Three militants of the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area in Pulwama district on Thursday evening.
Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag also paid tributes to the deceased soldier.
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.
Six army troopers were injured in an accidental blast inside a heavily guarded camp of the Rashtriya Rifles in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Thursday morning. A senior police officer said a powerful grenade went off accidentally while a clean-up operation was going on in the camp.
A gun-battle took place between security forces and militants hiding in a village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday, official sources said.
One army trooper was killed during a search operation a forest area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday morning, a senior police officer to Rediff.com
A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant commander was on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in a village in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
Lieutenant General P G K Menon on Tuesday took over command of Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps of the Indian Army, a Defence spokesperson said in Srinagar.
"The search operation was launched on specific information about presence of a group of militants inside a house in the village," the officer said.
Two 'foreign' militants were killed in a daylong encounter in Chattergul village of north Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Sunday.
They said a sniper is believed to have targeted the truck from the front before the other terrorists sprayed bullets and lobbed grenades on it.
The fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Pulwama district concluded on Tuesday afternoon after one terrorist was killed while the other reportedly escaped the security cordon.
The entire area has been cordoned off while drones and sniffer dogs are being used to sniff out the terrorists that might be hiding in the area, they said.
An AK rifle along with four magazines and a mobile phone were recovered from the slain militant.
Two terrorists of the Lashkar-e Tayiba outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kawdrang area of south Kashmir Shopian district on Monday afternoon.
Three militants, including a self-styled commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed, were killed, while an army officer was wounded in a fierce gunfight that lasted about 20 hours in south Kashmir's Bongam Hajan village in Pulwama district.
Three AK-47 rifles and one Underbarrel Grenade Launcher were recovered from the slain terrorists.
Security forces gunned down three militants of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, including a top commander, on Friday morning in north Kashmir's Sopore town, 54 kms from Srinagar.A senior police officer said troops of Rashtriya Rifles and the police, acting on specific information, surrounded Seer village in Sopore on Thursday evening.He said a top commander of the outfit identified as Abdullah Babbar was among the slain militants.
A top militant commander of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was gunned down by security forces in north Kashmir's Sopore town on Tuesday evening.
Two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir late on Thursday night, according to police.
The army on Monday safely rescued 11 state government employees trapped in snow in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu region.
Two terrorists were killed in an overnight gunbattle with security forces in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.
A senior police officer said troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles and police jointly surrounded a forest area near Lolab in frontier Kupwara district early on Thursday.
"This Diwali, we thought of his comrades in arms, who suffer harsh climes and the enemy from across the border, as well as some within. We thought this would be a nice gesture for soldiers, who spend Diwali away from their families," said one of Santosh Mahadik's friends.
Police on Wednesday gunned down two militants, one of whom was the longest surviving militant in Kashmir valley.
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 arrested persons were planning to carry out a grenade attack on a temple at the behest of their Pakistani handler to disturb peace and communal amity in the district.
The Army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid in north Kashmir Uri sector killing five infiltrators. This is the first infiltration bid in the Uri sector this year, according to a defence spokesman.
One woman was killed and her husband was in jured in an exchange of fire between north Kashmir security forces and terrorists late Sunday night.
Three militants were killed in two encounters in Kupwara district of Kashmir, officials said on Thursday.
Two militants were killed in a fierce encounter in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday.
Rawat conveyed to the family that forces stood with them in their hour of grief.
Three terrorists were killed and two security forces personnel injured on Friday in an encounter in Lolab in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar. Three terrorists were killed and two security forces personnel injured on Friday in an encounter in Lolab in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said in Srinagar. Security forces have surrounded a house in Maidanpora village in north Kashmir's Kupwara district where four militants o
Delhi Police chief Y S Dadwal has personally taken charge of the deployment of over 1 lakh personnel drawn from the city police, Central Reserve Police Force, Rashtriya Rifles and other paramilitary forces to ensure that all loopholes are plugged. =
A top Hizbul Mujahideen commander was among two militants killed in a fierce gunfight in south Kashmir area of Tral on Monday morning. An army officer is also said to have been wounded in the gunfight.
Two militants were killed Friday afternoon while a third was still holed up inside a house in north Kashmir apple-rich Sopore town.
Security forces gunned down a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in a fierce gun battle in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
A patrolling party of 53 Rashtriya Rifles came under fire from terrorists at village Hayatpora.
A gunbattle broke out between militants hiding in a house and security forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Wednesday morning.
Three militants and a soldier were killed and another trooper wounded in a daylong encounter in the Sozipora village near Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
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