Five persons, including four soldiers and a militant, were killed in a fierce gunbattle early on Tuesday morning in Poonch district, officials said.
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 two had been involved in the bombing of Jammu bus-stand.
The troops busted a natural hideout in which a large cache of arms, ammunition and other warlike stores was recovered.
A lancenaik of 13 Sikh Light Infantry battalion got into a verbal duel with sepoy Malkeet Singh of the same unit at an army camp in Bhimber Gali area around 11.50 pm on Sunday night.
During the searches, documents related to exchange of California almonds were seized by NIA and were being scrutinised, the NIA said.
Fifteen passengers were killed on the spot, a police official said, adding that the injured had been rushed to a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, one foreign militant divisional commander of Al Badar outfit, identified as Abu Ishtaq, was killed in an encounter with security forces at Kotli Kala Ban in Manjakote area of district Rajouri.
The ultras were identified as Lashkar-e-Tayiba "area commander" Mohammad Farooq alias Abu Umer and Abu Suhail. Two AK rifles, four magazines, 44 rounds, seven grenades and a wireless set were recovered from them.
The Army has lost 21 soldiers due to bunkers caving in and damage to barracks along LoC in Rampur, Uri, Baramulla and Tangdhar sectors, a defence spokesman told PTI.
The J&K police have also recovered 30kg of IED probably meant to target a rally addressed by the chief minister.
In the gun battle, one terrorist identified as Sadam Hussain Mir, a resident of Chatripora Shopian, belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed, the official said.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Four militants arrested in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the July 5 bid to storm the makeshift Ram temple complex in Faizabad were on Friday remanded to 5 days in police custody. \n\n
A jawan was on Sunday killed in cross-border firing on a forward post along the Line of Control in Poonch district, which was termed by the army as "a hostile act".
The reason behind the suicides is believed to be stress, they said adding that separate cases have been registered in this regard.
The incident took place at Bhatindi on Saturday morning when the man, hailing from Mendhar in Poonch district, drove at a high speed and banged his car against the main gate, they said.
Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire at the border by firing on Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night, four days after five Indian soldiers were killed by specialist troops of the Pakistan Army.
Security forces are on alert looking out for the group.
Five militants who were trying to cross the Line of Control in Jammu were killed by the army.
In a small ceremony, the Deputy Commissioner, Poonch and his counterpart from Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir shook hands and greeted each other
The idea of the road's revival was floated in 1979 by then chief minister Sheikh Abdullah.
Four of them belonged to the Hizbul-Mujahideen Pir Panchal Regiment while the rest were from the Lashkar.
Rawat conveyed to the family that forces stood with them in their hour of grief.
Security forces have arrested a top Jaish-e-Mohammad ultra wanted in connection with the attack in Ayodhya from Poonch district, official sources said on Friday. \n\n
The Uttar Pradesh police have been continuously informed with intelligence inputs about the concentration of Pakistanis in Akbarpur, from where the attackers had travelled to Faizabad and its adjoining districts.
They killed the three after torturing them, sources said, adding that the bodies bore marks made by sharp-edged weapons.
A group of heavily armed militants struck at remote Gulati village in Manjakote area late on Saturday night and abducted a gujjar couple.\n\nThe couple was tortured with sharp edged weapons and subjected to cigarette burns before being slaughtered.
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In major escalation in border skirmishes, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire for the third time in 21 hours along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing Army to retaliate.
It was recovered when a hideout was busted on Wednesday during search operations at Chakri forest in the Mandi-Loran area of Poonch district.
Heavy snowfall and avalanches have so far claimed over 150 lives in three villages of southern Kashmir.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, a multi-tier security has been put in place in Udhampur in view of the terrorist attack that left 10 people, including 3 civilians, dead.
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Pakistani troops on Monday violated the ceasefire for the second time in four days by firing with small arms and automatic weapons on Indian posts along the LoC in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Lashkar commander among 5 militants shot dead in Poonch\n\n\n\n
Pakistani troops Saturday again violated the bilateral ceasefire on the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu region, according to a defence spokesperson.
There will be eight more phases of Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
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