At least six army troopers were injured on Thursday morning, one of them seriously, when a grenade went off accidentally inside a camp in Poonch district of Jammu region.
A 67-year-old resident, Mangat Ram and a BSF jawan was injured in the firing.
'Bodies of all seven individuals have been recovered from the avalanche site. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, all seven have been confirmed deceased,' the Army said in a statement.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire thrice on Saturday along the Line of Control when they opened indiscriminate firing in Poonch and Rajouri sectors, leaving a child injured.
Doval will meet US Defence Secretary James Mattis on March 24, Pentagon spokesman Capt Jeff Davis told reporters, adding that they are likely to discuss a wide range of bilateral security issues and those related to the defence relationship.
It was a joint operation by the army and Jammu Kashmir Police carried out on the intervening night of July 16-17 in the Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch district, he said, adding arms and ammunition were also recovered from the site.
Pakistani forces resorted to intermittent firing of mortar shells in Jhangarh area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district for 45 minutes from 0640 hours, defence spokesman Lt Col S D Goswami told PTI in Jammu.
The primary objective is to understand each other's strengths while operating in rugged terrain above 20,000 feet interspersed with hazardous glaciers.
At least four people, including two children, were killed and many injured in Dhaka on Friday when suspected arsonists set on fire a passenger train coming from Benapole, a port city bordering India, officials said, a day ahead of Bangladesh's general elections that have been boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Four militants, including a self-styled divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit, were shot dead in separate encounters in Kashmir Valley. The self-styled divisional commander of LeT Mehboob Ahmed Afradi alias Jugnu was killed in a joint operation by army and police personnel in Baramulla district on Friday, a defence spokesman said.In another operation, police and army personnel killed three militants at Sona Pindi in Kupwara on Thursday night.
The Army was called out on Wednesday to assist the administration in West Midnapore district where the flood situation remained grim affecting 1.5 lakh people.
Three junior commissioned officers and two soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles will face disciplinary action in connection with the killing of two youths in Bomai-Sopore area on February 21, a defence spokesman said today.
Troops of Pakistan opened fire at Army posts and civilian areas in Poonch district on the Line of Control with automatic weapons and rockets for the fourth day in row on Wednesday prompting army to return fire.
In its bid to rein in the dreaded suicide squads of LTTE, the Sri Lanka government is offering $93,000 and an overseas job to the rebel suicide bombers who surrender before the authorities.Posters showing the offer were already pasted on walls around Colombo two weeks back, but confusion over it ended on Monday with the government admitting to making the offer of 10 million Sri Lankan rupees for suicide bombers giving themselves up.
Army on Tuesday foiled an infiltration attempt by three armed militants from across the Line of Control in the Sunderbani sector in the Jammu region a Defence spokesman said.
In March, Pakistan violated the truce four times along the LoC in Poonch.
Security forces launched a search operation today afternoon, following inputs that a group of militants was moving towards the Line of Control to receive another group from across the border in the Krishna Ghatti-Mendhar sector in Poonch district, he said. However, the ultras were intercepted by the troops en route and a fierce encounter ensued, resulting in the killing of three militants, the spokesman said. One Army jawan sustained injuries when he stepped over a mine.
Five terrorists were killed in an encounter in the north Kashmir area of Bandipore district early on Wednesday, when the army foiled a major infiltration bid into the Indian side of the Line of Control.
A Pakistani militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was among three killed in two separate encounters on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir, where three militants remain holed up in a mosque.
At least 11 persons, including two Army soldiers and nine militants, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday in three different encounters between militants and security forces.
The shooting inside the camp triggered panic and consternation as senior officers and colleagues rushed to overpower the berserk trooper.
The Indian Army killed three infiltrating militants in two separate encounters on the Line of Control in north Kashmir Kupwara border district on Thursday. A defence spokesman in Srinagar said two heavily armed groups of infiltrating militants were challenged by the army in the Machil and Keran sectors of the LOC in Kupwara district Thursday morning.
The defence ministry spokesman refused to confirm or deny any such operation.
Eight persons -- two troopers and six militants -- were killed in the Tangdhar sector of the Line of Control in north Kashmir Kupwara district on Saturday when army troops challenged a group of heavily-armed infiltrators.
The militant apparently blew himself up when police tried to intercept him in Bannu, reports said.
The government has slammed peace broker Norway for 'misleading' the international community.
Five militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Bandipora district on Tuesday.
The defence spokesman said alert troops of the 9 JAK Rifles noticed suspicious movement in the Machil sector of Kupwara.
The five heavily-armed Pakistani infiltrators were killed immediately after they sneaked across the Line of Control from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in Machil sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
The bus was part of an army convoy moving from the frontier Chowkibal area in the north Kashmir Kupwara district to capital Srinagar. A defence spokesman in Srinagar said nine army troopers died on the spot, while more than 14 injured were shifted to hospital.
Aizaz Jafri operates a licensed posh entertainment spot called 'Hot Shots' in Islamabad and always boasted of close contacts with Khan.
The spokesman said this was a major infiltration attempt by heavily-armed militants to enter Kashmir and army soldiers had foiled it by not only killing all the intruders but also by the supreme sacrifice of Col Vasant.
After militants launched attacks on army posts and tried to blow up an army convoy, the military pressed helicopter gun ships to bombard their hideouts in the area, for the first time in recent months.
The infiltrators were intercepted in the wee hours when they were trying to sneak into Rajouri district from PoK.
The attack is being seen as a possible fallout of the recent Army crackdown on the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid in Islamabad.
73 bodies of militants were recovered. Eight of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.
Pakistani troops involved in the operation to flush out militants holed up in the Lal Masjid in Islamabad have located radical cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi and have given him an ultimatum to surrender.
Ten people, including six security personnel, were killed and five others injured on Wednesday in two separate attacks on army and police vehicles in Pakistan, which officials suspect could be a fallout of the crackdown on Lal Masjid clerics.
Six Border Roads Organisation personnel, involved in road clearance operation, had a narrow escape on Friday when two avalanches hit an arterial road near the highway, a defence spokesman said.
Security was tightened in Tamil Nadu on Friday following reports that six members of the terror outfit LeT had infiltrated the state by sea.
