Kupwara Clashes

A police case has been filed against 16 army soldiers, including three officers, for assaulting policemen at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Terrorist Mannan Wani, one of the top men of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara, sources said. The police are yet to confirm his death but clashes have already broken out in some pockets of the district.

An Army commando was killed and another injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, while a civilian there was killed when security forces opened fire in a clash with protesters, officials said.

In Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, which has seen fierce protests and clashes in the past week, a government circular asks all WhatsApp groups to register themselves within 10 days.

Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag Tuesday visited north Kashmir's Kupwara district where five people were killed last week in clashes with security forces.

Three army bunkers were removed this morning from Kashmir's Handwara, where clashes between locals and security forces led to a cycle of violence in which five people have been killed so far.

Authorities today lifted restrictions in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, while the curbs on the movement of people in Kupwara continued for the fifth day following killing of five persons in security forces action since Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today visited Kupwara, where she met the family of the 15-year-old boy who died in police firing on Friday. The mother of the girl, whose alleged molestation triggered the fresh wave of unrest in the Valley this week which cost has 5 lives, has said she is being illegally detained by the police.

As tension prevailed in Kashmir on the fourth day, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today sought to pacify situation by visiting the families of those killed since Tuesday in firing by security forces and assured them of justice amid her assertion that such incidents are "unacceptable".

A class 11 student was killed and seven persons were injured in Kashmir on Friday as security forces opened fire on protesters in Kupwara in clashes that mirrored the deaths in Handwara three days ago.

A police case has been filed against 16 army soldiers, including three officers, for assaulting policemen at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Terrorist Mannan Wani, one of the top men of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara, sources said. The police are yet to confirm his death but clashes have already broken out in some pockets of the district.

An Army commando was killed and another injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, while a civilian there was killed when security forces opened fire in a clash with protesters, officials said.

In Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, which has seen fierce protests and clashes in the past week, a government circular asks all WhatsApp groups to register themselves within 10 days.

Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag Tuesday visited north Kashmir's Kupwara district where five people were killed last week in clashes with security forces.

Three army bunkers were removed this morning from Kashmir's Handwara, where clashes between locals and security forces led to a cycle of violence in which five people have been killed so far.

Authorities today lifted restrictions in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, while the curbs on the movement of people in Kupwara continued for the fifth day following killing of five persons in security forces action since Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today visited Kupwara, where she met the family of the 15-year-old boy who died in police firing on Friday. The mother of the girl, whose alleged molestation triggered the fresh wave of unrest in the Valley this week which cost has 5 lives, has said she is being illegally detained by the police.

As tension prevailed in Kashmir on the fourth day, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today sought to pacify situation by visiting the families of those killed since Tuesday in firing by security forces and assured them of justice amid her assertion that such incidents are "unacceptable".

A class 11 student was killed and seven persons were injured in Kashmir on Friday as security forces opened fire on protesters in Kupwara in clashes that mirrored the deaths in Handwara three days ago.