AP SRINAGAR, India: The Indian army said Monday it lost one soldier in a shooting from the Pakistani side of Kashmir along the heavily guarded frontier.

In disturbing news there have been reports of yet another ceasefire violation by Pakistani military, this time on the Line of Control that separates Jammu & Kashmir from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The firing is believed to have killed one Army jawan.
Army officials said they were investigating the report that Pakistani soldiers had opened unprovoked fire today on the Line of Control in Salotari in Mendhar, Poonch. This is said to have occured in the morning (May 19) around 7 am. The firing allegedly came from the 'Ghoda' Pakistani post and one Army jawan of the Gurkha Rifles who was deployed on the Indian side, died in the firing.

PTI SRINAGAR: Noting that the confidence building measures initiated by India and Pakistan have been “confined to the divided families of the undivided

By Sajjad Malik ISLAMABAD: Kashmir-specific confidence-building measures (CBMs) making the Line of Control (LoC) irrelevant will lead to the solution of the

The so called separatist leadership has lived comfortably over the years in Kashmir Valley. New Delhi has been directly or indirectly providing them material and social support. The main reason one could see behind this had been intentions to find some means to stand politically before the tallness of Sheikh Abdullah and hence his National Conference. The Congress and other parties well knew that they can not win against Sheikh Abdullah. Sheikh Abdullah had ofcourse pioneered the cause of Kashmir as a special segment of India and had won the heart support of the locals. Hence to keep Sheikh and later on his National Conference weak some methods had to be used by other political

New Delhi, May 16: Serial blasts in Jaipur together with violent incidents in Samba and Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir have forced Pakistan Peoples’ Party vice-president Makhdoom Amin Faheem to abandon his trip to Kashmir.
Quoting sources, local news agency KNS reported that PPP vice-president Makhdoom Amin Faheem, who is currently in New Delhi, was all set to visit Gulmarg in Kashmir for a few days leisure trip. However, in the wake of recent incidents of violence in Jaipur, Samba and Keran sector, he has decided not to come here.
blasts in Rajasthan’s Pink City Jaipur, expressed Pakistan’s condolences over the loss of life in these blasts.

Till the formation of a democratic government in Pakistan it appeared that its attitude is positive towards India. Joint president of PPP, Asif Ali Zardari had indicated that Pakistan would develop better relations with India. Throwing the disputed matters in dustbin he had expressed his intention to make the bilateral relations good. But recently the Pakistani Prime Minister expressed the necessity of public opinion on Kashmir issue. Gilani had told that the sacrifice for Kashmir would not be useless. Zardari who was ready to leave Kashmir issue for next generation does not hesitate to tell India a better friend, but on some disputed issues his intention is not clear. It

Far away in the remote northwest, beyond the main Kashmir Valley, is Tangdhar in the Karnah tehsil of the Kupwara district—accessible by a single road link that traverses breathtaking snow-clad mountains, pristine rivulets, dense coniferous forests and a pass at an altitude of 10,500 ft.
This rugged valley is surrounded on three sides by the Line of Control (LOC) and beyond that is Pakistan.
hole of Kashmir Valley,” said Khawar Jamsheed, the contractor who built the hostel.

By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Srinagar, May 16: The Army on Friday claimed that yet another infiltration bid from across the Line of Control in Jammu and