Srinagar, Oct 20 : A high-level official team from Pakistan will visit Baglihar dam today for an on-the-spot assessment of the water level in Chenab river.

The team will also inspect water storage in the Baglihar dam, besides the water flow in the river.

Pakistan has blamed India for blocking River Chenab''s flow in order to fill the Baglihar dam on the occasion of its inauguration.

Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah, who arrived here on Saturday, is leading the delegation.

During their two-day visit, Shah is also scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart G Ranganathan on the issue of Chenab river water sharing and other related subjects.

Srinagar, Oct 18 : Three militants were killed in a fierce gun battle as army troops foiled the sixth infiltration bid in 10 days along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

A group of three to four militants crossed the LoC in a forward area of Keri sub-sector of Rajouri district on Saturday afternoon, a senior army official said adding, as they reached between the LoC and border fencing, alert troops laid a cordon in the area and launched an operation to track them down.

A gun battle followed in which three militants were killed, he said.

Srinagar, Oct 17: At least 20 people, including six policemen, were wounded in Srinagar, when police clashed with hundreds of separatist protesting against the Government on Friday.

The Jammu-Kashmir Coordination Committee, a new alliance of Muslim separatists and representatives of businessmen and lawyers, called for the protests after Friday prayers.

"I have collectively appealed to the Kashmiri''s that they should not sell their land either to the Government or to fellow Kashmiris for business purpose. Because if we do not want to be economically dependent then we have to create our own resources and land is important for that, " said Yasin Malik, separatist leader who led the march in the heart of Srinagar.

Srinagar, Oct. 17 : The Jammu and Kashmir Governor N. N. Vohra has given a call to revive the historical silk route for bilateral trade to usher in a new chapter of cordial relations between India, Pakistan and other nations in central Asia.

Governor Vohra was making the inaugural address at the 4-day International Conference ''Dynamics and Revival of Silk-route: Perspective, Challenges and Opportunities'' hosted at the campus Kashmir University on Tuesday (October 14).

Srinagar/Jammu, Oct 15: Politicians and residents have given mixed reactions to the Election Commission''s decision to buy more time to decide on the poll dates in Jammu and Kashmir.

Leaders of the state's National Conference party backed the decision.

"I think it is a right decision because Jammu and Kashmir is a sensitive state. Here, whenever elections are held it should be credible one. There is no doubt that the security situation is improving, but the Election Commission should ensure that there should be people participation as only when people participation is there we will consider elections as credible," said Raheem Rather, a senior leader of National Conference.

Srinagar, Oct. 14 : The recent turbulence in the Kashmir valley which saw curfews, Bandhs (closures) and agitations affecting normal life over Amarnath land row has affected traders specializing in wedding garments.

Many of the already scheduled weddings had been either cancelled or performed in an austere manner.