Geelani Invited For Birmingham Conference

SRINAGAR: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has been invited to participate in a Kashmir related international conference on 27th May in Birmingham.

The dignitaries affiliated to NGO, eminent political leaders and ambassadors from different countries are schedule to attend the said conference, a Hurriyat G spokesman said.

Syed Ali Geelani while accepting the invitation, has agreed to attend the said summit.

One BSF jawan killed in militant attack on convoy in Srinagar

Srinagar: A BSF jawan was killed and two others injured in a militant attack on their convoy in the outskirts of Srinagar today, police said.

The ultras opened fire on the convoy of 8th Battalion BSF near Chanapora bridge in the outskirts of Srinagar this morning, resulting in injuries to three constables, the police said.

Omar angry at netizens' silence on youth killing by militant

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday lashed out at netizens who maintained silence over the killing of a teenaged boy by militants in Sopore town yesterday but had showed outrage against killing of a youth in security forces firing last week.

"Militants chase an 18-year-old boy in to a mosque and shoot him. Imagine the outrage if this had been done by security forces," Abdullah wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Militants who posed as cricketers to attack CRPF camp were from Pakistan: government

Delhi/Srinagar: Two militants who entered a paramilitary camp in Srinagar dressed in cricket uniforms and killed five jawans were most likely from Pakistan, said Home Secretary RK Singh.

The militants were shot dead. "Prima facie, the terrorists appear to be from across the border and were Pakistani nationals ," Mr Singh told reporters.