Jammu, Sept 14 : Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission officials today said that the state was ready to hold the next Assembly polls, as work was going on in full swing.

Earlier, Central Election Commission (CEC) officials held a meeting with political parties in the state on September 8 to decide the poll dates for Jammu and Kashmir.

Officials said that they would be all ready to hold the polls in a few days.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Suspected Muslim militants on Saturday killed a trooper in Srinagar, capital of India-administered Kashmir where continuing clashes between separatist protestors and police left 30 wounded, officials said.

The trooper belonging to the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force was shot dead at point-blank range by unidentified militants in the Safa Kadal area, local police said.

The city also saw clashes between security forces and mobs angry over killings of two civilians in police firing at pro-independence rallies on Friday.

Police cane-charged stone-pelting protestors shouting anti-India slogans. Local officials estimated that at least 30 people were injured in three such clashes in the city.

Srinagar, Sept 13 : The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday called for self-reliance in power generation by optimum development of the hydel potential of the State as it would lead to overall economic development.

At 51st board meeting of the State Power Development Corporation in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir Governor, N N Vohra, said, “Mini and micro hydel projects hold the key for meeting power requirements, particularly in remote areas.”

During the meeting, working of the Power Development Corporation was reviewed and the board members discussed various issues regarding power generation, transmission and maintenance according to reports.

Srinagar, Sept 13: Violent clashes between security forces and agitators continued for the second day today in Maisuma area of Srinagar.

Several slogan-shouting protesters took out a procession from Maisuma locality. The protesters were intercepted by CRPF personnel who used batons to disperse them, triggering intense clashes as the agitators indulged in stone pelting, official sources said.

So far, there were no report of any injury in the clashes, but several persons were beaten up by paramilitary forces.

Meanwhile, curfew continued for the second day in Shopian and Baramulla district towns where one person each was killed in security forces' firing on protesters on Friday.

Srinagar, Kashmir - At least five suspected Muslim militants were killed in separate encounters in Indian-administered Kashmir where people participated in protests called by separatist leaders on Friday, officials said.

The Indian army said three militants belonging to the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami were killed in a gunbattle in the southern district of Kishtwar, some 230 kilometres east of Jammu, the state's winter capital.