The chief minister, however, said the bridge connecting Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to this side, Aman Setu, will take some time to be repaired.
A major infiltration bid into the Kashmir Valley was foiled on Tuesday by the army in which six persons, including a colonel, a trooper and four intruders, were killed in the Uri sector of the Line of Control.
Four Indian Army personnel, a Border Security Force sub-inspector and six civilians were killed while four security forces personnel and eight civilians were injured in the firing by Pakistan during the multiple ceasefire violations between Gurez and Uri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
A junior commissioned officer was killed when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday morning.
The Indian army on Tuesday said that Pakistan army has refused a flag meeting after its troops violated the bilateral ceasefire in north Kashmir last month.
The BSF officer also said human rights organisations should take note of the killings of civilians and the damage caused to civilian properties in the intense shelling by Pakistan.
People living in areas close to Line of Control in Kashmir are demanding special grant for construction of bunkers to escape shelling as India and Pakistan have resumed hostilities by heavy firing at each others' position.
She is the first lady to be deployed on the Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battlefield.
The identity and group affiliation of the gunned-down terrorists were not immediately known.
Army officials said one of the four attackers had infiltrated using the gaps along the fence near Salamabad nallah and erected a ladder on the Indian side of the fence, while the other three had a ladder on their side.
A squadron leader and a flight liuetanant, injured in the crash, have been rushed to the army hospital, the sources said.
The external affairs minister said the SAARC is in trouble as one of its members has been supporting terrorism.
This is the third infiltration attempt that has been foiled by the army in north Kashmir over the past fortnight.
The Indian soldier who was returned by Pakistan after four months in captivity recounts his horror.
An Indian military post was targeted from across the Line of Control yet again despite New Delhi asking Islamabad not to vitiate the atmosphere between the two countries by repeatedly violating the ceasefire.
In the retaliatory fire by the army, two of the militants were killed and the troops noticed the ultras dragging the two bodies back into the Pakistani side of the LoC, he added.
As Antony talked to army officers and journalists accompanying him, several camera flashes went off on the Pakistani side.
There was a ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army on a forward post in Mankote-Balnoie sector.
The second point on the LoC was opened on Wednesday.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of all concerned agencies Monday evening, Regional Passport Officer S L Sriramlu said in Srinagar on Tuesday.
The retaliation also comes after an Indian Army solider was killed in Pakistan firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on last Saturday.
A senior police officer said that the family comprising three men, four women and ten children crossed over to the Indian side of the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Uri sector on Friday afternoon to return to their homes. The family had crossed over to PoK in 1990 and had been living there since.
General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps or Chinar Corps, Lt Gen D P Pandey, said there have been some infiltration attempts, but unlike previous years they have not been 'adequately supported' by ceasefire violations.
The question that the general public is asking is why the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy did not react to the deaths of the two soldiers?
General Michael Walker will on Friday make his second visit to the LoC, this time from the Indian side.
Pakistan has been resorting to heavy mortar shelling along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir for the past over one month.
The World Bank on Tuesday favoured opening up of the retail sector to foreign direct investment for speedy integration of India with the global economy.
The Pakistani army again violated the ceasefire on Tuesday by firing on forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.
The latest ceasefire violations -- the tenth and eleventh in less than a week -- has come a day after an Army jawan was killed when Pakistani troops opened fire at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarbad bus service on Monday resumed after remaining suspended for two weeks following a deadlock over the arrest of a driver from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on drug trafficking charges.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
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