81.   Indian security forces fired bullets in the air and lobbed tear gas shells to prevent thousands of Muslims from taking out a religious procession in Srinagar on Friday.

82.   Indian security forces had stepped up operations in the district, which borders Pakistan.

83.   Indian security forces have nearly crushed the decade-old separatist insurgency in Punjab, but a few Sikh groups still carry out occasional attacks and abductions.

84.   Indian security forces have stepped up security after Kashmiri newspapers reported that Jaish had threatened fresh attacks on soldiers and police.

85.   Indian security forces killed four suspected Islamic militants Tuesday in two separate clashes in Jammu-Kashmir state, a spokesman said.

86.   Indian security forces raided a hideout of Islamic militants and killed three of them in an exchange of gunfire in troubled Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.

87.   Indian security officials said Friday that a cease-fire was holding along the border.

88.   It says that they were captured by the Indian security forces in an encounter in December.

89.   It was the third time this week that Indian security forces had fired on mourners or protesters.

90.   It also has offered to provide medical help to the wounded and training sessions for Indian security forces in humanitarian law, Delapraz said.