Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Wednesday visited the Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters and was briefed about Tuesday's terror attack in which seven officers and jawans were killed, even as combing operation to flush out any remaining militant continued.
A bastion of Kashmiri pandits, a record 12 displaced pandits of a total 21 candidates are trying their luck from Habba Kadal segment which goes to polls with 20 other constituencies in Jammu, Srinagar and Samba districts in seventh and final phase of elections on December 24.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
The Border Security Forces troops on Sunday foiled a pre-dawn infiltration bid by suspected militants in Ramgarh in Samba district on the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir after a heavy exchange of fire with the ultras, prompting India to lodge a protest with the neighbouring nation over the incident.
The prime minister said the country would give befitting response to every terrorist.
Curfew was clamped again in Jammu and the army was deployed on Wednesday after violence erupted late on Tuesday night leaving 40 people, including nine policemen, injured.However, the curfew was relaxed for varying periods in Samba, Udhampur and Kishtwar districts.National Security Advisor M K Narayanan today met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and other top officials of the state administration to discuss the present security situation.
Sources said 14 persons were injured when militants tossed a grenade at a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bhaderwah town on Wednesday afternoon.
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Polling in Srinagar began on low key but authorities say it will pick up later in the day. There are 16,91,797 voters in the 21 constituencies in the three districts voting on Wednesday. A total of 1872 polling stations have been set up for the seventh and the last phase of the polling.
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Authorities did not relax the curfew in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Bhaderwah on Monday following the deaths of two young men in violent protests against reversion of land transfer to Amarnath board, officials said.
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"The operation is over. We have gunned down both the holed-up militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit," a senior police officer said. Earlier, two militants wearing army uniforms had forced their way inside a house spraying bullets at the inmates.
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Three persons were killed and 15 others, including eight security men, were injured in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday afternoon. Police had to open fire to quell a violent mob, which indulged in heavy stone-pelting on police and paramilitary forces in Samba town situated on the Lakhanpur-Srinagar national highway on Monday afternoon, resulting in on the spot death of two persons.
Curfew was imposed in three more towns of Jammu region on Sunday as clashes over Amarnath Shrine land row spread even as it continued without any break in Jammu city and adjoining Samba district. Army troops enforced strict curfew restrictions in the Jammu city on Sunday where the authorities closed two local news channels this morning.
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Anticipating the possibility of more attempts by terrorists to cross the border, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are carrying out 'strategic repositioning' to foil such bids. Troops already present in the state are being redeployed and repositioned to deal effectively with any attempt to cross the border, army sources said in New Delhi.
Terming the Samba incident as an 'eye opener', the BSF chief said the force was 'proposing' to enhance its strength in the area. A surprised Mitra said this was the first time that terrorists had managed to sneak in by cutting the border fence along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
J B Sangwan, deputy inspector general of BSF, told rediff.com that a group around 10-15 heavily-armed terrorists tried to 'infiltrate into the Indian side of the border in Suchetgrah sector of Samba district around 10.45 pm." "The group was detected and intercepted as they tried to sneak into our side," Sangwan said.
There was no relief for the national capital, with the mercury crossing the 44C mark in some parts of the city.
Officials said the government has made necessary arrangements for opening of 190 primary schools in Srinagar city as security forces remained deployed in most of the Valley.
Pakistani troops violated the bilateral ceasefire at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday night.
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In a twin terror attack, three heavily-armed militants dressed in army fatigues on Thursday stormed a police station and an army camp in Jammu region killing nine people including a Lieutenent Colonel, casting a shadow on the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
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All TV channels have been asked not to broadcast live anti-terrorist operations to avoid any adverse impact on rescue exercise.
In December last year, the Centre had decided to construct community bunkers along International Border and Line of Control for being used during shelling and firing by Pak.
In the frontier areas of Jammu district, the number of people staying in the safe camps has also dwindled as the people want to tend to their standing crops.
About 17 per cent of the over 6,000 'friends' in Yadav's accounts are from Pakistan.
Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.
Pakistan on Monday summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner and lodged a protest over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the border which authorities in Islamabad claim killed three civilians.
Nearly 500 m of the fence was washed away in Bandtop-Nursury in Basantar belt.
The Pakistan army troops on Thursday pounded civilian areas along the Line of Control by violating ceasefire for the ninth time in four days resulting in injuries to four people, prompting retaliation from Indian troops.
Ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers continued on Thursday with 60 Indian border outposts and over 80 villages coming under mortar shelling and firing in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts along the International Border.
India's Dharun Ayyasamy clinched a silver in men's 400m hurdles in national record time as athletics continued to swell India's medal tally in the Asian Games, in Jakarta, on Monday.
Pakistan's political leaders on Friday adopted a resolution against India, condemning the killing of 2 Pakistani soldiers in BSF firing.
