Srinagar, July 31: Security forces on Thursday unearthed a 1.5 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Amarnath Yatra route and defused it.

Jammu, July 30 : Jammu continued to observe a shutdown for the seventh consecutive day called by the Shri Amarnath Shrine Samiti against the revocation of State Government’s order to transfer forestland to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.

All shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed and traffic was off the roads.

Srinagar, July 30 : In a respite to traders of Jammu and Kashmir, the State Government today ordered amendment of Rule 28 of the State''s Value Added Tax (VAT).

Which will in result extend the date for filing of returns by dealers not exceeding 30 days from the due date in the wake of extraordinary circumstances.

According to an official spokesman, the government has decided to extend the date of filing of returns by the dealers for the first quarter of the year 2008-09 by a period of
30 days.

Srinagar, India - Pakistani troops fired across the line of control that divides India- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Indian defence sources said Wednesday.

The incident took place in the Kupwara sector of the line of control, the de-facto border, sources in the Jammu and Kashmir state capital Srinagar said. More details were awaited, they added.

Fierce clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops along the border on Monday and Tuesday left one Indian soldier dead.

The fighting that lasted more than 16 hours stopped Tuesday, and a meeting was held between Indian and Pakistani troops.

Jammu, July 29 : Jammu continued to observe a shutdown for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, even as the authorities lifted curfew.

All shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed and traffic was off the roads.

The capital had been reeling placed under curfew following violent protests over the revocation of forestland transfer order to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.

Jammu, July 29 : As Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire in Kashmir for the second time in three days, Lieutenant General RK Karwal, General Officer in Commanding, 16 Corps, today said this was an attempt by Pakistan to disrupt the peace process between the two countries.

Speaking to reporters here, Lt. General Karwal accused the Pakistani Army of resorting to desperate unprovoked violations of the November 2003 ceasefire.