One civilian and two militants were killed in a nightlong gunfight in south Kashmir Kulgam district.
This is the second such incident along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu division in two days.
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were on Thursday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Kashmir, the police said.
There is a great danger of the government getting stampeded into actions in Kashmir that could result in long lasting damage, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
One militant of Lashkar-e-Tayiba was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Kishtwar district's Keshwan area in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning, police officials said.
The search operation for the officer posted in Jammu and Kashmir is being carried out jointly by the Army, Bihar police, Railway police, National Investigation Agency and the Intelligence Bureau in the Kanpur-Katihar-Delhi section, a defence spokesman said in Jammu on Thursday.
An Army trooper was killed and another seriously injured during a search operation in northern Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday morning.Security forces surrounded a forest area in Tangmola, Baramulla, after receiving specific information about the presence of militants inside the forest. During the search, militants fires at security forces, and an Army trooper died on the spot. Another was critically injured and he was rushed to a hospital.
The army on Friday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing a militant in the operation.
"Alert troops noticed movement of heavily armed militants along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kupwara at around 2.30 am. The militants were challenged, triggering off exchange of firing between the two sides," an army official said.
Aurangzeb was abducted when he was on his way home in Rajouri district for Eid celebrations.
The army had to had to aim at the crowd when jawans claimed to have been fired upon from the other side.
At least 15 Army troopers were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a training camp of the Army in Khilanmarg area near the north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg Monday. Two are still missing.
Even as India battles the COVID-19 threat on a war footing, it cannot lose sight of the threat building up in Kashmir, cautions Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
A few persons were questioned about the suspected movements of terrorists. However, security forces are yet to establish any fresh contact with the ultras, they said.
Even as the army and Indian Air Force continue their operations to rescue those stranded in Srinagar, tales of heroics are emerging, providing some hope to the public.
Two militants of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Kashmir, police said.
Two suspected terrorists were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Ravaging floods claimed 17 more lives in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday raising the toll to 37 even as evacuation of people to safer areas continued.
Militants shot at and killed a trooper of the Territorial Army in southern Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday afternoon.
Three army troopers have died and one is wounded after an avalanche hit a convoy in the cold desert region of Ladakh.
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.
An army jawan was also injured in the encounter that began on Saturday night after troops launched a search operation in Khumhair forests of Handwara tehsil.
There are no heroes or villains in No Fathers in Kashmir, but only helpless characters, who perhaps don't have a choice other than learning to live with what they're subjected to, notes Utkarsh Mishra.
An arrested Pakistani terrorist was killed, while three security personnel were injured on Sunday when militants opened fire on a joint search party of the Army and police inside a forest in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Three civilians were injured in a powerful explosion in North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon.
A police constable was also injured in an encounter that is still going on.
A suspected militant was killed as the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid after a fierce gunbattle along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Troops guarding the border line in Laam forward area in Nowshera sector observed the movement of some militants around 3.30 pm today and launched a search, Army officials said.
The army cordoned off the area and fired in air to maintain area domination, an official said, adding reinforcements have been rushed.
A senior police officer said army and police had jointly surrounded Chattibandi area of the Bandipore district on Tuesday evening on specific information about the presence of terrorists there.
A self-styled divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen was killed along with his bodyguard as security forces foiled an infiltration attempt and a conspiracy by the proscribed outfit to revive its activities in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district early on Monday, officials said.
Army troops on Monday busted a hideout and recovered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and grenades in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Forces have now intensified the operation to track down the terrorists, who may be trying to find new targets in the area.
The governor requested the political leaders to ask their supporters to maintain calm and not believe exaggerated and unfounded rumours being circulated all around.
Security forces gunned down the chief commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in north Kashmir's Lolab area of frontier Kupwara district early on Tuesday.
Alert troops posted on guard duty along the LoC intercepted the terrorists.
Ten more bodies were recovered from the site of an avalanche in Uttarkashi, taking the death toll to 26, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said on Friday.
Three other terrorists, believed to be severely injured during the gunfight, managed to escape.
A top militant commander of the terror group Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit was killed in a fierce gunfight in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday.
Army troops today busted a militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including a sniper rifle, one universal machine gun and 13-kg explosive in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Inspector general of police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the slain ultras were members of proscribed terror outfit LeT.
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