Captains of industry in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) have reportedly agreed to set up a joint business chamber, and the use of a dual currency of India and Pakistan for the purpose.
The Jammu and Kashmir police has started a recruitment drive for over 110 Special Polices Officers or SPOs, an auxiliary police force used mainly in counter-insurgency.
Army troops on Saturday shot dead a Pakistani militant in a gun battle in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir, foiling another infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control (LoC).
Residents of Kashmir Valley on Saturday observed a "civil curfew" to protest Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s visit and the use of force on peaceful demonstrators.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that his government is committed to tackling terrorism, but cautioned against labeling members of any community as terrorists.
