Srinagar Militancy

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  Kashmiri Muslims In Bandipore Celebrate Shivratri, Want Pandits To Return

  An ancient Shiv temple in Bandipore's Sumbal town on the banks of Jhelum hasn't had devotees on Shivratri for years. Not after Kashmiri Pandits fled the town 25 km from Srinagar during the peak of the militancy in the early nineties. Friday morning was different.

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  Unexpected Victims of Kashmir's Deadly Encounters: Children

  Junaid Ahmad Dar, 13, had found a new toy in his neighbourhood last week. It had a clock in it, he had told his mother. But as he tried to hang it on his bedroom wall, it blew up, killing him and injuring his mother Dilsida Begum.

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  Political Leaders Skip Wreath-Laying Ceremony of CRPF Jawans Shot Dead in Srinagar

  Jammu bade goodbye today to the two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans who were shot dead in a terrorist attack in Kashmirs Anantnag district on Sunday. But the glaring absence of any political leader at the wreath-laying ceremony turned their grief into rage.

• Two terrorists holed up in house near Srinagar, heavy firing on

  Heavy firing is being exchanged between two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and security forces in Ahmadnagar on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Srinagar militant attack: police identify alleged terrorists, put up posters seeking information

  The police in Jammu and Kashmir claim to have identified three militants involved in the brutal attack on an Army convoy in Srinagar in which eight soldiers were killed and 13 others were injured last month.

• After soldier was shot dead by Kashmir militants, wife killed herself

  For Sepoy Adwaita Nandi's family, it has been a double tragedy. The 29-year-old soldier died in Monday's militant attack in Srinagar, in which seven other Army men were killed and 13 others were injured. His wife, unable to bear his loss, killed herself just a day after.

• A day after militant strike, PM, Sonia Gandhi visit Srinagar

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a rally in Kishtwar this morning, nearly 200 km from Srinagar, where eight soldiers were killed in an attack by militants on Monday.

• A day after 8 killed in terror strike, PM, Sonia Gandhi to visit Kashmir today

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go ahead with his visit to Kashmir on Tuesday despite the terror attack in Srinagar on Monday.

• One militant killed, two cops wounded in South Kashmir ambush

  A militant was killed and two members of the counter-insurgency Special operations Group (SOG) of the state police were wounded in a guerrilla ambush in south Kashmir Pulwama district late on Monday evening, police said.

• Militant attack on convoy act of desperation: BSF

  Terming the militant attack on its convoy as an "act of desperation", Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday said there are elements who do not want peace and progress in Jammu and Kashmir.

• Pakistan-made items found on killed terrorists: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde

  The two terrorists killed in Wednesday's attack in Srinagar seemed to be foreign fidayeen (suicide attackers) and items recovered from them appeared to be of Pakistani origin, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Thursday.

• Militants who posed as cricketers to attack CRPF camp were from Pakistan: government

  Two militants who entered a paramilitary camp in Srinagar dressed in cricket uniforms and killed five jawans were most likely from Pakistan, said Home Secretary RK Singh.

• Militants in cricket uniforms entered CRPF camp, opened fire

  Five jawans were killed and another six injured in an attack by militants on a CRPF camp in Srinagar this morning.

• Cop running militant group in J&K arrested; arms, ammunition recovered

  The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a policeman who they say was running a militant group in Srinagar. With the arrest of two people, including constable Abdul Rashid Shigan, the J&K Police claim they have busted the militant module responsible for 13 attacks in Srinagar during the last 18 months.

• Militants attack CRPF patrol in Srinagar, seven injured

  Suspected militants fired at a CRPF patrol group on Wednesday morning, injuring seven personnel.