The US policy has been that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and it is up to the two countries to decide on the pace and scope of the talks on the issue
Arun Jaitley condemns the killing as a 'dastardly act' of cowardice
As the months pass, violence is claiming an ever-widening compass of victims in Kashmir
While one terrorist was killed on Sunday during a gunfight between security forces in Lawdara village, about 55 km from Srinagar, another was killed this morning
The minister said that the region has been facing terror incidents for the past 35 years and security forces were dealing with them effectively
It occurred during Cong press meet in Lucknow to highlight shortcomings of Modi govt
This year, Army foiled 24 infiltration attempts killing 41 armed intruders along the Line of Control
The slain terrorists were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit
The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Tikken area of Pulwama in south Kashmir after receiving a specific information about the presence of militants
The posters calling for shutdown also appeared a day before Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Parliament that normalcy had returned to the valley
The identity of the slain militant is yet to be ascertained
Kumar was also involved in looting banks and other terrorist activities in the south Kashmir region
Two of the slain militants were locals affiliated with the Zakir Musa group
The encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in North Kashmir's Kupwara district late Sunday evening
Incriminating materials including #goods bearing #Pakistani #marks recovered. Involved in #terrorcrimes.
Zahoor Ahmad Thoker, a resident of Pulwama, was reported absconding since Wednesday night
Hailing from Muzaffarnagar, Kumar was involved in attacks on policemen in the Valley
We worked for 10 years to bring peace in Kashmir, says Rahul Gandhi
Another youth was injured in the incident, but doctors termed his condition as stable
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP today termed the lodging of an FIR against Army personnel over the killing of two youth, allegedly in firing by jawans, in Shopian as "unfortunate and disgusting" asserting that nothing should be done that demoralises the forces. The issue was also raised in the state Assembly by a BJP MLA who demanded the FIR be withdrawn as a magisterial probe was already ordered in the incident. The J&K Police had yesterday registered an FIR under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Ranbir Penal Code against personnel of the 10, Garhwal unit of the Army over the deaths of two youths, allegedly in Army firing, in Shopian last week. State BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta in a statement termed as "unfortunate and disgusting", the lodging of the FIR against a major and other personnel on the charge of murder and attempt to murder by the state government when no FIR was lodged or enquiry ordered against the stone ...