Indian soldier kills 3 comrades in Kashmir

A paramilitary trooper in Indian-administered Kashmir shot dead three of his comrades early yesterday, officials said, as fresh violence raged in the restive territory where 40 troops died in a bombing last month. Separately an Indian soldier was killed in the latest exchange of fire with Pakistani forces across the de-facto Line of Control (LoC) border since the two nations launched tit-for-tat air strikes last month.