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Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed after snow avalanche blocks Jawahar tunnel, rescue ops on to evacuate people
•A snow avalanche hit Jawahar tunnel and has blocked both tubes of the tunnel from Qazigund side
J&K local body polls: Poor turnout, poll-related violence will tarnish India's image and further alienate populace
Fp Editors •Poor turnout will tarnish India's image and the poll-related violence will further burden our security forces and exacerbate the alienation of Kashmiris
BJP wins 60 seats unopposed in volatile Kashmir; party likely to control at least 7 ULBs as NC, PDP boytcott elections
Sameery •For the first time in the electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to take control of at least seven municipal committees in Kashmir Valley without even contesting the elections
Three encounters on in Jammu & Kashmir; 2 militants gunned down in Budgam, soldier among 2 killed in Dooru
Fp Staff •With three simultaneous encounters underway in Jammu and Kashmir between security forces and militants, an army soldier, a civilian, and a militant have been killed.
Kulgam encounter: Civilian killed, 10 injured in clashes after security forces kill top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Gulzar Paddar
•A civilian was killed and 10 others were injured Saturday in clashes between protestors and security forces following an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, in which five militants including top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Gulzar Paddar were killed
Hizbul commander among five terrorists killed in fierce encounter in Kulgam's Chowgam; search ops launched
Fp Staff •In Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, five terrorists were killed in an encounter that started late on Friday night in Chowgam area of Qazigund town and went on till Saturday morning.
Dry spell in Jammu and Kashmir likely to end soon; MeT dept forecasts rain, snow over next two days
•The intense cold wave continued in Kashmir on Saturday with mercury staying several degrees below the freezing point
Jammu and Kashmir's Leh witnesses season's coldest night; IMD says mercury likely to drop further
•Leh was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir as the cold wave persisting in the valley and Ladakh region with the minimum temperature going down
Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil witnesses season's coldest night; IMD says mercury likely to drop further
•Kashmir Valley continued to reel under intense cold wave as the mercury settled several degrees below freezing point at all weather stations
In Jammu and Kashmir, a mother laments death of her militant son: 'I could not bring him back and it will haunt me forever'
Sameery •Since the day her son disappeared in January—after which he joined the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—Mehmooda Wani made frantic and often desperate attempts to locate her youngest son, thinking up ways of persuading him to give up arms and come home.