Uncertainty clouds trips to the picturesque Kashmir Valley with tour operators witnessing cancellations of advance bookings while new bookings have dried up following the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF troopers in Jammu & Kashmir.


Pulwama fallout: Travel agents, tour operators rue cancellation of bookings to Kashmir


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Despite the Indian Air Force's air strikes early Tuesday, trade across the Line of Control (LoC) continued as usual between the two sides of divided Kashmir.


Air Strike: It's trade as usual across LoC


Although life started limping back to normal in the Valley on Monday after an intense weekend panic, most Kashmiris are keeping their fingers crossed over what might happen next between India and Pakistan.


Fear of war haunts Kashmiris even as weekend panic subsides


The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the Jammu and Kashmir government and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a PIL seeking a policy to safeguard the rights of armed forces personnel in insurgency-hit areas.


Centre, J&K, NHRC to reply on armed forces' rights in insurgency-hit areas


A local court in Tripura on Monday sent to four-day police custody a tribal youth who was arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka for uploading on Facebook video clips supporting the Pulwama terror strike, a police official said.


Tripura youth in 4-day police custody for supporting Pulwama attack


The Jammu and Kashmir police chief said here on Monday the police and the security forces will soon finish militancy in the state.


We will finish militancy soon: J&K police chief


Even by Kashmir's standards, where rumours always travel ahead of news, what happened in the Valley over the weekend was quite unexpected as a run on petrol pumps, grocery stores and chemists was sparked by  the panic, fear and uncertainty that gripped the Valley as nobody had an inkling about what was really going on.


Run on petrol pumps, grocery stores, chemists as rumours spread like bushfire in Valley


Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.


India, Pakistan armies exchange fire on LoC in Poonch district


The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday said Pakistan has not done enough to curb finances of terror groups, which means it continues to remain in 'the grey list', making it difficult for the country to get international loans.


FATF keeps Pakistan in 'grey' list


India has more options than just war to deal with its unruly neighbour Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, former Vice Chief of Indian Army Lt. General Arvinder Singh Lamba said on Friday.


India has more options than war to punish Pakistan: Former Army vice chief


An engineer posted in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district was threatened for a social media post where he condemned war, police said on Friday.


Civil engineer in Bengal receives threat for saying 'no to war'


The Security Council in a show of unanimity on Thursday condemned in the "strongest terms" suicide bombing in Pulwama that killed 40 Indian security personnel and named the Jaish-e-Mohammad's (JeM).


With China cooperating, UN Security Council condemns JeM's Pulwama terrorist attack


Authorities have become more cautious about safety of students from Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers lost their lives, Gurugram Police Commissioner K.K. Rao said here on Wednesday.


Extra security for J&K students in Gurugram


Prime Minister Narendra Modi still remains popular with the masses but it would be difficult for the BJP to replicate its 2014 success in Uttar Pradesh, says a survey on the evolving political scenario in the state ahead of the upcoming elections.


Modi popular but will be tough for BJP to replicate 2014 in UP: Survey


Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday supported a call for boycott of "everything Kashmiri" following the terror attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers on Thursday.


Meghalaya Congress women chief demands recall of Governor Roy


The wife of Havildar Sheo Ram, who was killed in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in the Pinglan area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, delivered a baby girl soon after his final rites were performed in Tiba Basat village in Jhunjhunu district on Tuesday.


Martyr's wife delivers baby girl soon after his last rites in Rajasthan


Amid reports of sporadic violence against Kashmiris from across the country following the Pulwama terror attack last week, the Kolkata Police on Tuesday asserted that the people from the Valley residing here were "very safe" as adequate security measures had been taken for their protection.


Kashmiris in Kolkata completely safe: New police chief


Myanmar on Monday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF troopers.


Myanmar condemns Kashmir terror attack


Kashmiri doctor residing in Kolkata alleged that some people turned up at his place post-Pulwama terror attack and threatened him to leave the city, police said on Monday.


Kashmiri doctor alleges threats to leave Kolkata


A woman student of Jaipur Dental College was suspended by college authorities on Monday after she updated her WhatsApp status to 'Miss You Bhai' in support of Aadil Ahmad Dar, the suicide bomber behind the Pulwama CRPF attack, which went viral, confirmed college authorities.


Student suspended over post supporting Pulwama bomber


More than 80,000 persons have came forward since February 14 to contribute over Rs 20 crore to the 'Bharat Ke Veer corpus for the CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack, government said on Monday.

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