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Security forces Saturday afternoon cordoned off a village in the south Kashmir's Pulwama district following information about the presence of a group of guerrillas there.

The Pakistan Army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, left Saturday on an official visit to the United States to participate in Pakistan-US strategic dialogue scheduled for March 24.

Jammu and Kashmir has seen a steady decline in the dropout rate in schools and the government is making the maximum efforts to expand quality education in the state, a minister has said.

Over 350,000 Kashmiri Pandits had fled the Valley two decades ago when Islamic militancy erupted and not a single migrant has returned in all these years, Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla said.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has told security forces in the state not to cause any "collateral damage" to civilians during gunbattles with militants even if the terrorists happen to break their cordon and flee, official sources said Friday.

Pakistan faces a staggering 4,500 MW power shortfall, leading to outages of up to 16 hours in rural areas.

The Jammu and Kashmir government will hire a private agency to assess water losses suffered by the state due to the Indus Water Treaty provisions that restrict the use of its three rivers.

A major of the Rashtriya Rifles counter-insurgency force died when a grenade he was handling exploded in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district Saturday, an official said here.

The first strategic dialogue between the United States and Pakistan here next week would not be at the expense of India or any other country in the region, according to a top US diplomat.

In a bid to escape death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges and admitted his role in planning the horrific Mumbai terror attack. India did not see the plea bargain as a setback to its efforts to know the full story behind the Mumbai carnage, but many disagreed.