Militancy has plagued the valley since more than two decades and most of the time innocent civilians and children are the victims
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Two militants, an army trooper were killed and a police officer wounded in two separate encounters in the Rajouri district of Jammu region on Tuesday.
At least two security personnel, including a Special Police Officer, were injured on Wednesday evening when terrorists opened fire on security forces, triggering a gunbattle, at a village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, official sources said.
"The terrorists entered a local mosque, which was surrounded. When asked to surrender, they hurled two grenades at the security forces who, however, maintained restraint where upon the terrorists moved out of the mosque and took shelter in a hutment," Lt Col Viplav Nath, army spokesman, told rediff.com.
The gunfight started Friday morning after police and counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR) surrounded a house in Khrew village, nearly 20 km from Srinagar, acting on specific information. The terrorists opened fire on security forces when the latter challenged them to surrender. Two terrorists were killed in the subsequent gunfight
Two civilians were killed and four others wounded in alleged security force firing in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon.
"A CRPF patrol party was fired upon by terrorists near the bus stand in Sopore town on Monday afternoon, critically wounding two troopers. The injured soldiers succumbed to injuries in the hospital," a senior police officer said. The officer added that terrorists had fired at the CRPF patrol in the town from a close range. The area has now been cordoned off and search operation is underway to trace the terrorists.
Two Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants were on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said troops guarding the Line of Control noticed a group of militants sneaking into this side from Pak-occupied Kashmir late on Thursday night under the cover of darkness.
Troops of the 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), 162 Territorial Army (TA) and Special Operation Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a joint operation at Manzgam village following a tip-off.
The two-day-long bloody gunfight between the security forces and the militants ended in Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon in which two army majors and nine militants were killed.
Exchange of heavy fire between holed-up militants and security forces in the forest area of Chattergul in north Kashmir Ganderbal district continued for the second day on Sunday.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday arrested two police officials and attached a district police chief and his deputy in connection with the 'mysterious disappearance of a local villager' in Srinagar.
Two tourists were killed and six others wounded in a powerful bus blast at Bejibehara in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday afternoon.
Two militants of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and a soldier were killed and another soldier injured in a 24-hour-long fierce gun battle in south Kashmir, official sources said on Friday.\n\n
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The two militants apparently were in military uniforms.
The area where the explosion occurred is close to the civil secretariat complex, where the offices of chief minister, ministers and senior bureaucrats are located.
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The toll in the fire and blasts at Field Ordnance Depot at Khundroo in the south Kashmir district has now risen to four with two killed and over 40 injured on Saturday.
Two hardcore Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants, including a foreigner, were killed and two special police officers wounded in a fierce gunbattle at Gundoh in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Jammu.
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Police said terrorists hurled a grenade near the Doda bus stand, injuring 16 persons.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Two people were killed and 40 others, including four army soldiers, wounded in a south Kashmir grenade explosion late on Saturday afternoon.
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Two Army Majors and seven jawans have been booked for attempting to murder a police officer investigating the recovery of fake currency from Territorial Army jawans in Poonch district, the police said on Tuesday. However, the duo could not be arrested as they are absconding. "Two Majors and seven jawans were booked for attempting to murder the Station House Officer (SHO) of Poonch police station on Monday during the investigation of a fake currency case," they said.
Investigators have said that the recovery of explosives from a vehicle in Ambala indicates that the Babbar Khalsa International is trying to make a comeback. But the organisation has had a longstanding relationship with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, says B Raman.
Both the pilot and co-pilot were injured.
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Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Farooq Khan told UNI that army personnel of 43 Rashtriya Rifles along with state police, acting on a tip-off, cordoned off Raina Mohalla of Thanamandi for search operations.
