Srinagar, Kashmir - At least 12 Islamic militants and three government troops were killed in combat near India's de facto border with Pakistan in disputed Kashmir, officials said Saturday.
The clash started on Thursday night when soldiers intercepted a group of armed rebels who had crossed the Line of Control into northern Kupwara district in India-administered Kashmir.
"Twelve militants, a colonel and two soldiers of the Indian army were killed in the gunbattle which went on for more than 36 hours," Lieutenant Colonel AK Mathur said.
On board a special aircraft, Aug 23: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said that India will not accept any "prescriptive conditionalities" to get an exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to operationalise the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
Mukherjee said so to reporters while accompanying President Pratibha Patil on her two-day visit to West Bengal on board a special aircraft.
New Delhi: People of Jammu and Srinagar have displayed an enormous capacity to be active, demonstrating and venting their anger against each other during the last two months.
The basic issue that sparked off the demonstrations was the transfer of 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, mainly in Baltal, to set up pre-fabricated structures for the use of pilgrims. But the controversy has now grown beyond the issue of the transfer of land.
Lahore, Aug 23: Pakistan’s Indus Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah has alleged that India was filling the Baglihar Dam in clear violation of the Indus Basin Water Treaty, bringing the inflow in Chenab River down to a historic low of 20,000 cusecs.
This has forced Pakistan to launch a protest with India’s Indus Commissioner, he added.
“Although the Indians can fill the dam between June 21 and Aug 31, they can only do so by releasing at least 55,000 cusecs downstream. We made a call to the Indian Indus Basin Water Treaty Commissioner who promised to get back after checking the facts from irrigation authorities in occupied Kashmir,” the Dawn quoted Ali Shah as saying.
Srinagar, Aug 23: A four-member committee set up by Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra will be holding its first round of talks with the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS) here today to discuss the five-point agenda submitted by the government to the Samiti.
The four-member committee side is headed by Tilak Raj Sharma while the government side is headed by the former Chief Secretary, S. S. Bloeria. He is now Adviser to the Governor.
Srinagar, Kashmir - At least 12 Islamic militants and three government troops were killed in combat near India's de facto border with Pakistan in disputed Kashmir, officials said Saturday.
On board a special aircraft, Aug 23: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said that India will not accept any "prescriptive conditionalities" to get an exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to operationalise the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
New Delhi: People of Jammu and Srinagar have displayed an enormous capacity to be active, demonstrating and venting their anger against each other during the last two months. 
Srinagar, Aug 23: A four-member committee set up by Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra will be holding its first round of talks with the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS) here today to discuss the five-point agenda submitted by the government to the Samiti.
