A brief exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants at Shiekhpura in Lalpora area of Kupwara district, 100 kilometre from Srinagar, a police official said.
One army trooper was killed during a search operation a forest area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday morning, a senior police officer to Rediff.com
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Troops guarding the Line of Control intercepted a group of five to six terrorists, who were trying to sneak into this side, near Toot Mari Gali in Naugam sector early this morning, an Army official said.
Two militants were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday, according to a senior police officer.
One militant was killed in a fierce ongoing encounter in south Kashmir on Monday.
One policeman was killed and three securitymen were injured on Monday in a fierce gunfight with a group of holed up militants in south Kashmir's Tral in Pulwama district.
Four militants, including three of Hizbul Mujahideen, were on Monday killed in two gunfights during search operations in the Kashmir valley, officials said.
Two militants believed to be from the Lashkar-e-Tayiba were killed in an overnight gunfight in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The case relates to the July 18, 2020 encounter at Amshipora in which three youths of Rajouri district -- Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrar -- were killed and branded as terrorists.
Three army soldiers were killed in a militant ambush in south Kashmir's Tral in Pulwama district on Friday morning.
In a joint operation, army troops and police have busted a militant hideout and recovered a cache of ammunition and explosive material in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Indian Army also deployed an additional brigade from the northeastern region in Kashmir to strengthen its counter-infiltration grid on the Line of Control.
The injured troopers of 50 RR were immediately evacuated to the local hospital at Pampore where one soldier succumbed while the other was referred by attending doctors to the army base hospital in Srinagar for specialised treatment. The two RR jawans were part of a road opening party," the officer said.
Security forces shot dead a militant in a gunfight after their foot patrol came under fire from the ultras in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Wednesday. An unidentified militant has been killed and the operation was on going till late evening, an army spokesman said.
Two civilians including a girl were wounded in an ongoing gunfight between militants holed up in a house and security forces in south Kashmir Pulwama district.
Security forces recovered two weapons from the dead terrorists.
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Army troops on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in the forest belt of Jammu region.
Two terrorists belonging to terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayiba and a policeman were killed in a fierce gun battle in Kulgam town in south Kashmir on Monday evening.
Six army troopers were injured in an accidental blast inside a heavily guarded camp of the Rashtriya Rifles in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Thursday morning. A senior police officer said a powerful grenade went off accidentally while a clean-up operation was going on in the camp.
Five militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a day-long encounter near apple-rich north Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday.
Army troops gunned down one terrorist of Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit in a fierce gunfight in the forest area of Cherhar near north Kashmir Sopore town on Thursday afternoon.
A top terrorist commander of Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was killed in a fierce gunfight in north Kashmir frontier Kupwara district on Sunday morning.
An army jawan was Tuesday killed in accidental firing in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police official said.
Two militants and a soldier were on Tuesday killed in a fierce gun-battle in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.
Two militants of Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit were killed in an encounter in north Kashmir's Baramulla district Saturday morning.
Exchange of heavy fire between holed-up militants and security forces in the forest area of Chattergul in north Kashmir Ganderbal district continued for the second day on Sunday.
A gun-battle took place between security forces and militants hiding in a village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday, official sources said.
A local militant was killed on Saturday in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district, about 35 kms from Srinagar, police said.
A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant commander was on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in a village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
Five militants were killed in two separate encounters in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.
The anti-terror operation is still on.
Corporal Nirala, disregarding personal safety and displaying indomitable courage, retaliated with effective lethal fire and gunned down two category A terrorists and injured two others.
Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir on Saturday.
A soldier of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles was killed in an ongoing encounter with militants in the Khaimal forest area in North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon.
One soldier was killed and another wounded in the encounter. The injured trooper was evacuated to hospital for treatment.
Two women were killed and two other persons were injured in indiscriminate firing by a trooper of the Territorial Army in the border town of Poonch in Jammu region in the morning on Wednesday.
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