The tri-services chiefs while addressing the media also said that the forces were in a state of heightened readiness to deal with any eventuality.
The three terrorists were hiding in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the past seven months
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There was a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army on a forward post in Mankote-Balnoie sector.
The ceasefire violation took place around 8:30 am. A JCO of the army and a BSF head constable were killed in the attack, a senior officer of the paramilitary force said.
Separatist jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik has been booked on charges of attempt to murder and sent to jail in connection with a violent protest here last week during which a young police officer suffered serious injuries.
As per reports, Pakistan has fired 3000-4000 mortar shells targeting Indian villages and border towns in which 12 people have been killed.
Eight passengers from Rajouri and four from Poonch were shifted to a hotel in Jammu, where multi-tier security has been activated, the sources added.
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Militants also abducted four people.
BSF troops guarding over 180 km of IB with Pakistan have strengthened their observation posts and 'listening posts' to keep a close watch against any intrusion by drones.
Four of them belonged to the Hizbul-Mujahideen Pir Panchal Regiment while the rest were from the Lashkar.
There has been firing by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Nowshera sector since 8:45 am, a senior army officer said.
The militant, identified as Abdul Rehman, was killed in an encounter at Manyal in Rajouri district last night.
The Indian Army's Northern Command would be stretched if all three of the corps under it -- based in Leh, Srinagar, and Nagrota (near Jammu) -- were to face hostilities, notes David Devadas.
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In Jammu region, three districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua are in red zone.
The militants have killed 42 civilians, including 11 women, in the Rajouri-Poonch border sector in the last two months.
Aurangzeb's family had made an emotional appeal to the PM to avenge his death.
The Indian Army has been inflicting heavy casualties to Pakistani troops while replying to Pakistani shelling along the LoC in the last few weeks.
The grenade blast which killed a protester took place at Brakpora village in Anantnag district of south Kashmir.
Pakistan troops on Friday targeted Indian posts with heavy firing and mortar shelling along the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in yet another violation of the ceasefire, prompting retaliation by Indian forces.
In the past, 'shallow infiltration' has been carried out by terror groups, in which either some army men were killed or damage was caused to an army installation, the officials said.
