Srinagar, July 4 : Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) named Dhruva (Pole Star), a light (5.5t class) multi-role and multi-mission helicopter has proved useful for security forces in Kashmir.

Srinagar  - More than 50 people were injured - including 13 in a grenade attack by Muslim militants - in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday during protests by Hindus angry over officials revoking a land transfer to a popular Hindu pilgrimage, police said.

Jammu, a Hindu majority region in the mostly Muslim state, has seen violent protests over the past fortnight, first by Muslims against the land transfer and later by Hindus angry that the order was withdrawn.

Srinagar, July 02 : Normal life resumed in the Kashmir valley today with the revocation of the forest land transfer to the Amarnath shrine board yesterday by the State Cabinet and the separatists calling off their nine days strike.

Normal business activities have resumed and educational institutions have been reopened.

Vehicular traffic and inter-district bus services, which were at a standstill during the agitation, were back on the roads as State and Central Government offices and banks resumed work today.

Srinagar, Kashmir - At least seven suspected Muslim militants and an Indian army officer were killed in a gun-battle in India-administered Kashmir, officials said Wednesday.

Srinagar, July 1 : The ongoing protests in various parts of the Jammu and Kashmir have left many pilgrims stranded in the valley.

The pilgrims are blaming the government authorities for poor

A large number of pilgrims are fuming with anger here over the government authorities’ poor transport and accommodation arrangements.

The pilgrims, returning from the revered Amarnath shrine are desperate to return homes at the earliest.

Srinagar, July 1 : As various political groups are busy fanning communal passions through protests and violence in Jammu and Kashmir state over 100 acre forest land transfer issue, scores of Muslims are holding Langar (free community kitchen) for the stranded Amaranath pilgrims here.

Thousands of pilgrims, who either have returned from the holy cave Amarnath or were on their way to the cave, were stranded in Srinagar due to the continuous violent protests.

The fraternal gesture by members of the Muslim community here is setting an example of how general public feels for each other especially during crisis irrespective of each other’s religious faith in the Kashmir valley.