Troops noticed a group of militants from across the border sneaking into Kashmir in the wee hours of Tuesday.
An encounter broke out on Wednesday between militants and security forces in Awanitpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district but no casualties have been reported so far.
This is the third module of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit to be busted by the police in the valley within a fortnight.
Amar Dubey, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000, was killed in an encounter in Maudaha village in Hamirpur district.
Insurgents threw bombs and opened fire from different sides at the team.
NIA officials said the fact that only four AK-47s were recovered from the site and that only four terrorists crossed into Punjab supports this idea.
The 36 women commandos took on rigorous training which lasted 15 months.
Police shot Gill in the arm before he turned his own weapon on himself and fired a bullet in the head.
"They had AK-47 guns and they threatened to shoot us...They were speaking in Urdu, Hindi," said the police officer, who was interrogated for about six hours by the National Investigation Agency on Monday.
ATS said it will invoke stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the Aurangabad LeT arms seizure case in view of the unearthing of a bigger plan involving many people.
This has brought the total number of rhinos killed in KNP this year to six.
The army has foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists along the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing an ultra.
The incident occurred at Lippitiputta village under Dambriguda mandal when Araku (ST) MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma went to take part in a 'grama darsini' (village visit) programme.
West Bengal police sub-inspector Amitabha Mullick was shot dead and four police personnel were severely injured after supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morch loyal to Gurung opened fire to stop the advancing police party.
A commanding officer of the counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, a cop and two militants were killed and a soldier was seriously wounded in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area on Tuesday afternoon.
A huge quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from Padgah village in Thane district.
Pak had realised in 2018 that Hurriyat Conference, the separatist conglomerate created by Inter-Services Intelligence, won't be able to deliver any more
The bag was found after intercepts of messages from Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed asking its cadres to attack prominent buildings in Delhi.
Pakistan added that it is necessary to establish "veracity of the Indian claim".
The gunmen ordered all the six men to sit in a row on the bridge, Namasudra said, adding they also took away his mobile phone.
A militant was gunned down while a soldier got injured in fierce gun battles that broke out between militants and security forces in Uri sector near LoC and in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Wednesday.
Terming the incident "unfortunate", the Bangladesh home minister said the director general of both the forces should ideally sit together and solve the issue.
In swift and specific operation Assam Police on Tuesday apprehended five members of Garo tribal militant group.
Police suspect a gang war to be the reason behind Anil Rai's murder on Tuesday morning.
The NSG, aided by the Garuds and the Army, conducted a chain of surgical 'step by step' operations to eliminate the six terrorists.
'In both the attacks last week, terrorists had come equipped for a prolonged fight and were eventually prepared to die. This is a new breed of fidayeen Pakistan has invested in.'
Three armed policemen were killed and five others injured when suspected militants belonging to Hmar People's Convention-Democracy attacked members of an assembly panel in Zokhawthiang in Aizawl district bordering Manipur, police said.
The 3,064-page chargesheet, filed in a Jammu court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, names self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror group Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu and his alleged network of aides.
Constable Mohammad Saleem Shah, who was on leave, was abducted by terrorists from his residence in Mutalhama area of Kulgam in south Kashmir on Friday.
The first encounter took place when a police team was approaching to arrest Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter facing 60 criminal cases, in Dikru village under the Chaubeypur police station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police said.
'We were scared about what would happen if these terrorists managed to enter the building.'
Because of these clashes, train services between Srinagar and Banihal were suspended by railway authorities for the day.
Four gunmen trying to storm a guesthouse in the diplomatic area of Afghanistan's Kabul have been killed, say the police.
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