Fear of gun may keep Valley voters inside
Polling in Jammu and Kashmir is turning out to be the biggest headache for the Election Commission (EC). On the eve of the second phase on Saturday, security forces are on high alert in the border districts of Jammu and Kashmir but militant violence continues unabated.

JD (U) nominee escapes bid on life
Former Union minister of state for home and Janata Dal (United) nominee from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, Mohammad Maqbool Dar, escaped an assassination bid by heavily armed militants at Shadimarg in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, police said.

Accidental blast at police chamber kills SP, scribes
In a bizarre incident, five persons including a police superintendent and two journalists were killed when a powerful explosive device accidentally exploded at a police chamber in Sibsagar in Assam on Friday.

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