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Indian authorities issue evacuation orders for thousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims heading to the Amarnath Temple for yatra (which has been cancelled) to immediately leave Jammu and Kashmir because of security alerts about possible militant attacks. Also, the pilgrimage to Machel Mata for yatra, which also began on 1 July, has been suspended.
2019-08-3

At least 46 members of India's security forces are killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up as a convoy of military vehicles drove on a highway in Jammu and Kashmir.
2019-02-14

Indian journalist Shujaat Bukhari is shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. One of his bodyguards was also killed in the shooting.
2018-06-14

Hundreds of people take to the streets of Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir after Indian Army soldiers shot dead at least two people during a protest against an alleged case of sexual harassment by an army soldier against a young woman.
2016-04-12

India suspends rescue operations due to heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir state where over 100,000 still await rescue.
2014-09-14

In the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, over 60 people are feared dead from floods.
2014-09-4

Clashes erupted between two communities after Eid prayers, in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, leaving two dead and several other injured.
2013-08-9

A 24-year-old British tourist is found dead in a houseboat in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
2013-04-6

Flash floods in the Ladakh region of India's Jammu and Kashmir state kill at least 113 people and leave lots of others missing.
2010-08-6

At least four militants are dead after a 23-hour gun battle at a hotel in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
2010-01-7