.

Anantnag- Stone pelting after Eid prayers. The security forces chased away the stone pelters. Security was tightened in the area.

The National Conference (NC) MP Farooq Abdullah said that fifth war with Pakistan not solution to peace in Kashmir. Watch full video to know more.

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday issued a stern warning for those who are “misleading” the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.

The muscular approach of 2015 has been followed by confidence building in the Northeast, and this could be a viable option to be replicated in Jammu and Kashmir and the LWE-affected states.

The NIA on Friday began its preliminary probe against top Hurriyat leaders for allegedly receiving funds from Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jamaat-Ud-Dawaah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and others to foment violence in J&K.

"We didn`t have forces deployed in the area. We are investigating the matter," a senior police officer told IANS here.

The internet services have been suspended in the entire Kashmir Valley till the conclusion of the by-poll for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat on April 12.

"With the situation largely under control now, it is right time for government to order an inquiry by a retired Judge," state BJP spokesman Sunil Sethi said.

 A 24-year-old youth was on Thursday killed by a "stray bullet" near the site of an encounter between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.

Public transport has resumed plying at many places in Kashmir and shops have been gradually reopening as more people are now carrying out their day to day activities giving a semblance of normalcy in the Valley despite a strike called by separatists.

After being suspended for over four months due to unrest, train services in the Kashmir Valley resumed partially on Thursday, officials said.

After withdrawal of Rs 500/1000 notes, there has been a decline in violence instigated by separatists in the Kashmir Valley.

Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday said he told BJP leader Yashwant Sinha that the government should release all separatist leaders and others arrested during an ongoing unrest as a precursor to beginning negotiations on how to solve the Kashmir issue.

National Panthers Party chief Harsh Dev Singh criticized the meeting of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi and Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Tuesday and alleged that Islamabad has used Hurriyat to vitiate the peace in Kashmir.

Masked youths torched two public transport vehicles on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.

The ongoing unrest in Kashmir, triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces, on Sunday completed 100 days even as the Valley remained curfew-free in view of the improvement in the situation.

The Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 88th consecutive day on Tuesday and life remained paralyzed as authorities made heavy deployments of security forces here and other areas.

The Kashmir Valley on Thursday remained shut for the 83rd consecutive day with heavy security deployment in Srinagar and other parts as the separatists have issued another weekly protest calendar extending the shutdown till October 6.