An army jawan was killed and another injured in an ongoing operation to flush out militants near Line of Control in Kalaroos sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
After a brief gunfight, 'extreme restraint was exercised and opportunity given to the terrorists to surrender'.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kalaroos village of the district following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, a police official said.
Secretary of Pakistan's ministry of water resources Khawaja Shumail said: "We have neither concern nor objection if India diverts water of eastern rivers and supplies it to its people or uses it for other purposes, as the IWT allows it to do so."
The bodies of the three persons killed in an alleged fake encounter on April 30 on the Line of Control (LoC) by the army were exhumed on Friday afternoon and were identified by the relatives.
An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir as the operation against the ultras entered the third day on Tuesday.
The encounter at Hyderbaig near Wasun in Bandipora area of the district was on when reports last came in, they said.
Four suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and two soldiers were on Sunday killed in two separate operations close to Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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