During interrorgation, it was revealed that the 4 terrorists owed allegiance to the Hizbul Mujahideen.
Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Sunday evening, a defence spokesman said.
People of this village allege that heavily-armed militants used to enter their houses at gun point, eat and even harass women.
A self-styled area commander of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has been arrested in Udhampur district, official sources said on Monday.
Chetri was awarded the DG medal for his 30 years' outstanding services and nominated for President's Award.
In India, the anniversary of 26/11 comes and goes with only the bare minimum of remembrance. We don't even bother very much about honouring those who acted with great bravery that day, rues Vir Sanghvi.
Three Babbar Khalsa militants were arrested in Fatehgarh Sahab and some arms and ammunition were recovered from them, the police said on Sunday.
Alert troops posted on guard duty along the LoC intercepted the terrorists.
Troops noticed a group of militants from across the border sneaking into Kashmir in the wee hours of Tuesday.
'Once positions are hardened and troops start building defences, it is difficult for soldiers to step back.'
This is the third module of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit to be busted by the police in the valley within a fortnight.
An AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol and over two dozen bullet rounds were recovered from them.
An encounter broke out on Wednesday between militants and security forces in Awanitpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district but no casualties have been reported so far.
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.
Insurgents threw bombs and opened fire from different sides at the team.
NIA officials said the fact that only four AK-47s were recovered from the site and that only four terrorists crossed into Punjab supports this idea.
Amar Dubey, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000, was killed in an encounter in Maudaha village in Hamirpur district.
Police shot Gill in the arm before he turned his own weapon on himself and fired a bullet in the head.
The 36 women commandos took on rigorous training which lasted 15 months.
ATS said it will invoke stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the Aurangabad LeT arms seizure case in view of the unearthing of a bigger plan involving many people.
"They had AK-47 guns and they threatened to shoot us...They were speaking in Urdu, Hindi," said the police officer, who was interrogated for about six hours by the National Investigation Agency on Monday.
This has brought the total number of rhinos killed in KNP this year to six.
The army has foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing an ultra.
A commanding officer of the counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and two militants were killed and a soldier was seriously wounded in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area on Tuesday afternoon.
A huge quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from Padgah village in Thane district.
West Bengal police sub-inspector Amitabha Mullick was shot dead and four police personnel were severely injured after supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morch loyal to Gurung opened fire to stop the advancing police party.
The incident occurred at Lippitiputta village under Dambriguda mandal when Araku (ST) MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma went to take part in a 'grama darsini' (village visit) programme.
The bag was found after intercepts of messages from Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed asking its cadres to attack prominent buildings in Delhi.
Pakistan added that it is necessary to establish "veracity of the Indian claim".
A militant was gunned down while a soldier got injured in fierce gun battles that broke out between militants and security forces in Uri sector near LoC and in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Wednesday.
Pak had realised in 2018 that Hurriyat Conference, the separatist conglomerate created by Inter-Services Intelligence, won't be able to deliver any more
The gunmen ordered all the six men to sit in a row on the bridge, Namasudra said, adding they also took away his mobile phone.
Police suspect a gang war to be the reason behind Anil Rai's murder on Tuesday morning.
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