Srinagar, Oct 13 : Captains of industry in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) have reportedly agreed to set up a joint business chamber, and the use of a dual currency of India and Pakistan for the purpose.

The decision was taken at a four-hour meeting between the visiting delegation of the PoK Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), here last evening.

The meeting was chaired by KCCI President Dr Mubeen Shah and his counterpart from PoK Zulfiqar Abbasi.

Srinagar, Oct 12 : The first ever train service in Kashmir valley commenced on Sunday.

The train left Budgam at 7:10 a. m. and arrived at Anantnag on 8:45 a. m. The train will depart from Budgam at 2:25 p. m. and will reach Anantnag at 4:00 p. m.

The train, which is expected to cover the 66-km in about 1 hour and 35 minutes including stoppage time at various stations, will be run twice a day from either side.

The stoppages are at Budgam, Srinagar, Pampore, Kakapora, Awantipora, Panjgam, Bijbehara, Rajwansher and Anantnag. The fare for the travel is 15 rupees.

The railway line between Srinagar and Jammu is 345 km long and is biggest project of the Indian Railways since independence.

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Srinagar, Oct 11 : Residents of Kashmir Valley on Saturday observed a "civil curfew" to protest Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit and the use of force on peaceful demonstrators.

In Srinagar, transport was off the roads today, while shops, markets and petrol pumps remained closed.

Law enforcement agencies have enforced prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the city, said official sources.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday inaugurated the first-ever train service in the troubled Jammu and Kashmir state as the region was tense amid a shutdown and protests called by separatist leaders that saw two people killed and 75 injured.

Singh, accompanied by ruling United Progressive Alliance chairwoman Sonia Gandhi and other senior officials, flagged off the flower-bedecked train from the Nowgam railway station near the state's summer capital Srinagar.

The train, launched 10 years after the project was commissioned, carried schoolchildren.

Srinagar, Oct 11 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that his government is committed to tackling terrorism, but cautioned against labeling members of any community as terrorists.

Dr. Singh told reporters here on Friday that terrorism posed the biggest threat to the country.