Violence erupts in Kashmir over death of a student

September 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Kashmir University launches first trilingual English-Kashmiri-Hindi online dictionary, containing over 12,000 words, to promote Kashmiri language. Christened as 'Kashmiri Zaban.com, the dictionary has been compiled by university's department of linguistics making use of three scripts, Roman for English, Devanagri for Hindi and Modified Persio-Arabic for Kashmiri.

August 29th, 2009 RAMJIBANPU - A student died in police firing after violence broke out following a road accident in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Saturday. A motorbike driver was killed in a head-on collision with a truck and a group of enraged residents had set the truck and a police vehicle on fire.

August 10th, 2009 JAMMU - A complete shutdown is being observed here following the call given by the Central University Andolan Samiti (CUAS) on Monday over the issue of the site for the central university. Reportedly, the CUAS, a student group supported by traders and other groups, call comes after they failed to procure a written assurance from the government that the university would be established in the Jammu region.

August 7th, 2009 VARANASI - Residents in Varanasi resort to violence after a 14-year-old schoolgirl was killed after being mowed down by a speeding truck on Friday. The accident happened in the Mudela area when Pooja Patel, a schoolgirl studying in 9th class, was riding the pillion on her brother's motorbike.

July 16th, 2009 Srinagar, July 16 (ANI): People in Srinagar on Thursday took to streets protesting over two Kashmiri youths, who have been missing since July 7 from New Delhi. According to locals, two Kashmiri students Zahoor Ahmad and Showkat Ahmad Malik have been missing from New Delhi since July 7 and July 9 respectively.

July 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A Kashmiri woman has died after she was allegedly assaulted by a Territorial Army man in a north Kashmir border village, an official said Thursday. Ashiq Hussain of the 160 battalion Territorial Army has been arrested after the family of the woman alleged that he Wednesday night barged into their house at Dolipora village in Kupwara, about 100 km from here.

July 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Violent protests brought normal life to a complete standstill in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday after a missing youth was found murdered in an old city area triggering a fresh wave of violence in an already vitiated atmosphere. At least 20 people were injured in the fresh violence, which follows the violent stirs over the mysterious rape and murder of two women in a south Kashmir village in May and killing of four protesters in alleged police firing in north Kashmir's Baramulla and Sopore towns last month.

July 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Violent protests brought normal life to a complete standstill in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Wednesday after the body of a youth who was missing for the past five days was found in an old city area. At least 20 people were injured in the fresh violence, which follows the violent stirs over the mysterious rape and murder of two women in a south Kashmir village in May and killing of four protesters in alleged police firing in north Kashmir's Baramulla and Sopore towns last month.

June 17th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A group of women activists under the banner of a separatist group took out a protest march in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, over the alleged rape and murder of two young women at Shopian and also in opposition to the presence of armed forces in the Kashmir valley. Led by Farida Behanjee, Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement (JKMM), the group marched down the streets of Srinagar shouting slogans and demanding immediate arrest of the guilty.

June 4th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Separatists continued a protest strike in Kashmir on Thursday over the death of two women, by alleging that they have been killed by security forces. The strike, which entered the fourth day, has now started taking a toll on the valley's business.

May 30th, 2009 SRINAGAR - At least 50 people, including 10 policemen, were injured in violent protests in Shopian town of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday after the death of two young women under mysterious circumstances. A senior police officer said bodies of Neelofar, 25 and Asiya Jan, 18, were recovered from a field near a stream in village Nagbal near Shopian, 58 km from here, Saturday morning.

May 15th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir academy of Art Culture and Languages is running courses to facilitate the revival of rare calligraphic work. The Academy is providing all facilities to the students including notebooks, pens, charts, and black ink during the three year's course for calligraphy diploma.

May 14th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The art of calligraphy is on a revival mode in Jammu and Kashmir, after the State's Academy of Art, Culture and Languages started running courses to facilitate the revival of rare calligraphic work. The academy is providing all facilities to the students, including notebooks, pens, charts, and black ink during the three years course for calligraphy diploma.

April 2nd, 2009 JAMMU - Bollywood is fast resuming its honeymoon with the picturesque Kashmir Valley - once the most favoured location for filmmakers in the country. Several film units have already started shooting in Kashmir, which has been in the clutches of violence since 1989, when insurgency erupted in the Muslim-dominated valley.

February 13th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Those who advocate violence should learn from the people of Jammu and Kashmir who expressed their faith in democracy by participating in the state assembly polls, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi said Saturday while inaugurating the new Srinagar International Airport here. 'Those sowing seeds of hatred among communities are actualy friends of none.