JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was arrested on Saturday in Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district by the Jammu and Kashmir police and later released in Srinagar.
The attack came on a day when the union home minister, Rajnath Singh is arriving in the valley to review the states security situation.
Frontline militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
"As the troops moved in, they came under heavy fire from the militants hiding in a house. Reinforcements were immediately rushed to the area and the house was surrounded," a senior police officer said in Srinagar.
Two militants were killed while an army major and a trooper were wounded in a ongoing fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Shopian district.
Ruling People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday escaped an attempt on her life as militants opened fire on her motorcade near Aishmuqam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, official sources said.
As news started pouring in about the plight of the stranded tourists, the administration swung into action and started free boarding and lodge for the tourists.
They want to gauge public opinion on the recent Indo-Pakistan peace talks.
One person was killed and six others, including a Central Reserve Police Force jawan, injured in a grenade attack by militants in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday afternoon.
As a spate of targeted killings of minorities rock Kashmir, a Kashmiri Pandits' organisation on Friday said some employees from the community, who were provided government jobs under a rehabilitation package in 2010-11, have started moving to Jammu quietly fearing for their life, alleging the administration was unable to provide then a secure environment.
A junior commissioned officer (JCO) and two militants were killed, while four policemen were injured in an encounter between security forces and ultras in Kralpora area of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.
The report published in the gazettes of India appeared in local newspapers on Monday and showed that Habba Kadal seat in Kashmir division and Suchetgarh seat in Jammu province had been restored.
The video showed the terrorists enjoying snowfall and brandishing AK 47 assault rifles while treading a snow-clad hillock after heavy snowfall on January 6.
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At least six Central Reserve Police Force jawans were injured when unidentified militants opened fired on their convoy on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday.
Curfew in many parts and separatist-sponsored strike disrupted normal life for the 30th straight day on Sunday in Kashmir Valley where violence has so far left 54 persons dead and more than 6000 others injured.
Three days before the area goes to polls, suspected militants gunned down three persons including a sarpanch, his son and a village headman in two adjoining villages of south Kashmir Tral in Pulwama district.
Clashes broke out in Srinagar on Friday between police and people protesting against the Jammu and Kashmir high court order to implement 150-year-old law banning sale of beef in the state with some youth displaying Pakistani and ISIS flags.
Defying Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani's diktat to Kashmiris against joining police service in the Valley, thousands of youths have opted for the job of special police officer.
Burhan Wani, the top Hizbul Mujaheedin commander was the poster boy of the outfit and was active in south Kashmir.
The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold wave in some areas in the region, an official of the Meteorological Department said. He said Srinagar city recorded the low of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius last night, down from minus 5.8 degree Celsius the previous night.
A shutdown is being observed in many areas of south Kashmir's Anantnag district for the second consecutive day.
The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will resume on Tuesday, they said.
Ruling National Conference has filed a complaint before the Election Commission against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for allegedly violating Model Code of Conduct.
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From a trickle in 1990, when militancy erupted in the valley, the numbers have, however, gradually seen an upward trend.
This time army killed 1 terrorists along the Line of Control in Gurez sector.
Restrictions on the assembly of people will remain in force to maintain law and order.
The rally was addressed by BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav.
In a bid to control the damage over continuing protests, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the security forces were not aware of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani's presence during the raid at his hideout in which he was killed.
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