In a post on X, the additional directorate general of public information posted: "Pakistan again violates the Ceasefire Agreement by firing artillery in Bhimber Gali in the Poonch-Rajouri area. Indian Army is responding appropriately in a calibrated manner."
Police officials said the two operations were launched on August 28 based on specific inputs by Kupwara Police a day earlier.
Heavy Pakistani shelling in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir left nine people dead and 28 injured. The shelling, described by residents and officials as "barbaric and cowardly", started around 2 am, damaging dozens of residential houses, shops, vehicles, and heritage sites. The incident comes after India launched "Operation Sindoor" in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. India condemned the act, calling it a cowardly attack on civilians, and reaffirmed that civilian safety remains its top priority.
The worst-hit in the Pakistani shelling was Poonch district which accounted for all the civilian deaths, the officials said, adding 28 persons were also injured and the condition of some of them was stated to be critical.
Fresh snowfall turned Kupwara district in the Kashmir Valley white.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday sacked six government employees, including five policemen, for their 'deep involvement in anti-national activities', officials said.
The Delhi police has arrested an alleged member of Lashkar-e-Tayiba module operating in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, officials said on Tuesday.
The previous highest voter turnout in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency was witnessed in 1984 at 58.90 percent.
Officials said the polling went off peacefully in all segments including special polling stations along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) with no untoward incident reported from anywhere.
The Pakistani troops opened fire at 5 pm on Sunday towards Indian posts located close to civilian areas in Karnah area, 140 kms from here, official sources said on Monday.
The separatist Hurriyat Conference is finished in Jammu and Kashmir but attempts are being made to keep it alive from Pakistan, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Monday, adding that the militancy in the region is "on crutches".
Kashmiris stranded in Jammu due to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway have demanded subsidised airfares from the government to help them fly back to Srinagar.
People living in areas like Nowgam, Chowkibal, Budnambal, Karnah, Keran, Jumagand, Kenthawali, Machil and Lashdat along the Line of Control in north Kashmir have been advised not to venture into steep avalanche-prone slopes
The 434-km Srinagar-Leh National highway was closed for traffic as high altitude areas of Kashmir Valley, including the famous ski resort of Gulmarg, experienced the first heavy snowfall of the season, officials said.
Nearly 200 stranded passengers, including women and children, were rescued in a night-long operation in Jammu and Kashmir's frontier district of Kupwara, the police said on Tuesday.
Brisk voting was witnessed in the north Kashmir's district of Kupwara that voted in its five constituencies in the third phase on Sunday under intense security. Voting in all the five constituencies of Karnah, Kupwara, Lolab, Handwara and Langate began on a low key but picked up later as temperature rose breaking the morning chill.
A Junior Commissioned Officer was also killed in the gun battle, which broke out in Karnah sector in north Kashmir on Monday morning when troops confronted a large group of terrorists trying to sneak into this side from across the border, the spokesman said. Eight of the infiltrators were killed at Nasthachun Pass on Wednesday, raising the number of terrorists killed in the operation to eleven.
A family of 12 people, including five children and an old lady, crossed over the LoC in the wee hours of Friday in Tanghdar area in Karnah sector of north Kashmir. The 12 people, which included an eight-month-old toddler, reached the police post, located 10 km away from the LoC, and presented themselves, sources in the state home department said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the second phase of assembly elections in Udhampur and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on November 28.
The young couple defied the odds and came together in holy matrimony at a time of unrest.
Nadda said the saffron party will hold presidential elections in December.
Women will have a decisive say as chairpersons in seven of Jammu and Kashmir's 20 districts.
Singh said there is a large presence of terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) but expressed confidence that the counter-infiltration grid will take care of the threat.
Ruling National Conference has filed a complaint before the Election Commission against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for allegedly violating Model Code of Conduct.
Lelhari was named as the new commander of Ghazwat-ul-Hind in June this year after Zakir Musa was gunned down by security forces.
Telecom connectivity will be gradually restored in a phased manner, keeping in mind the constant threat posed by terrorist organisations in using mobile connectivity to organise terror actions.
The attack by the LeT to free "hardcore" Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt took place around 11.35 am inside the busy SMHS hospital complex in a high security area of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital.
The Election Commission on Saturday announced five-phase election dates for Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir
'I am aware that mention of a threat to Gulmarg emanating from my perception may send negative signals to tourists but there are realities which need to be taken stock of.' 'Gulmarg is not far from Srinagar and is what the army calls in its parlance "a big name place." Such places draw attention much faster when negative incidents take place and give value of eyeball attraction.'
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