Jammu and Kashmir

ONI Bureau:  The CPI-M announced on Monday that it will not take part in the upcoming Panchayat Polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Ghulam Nabi Malik, the state Secretary of the party, said here that the Central government's decision to go ahead…

ONI Bureau:  A protest shutdown called by the separatists affected life adversely across the Kashmir Valley on Monday. Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad…

ONI Bureau:  An Indian Army soldier was killed on Saturday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Ministry sources said. The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire in Laam area of Nowshera sector earlier…

ONI Bureau:  Five militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said. Upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of militants, the security forces on Friday night…

ONI Bureau:  Seventeen people were killed when a mini bus plunged into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Friday, police said. Eight others were injured in the accident in Thakrie area. It reportedly took place…

ONI Bureau:  Eight militants, three of them Pakistanis, were killed on Thursday in three separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir, one of which also injured 12 police and paramilitary personnel and soldiers. While three were killed near…

ONI Bureau:  Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said. Upon receiving a tip-off about the holed-up militants, the security forces cordoned off the…

ONI Bureau: The People's Democratic Party on Monday said it will not contest the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the government to review its decision to hold elections amid an atmosphere of insecurity.…

ONI Bureau:  A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, authorities said on Saturday. An unidentified number of militants attacked a police post in Achabal area on…

Militants abducted two more relatives of Jammu and Kashmir policemen on Friday taking the number to 11 within the last three days, an official said. Even when the security forces were working their strategy to recover the hostages…