At least 11 persons, including two Army soldiers and nine militants, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday in three different encounters between militants and security forces.
Despite major successes against militants in Kashmir Valley so far this year, the recent rise in militant attacks in the state has put the security forces on the alert as more such strikes are expected during winter.
The attackers were forced to retreat to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir without causing any damage on the Indian side
Cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday came out in support of Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who is in the eye of a storm over free speech, even as Virender Sehwag defended himself after facing a backlash for ridiculing her.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was recorded at a low of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius.
Security forces killed three militants in two different operations on Tuesday in north Kashmir, a defence ministry spokesman said. He said troops of 21 Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operation Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police launched a joint operation at village Chalpora, Handwara, in the frontier district of Kupwara on Tuesday morning.
Eight persons -- two troopers and six militants -- were killed in the Tangdhar sector of the Line of Control in north Kashmir Kupwara district on Saturday when army troops challenged a group of heavily-armed infiltrators.
A police spokesman said that troops of 2 Para-regiment of the Army and the police surrounded the Batnor Kooligam forest area of the frontier Kupwara district early on Thursday morning. "As the troops were scanning the forest, they came under heavy gunfire from a group of militants, triggering a fierce gunfight. The gunfight ended today afternoon, resulting in the death of the three Jaish militants, whose identities are still being established," the spokesman said.
Doval was seen eating food on a footpath outside closed shops and talking to locals.
Under a 'healing touch' programme called 'Ehsas' (feelings) organised by the Central Reserve Police Force, about 60 of the children were in the capital on Wednesday to meet President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Alert troops foiled a major infiltration bid on the Line of Control in Machil sector at the border district of Kupwara on Tuesday.
Landslides have occurred near Ramban and Battery Cheshma which have forced the closure of the highway.
Sources in the army told PTI that training in GPS equipment have been made mandatory for terrorists operating on the other side of the LoC.
While Raju and Brijesh Saroj have found help from the Uttar Pradesh government as well as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Zahid Qureshi is struggling to make ends meet.
Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, recorded a low of -4.2C, slightly up from the previous night's -4.9C.
BSF troops guarding over 180 km of IB with Pakistan have strengthened their observation posts and 'listening posts' to keep a close watch against any intrusion by drones.
In a telephonic conversation, Lt Gen A K Bhatt, the director general of military operations, also told his Pakistani counterpart that the Indian Army was sincere about maintaining peace on the LoC.
Police in Srinagar said troops of 16 Bihar regiment noticed suspicious movements along the LoC in the Keran sector, when a group of heavily armed terrorists was trying to sneak into to the Indian side.
Nearly a fortnight after the army operations were called off in Keran sector, questions have cropped up over what happened during the long intrusion by infiltrators from Pakistan believed to be from its special forces.
In another incident, militants in Pulwama district shot at a man on Sunday night.
Protests rocked parts of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar on Saturday where Pakistan and Islamic State flags were yet again displayed by masked youths after Eid prayers.
A large quantity of weapons, including AK-47 rifles and mines with Pakistan-marking were recovered from the slain terrorist.
Imtiyaz told the troops that he had been instructed to lob it when Azad would visit the town in the afternoon, the official said.
Mukhtiar Ahmed Khan, belonging to Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, was arrested at the Azadpur fruit market at around 5 pm, a senior police official said.
This time army killed 1 terrorists along the Line of Control in Gurez sector.
Malik's escape from Pakistan back to the valley via Nepal led him into the dragnet as police had prior information about his movement.
The fact came to light once again after two militants affiliated to pro-Pakistan groups surrendered before the Army soon after landing in Srinagar from the neighbouring country.
The party has decided not to organise any programmes on the occasion.\n\n
The Congress president, likely to be accompanied by some party leaders, including Ambika Soni, will take stock of relief and rehabilitation activities in the quake-hit areas.
The slain militants are yet to be identified.
For the fourth consecutive day, Monday, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for traffic in the wake of landslides at some places, even as higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall overnight.
In one of the encounters in the higher reaches of Naugam, 112 kms from Srinagar, the troops cornered a group of infiltrating militants and have killed four so far.
Intense cold wave gripped Kashmir, with Kargil becoming the coldest place this winter.
In a case of mistaken identity, the army on Saturday shot dead two civilians while another was killed by a stray bullet in Kupwara district, a defence spokesperson said in Srinagar.
'If the strength of foreign terrorists can be brought to negligible levels there will be few takers for militancy.' 'That is why it is important to neutralise the terrorists at their launch pads,' advises Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
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