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Kashmir separatists to visit Pakistan for talks with new regime (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Leaders of Indian Kashmir’s moderate separatist alliance will visit Pakistan next month for talks with the newly elected government there, a leading separatist said Thursday.

First woman militant killed in Jammu and Kashmir (New Kerala)

Jammu, May 28 : The Jammu and Kashmir police Wednesday claimed to have gunned down the first woman militant in the state. The police said Samreena Bano and her husband Abu Yashir, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) divisional commander, were killed in a gun battle in Doda district.

Strange world: Rock for peace in Kashmir (The Scotsman)

KASHMIR, the disputed territory split between India and Pakistan, has always been the centre of intense ethnic and religious hatreds and the area is the subject of terrorist a

First woman militant killed in Jammu and Kashmir (Calcutta News)

The Jammu and Kashmir police Wednesday claimed to have gunned down the first woman militant in the state. The police said Samreena Bano and her husband Abu Yashir, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) divisional commander, were killed in a gun battle in Doda district.

Pakistan: US senator visits quake-hit areas of Kashmir (Adnkronos)

Pakistan: US senator visits quake-hit areas of Kashmir (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - United States Senator Russ Feingold on Wednesday visited several areas of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, site of the devastating 2005 earthquake which killed over 73,000 people.The US senator inspected the development and rehabilitation work undertaken by the United States Agency for …

Pix: How Bollywood made Kashmir look stunning (rediff.com)

Bollywood has embraced the stunning valleys of Kashmir with a vengence. Santosh Sivan recently shot Dastaan , starring Rahul Bose, in Kashmir. Raj Kanwar is currently shooting Sadiyaan , a story of love across the Indo-Pak border.

Congress panel on Maharashtra meets Sonia (Calcutta News)

An informal panel of three senior Congress leaders Thursday met party president Sonia Gandhi and discussed the party affairs in Maharashtra.

Murder accused dies in Ghaziabad jail (Calcutta News)

Ravinder Pradhan, accused of murdering university professor Kavita Chaudhary in 2006, died in Dasna jail here Thursday. Jail superintendent V.K. Singh confirmed the undertrial’s death and said Pradhan was rushed to the district hospital after he complained of severe vomiting.

American woman drugged, assaulted in Chennai (Calcutta News)

A US citizen was found ‘drugged and and molested’ in this southern metropolis, the Tamil Nadu police said Thursday.

Ticket prices slashed for IPL semis, final (Calcutta News)

The franchise owners of the Mumbai Indians, who have the rights for the ticket sales for semi-finals and the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played here, have drastically slashed the ticket prices.