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Thirteen injured in grenade attack by militants in Bhaderwah

Militant hand garnade attackJammu, July 2 : Curfew was imposed in Samba District and Bhaderwah City of Jammu after 27 people were injured in group clashes and 13 people were injured in a grenade attack by militants on a rally today.

Unidentified militants hurled a grenade on 400 Bharatiya Janata Party activists and temple committee members returning to Laxmi Narain mandir in Bhaderwah City after a rally, sources said.

They said 13 people including a CRPF policeman were injured. Four of them who were in critical condition, were admitted to a local hospital.

50 injured in Hindu protests over shrine land in Indian Kashmir

Hindu ProtestSrinagar  - 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over the past fortnight, first by Muslims against the land transfer and later by Hindus angry that the order was withdrawn.

Kashmir valley limps back to normalcy, Jammu still tense

Jammu & KashmirSrinagar, 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.

Mukherjee calls on Mubarak, discusses possibility of greater bilateral cooperation

Pranab MukherjeeSharm El Sheikh, July 2 : Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and discussed the possibility of enhancing existing bilateral ties between the two countries.

The meeting which took place in the resort town of Sharm El Sheikh, lasted for about half an hour. Both the leaders discussed bilateral relationship between India and Egypt in the context of recent ministerial visit.

President Mubarak talked of India’s growth and progress, and possibilities of greater economic cooperation and trade between the two countries.

Ten injured in separate incidents of clashes in Jammu

Jammu, July 2 : A day after the curfew was imposed in Jammu, ten people were injured in separate incidents of clashes with the police in Jammu while protesting against the revocation of the transfer of forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.

The police fired in the air in Muthi area after baton charge failed to disperse protesters who defied the curfew orders.

Protestors from Muthi, Purkhoo and Naurkhoo areas in Jammu, held rallies and blocked Jammu-Poonch and Jammu-Srinagar highways and demanded action against policemen involved in Tuesday's firing in which three persons were seriously wounded.

More than 4 million truckers go on strike in India

New Delhi - More than four million Indian truckers began an indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest high taxes and rising fuel bills, officials said. 

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