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The ultras hurled three to four grenades at the Town Hall in Sopore town,52 kms from Srinagar.

Troops busted the hideout in Bharot Ki Gali area of Rajouri district.

"If they (separatists) can hold talks with parliamentarians what is the problem in talking to the Central govt," Omar said.

Railways have completed construction of a crucial tunnel between the Katra-Qazigund section.

The annual convention will deliberate on peace,democracy and Indo-Pak friendship.

Lt Gen Hasnain is familiar with Kashmir as he has served tenures in the Valley before the present assignment.

Hundreds of people staged a protest near the site of the proposed N-power project to be built in collaboration with France-based company Areva.

Shops,private offices and private schools remained closed while public transport was off the roads.

Chhattisgarh gov has launched animated TV spots,highlighting the extent of damages caused due to Naxalite violence.

A senior Army officer briefed Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra about the security situation in the Valley,an official spokesman said.

Thirty people were arrested for dealing in drugs and 11 of them booked under the Public Safety Act.

Jammu and Kashmir government will bring around two lakh nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal families in the state.

After being handed over by Delhi police following his arrest,Abdullah's sustained interrogation has begun.

The protesters were intercepted mid-way by the police and detained at Rajbagh police station.

Four government employees were suspended for remaining absent from their duties in Reasi district.

Indian Air Force will start air courier service to Kargil district in Ladakh from December 6.

Mohammad Riyaz forcibly entered into a house of the victim in Inayatpur area of Nowshera tehsil.

'We have lodged a strong protest with our Pakistani counterparts and asked them to refrain from such acts.'

The condition of the all the injured persons is stated to be stable.

A peaceful solution to insurgency in the the Northeast could be possible through negotiations.

Pak troops had yesterday targetted several Indian posts with rockets and fired indiscriminately.

Several Haryana Sikh leaders are demanding a separate body on the lines of the SGPC for community members in the state.

Police continues to say the militants come from other parts of the Valley,strike in the city and go back.