Pakistani forces allegedly violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday, according to officials.
Fresh snowfall in Kashmir, including Srinagar, leads to flight cancellations and highway closures, disrupting normal life.
Five militants were killed in a 10-hour long gunfight in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Thursday.
Militants late on Friday night gunned down a father and his son in Rajwar area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Delhi recorded its coldest January morning in three years with the minimum temperature dropping to 3 degrees Celsius. Cold wave conditions are expected to persist, and air quality has deteriorated to the 'very poor' category.
An unidentified terrorist on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The terrorists attacked a police station in Handwara area of Kupwara by resorting to firing and also lobbed a grenade, a police officer said.
Police intensified the crackdown on the terror ecosystem in Kashmir, carrying out raids at more than 300 locations linked to persons affiliated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the valley.
Heavy snowfall in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region disrupted traffic and air services, leading to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway and cancellation of flights. Rescue and road clearing operations are underway.
As many as 2,493 graves were identified as belonging to foreign terrorists who were killed in counter-insurgency operations.
These individuals often lacked identification to conceal their networks and maintain Pakistan's plausible deniability.
The Army and police immediately launched a search operation in the area to nab the militants.
Security forces killed three militants in two different operations on Tuesday in north Kashmir, a defence ministry spokesman said. He said troops of 21 Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operation Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police launched a joint operation at village Chalpora, Handwara, in the frontier district of Kupwara on Tuesday morning.
Two militants were on Saturday killed in an encounter with army troops in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district. "Two militants have been killed in an operation at Mooldari in Handwara area of Kupwara district," Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel J S Brar said.Brar said two major hideouts were also busted in the area.
The national capital was in the grip of a cold wave, with the sun largely obscured by clouds and pollutants lingering in the atmosphere, leading to reduced visibility. At least 129 flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport on Saturday due to dense fog, according to an official.
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."
The army foiled an infiltration bid in Keran sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Friday night, killing four more militants.
The Indian Army responded in a measured and effective manner to the provocation.
Police said army and Special Operations Group of the police on a specific information surrounded a forest area in the mountains of picturesque Bungus valley of north Kashmir's Kupwara district during which the hiding terrorists fired upon the surrounding security forces. "The troops also retaliated and returned the fire, triggering a fierce gun battle and so far an army trooper and two terrorists have been killed," a senior police officer told rediff.com.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the Indian Army's Chinar Warriors and the Jammu and Kashmir police recovered and destroyed an IED on the Wadder-Haphruda road at Haphruda village in Kupwara, north Kashmir.
The Army foiled two infiltration bids and engaged terrorists in a gun battle in north Kashmir Kupwara district killing seven terrorists. A defence spokesman said in Srinagar that troops foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control in the Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir Kupwara district, killing three militants.
A major tragedy was averted in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday following a timely detection of four powerful improvised explosive devices by the army and local police.
A cold wave has intensified in most parts of north India, with temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipping below freezing point. The national capital saw a brief respite from the bitter cold during the day, but cold conditions persisted in parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. The weather department has issued a yellow warning for cold wave, ground frost and dense fog for some places in Himachal Pradesh. There is a possibility of rain and snowfall in parts of northwest India later in the week.
The equestrian statue of the Maratha warrior king has been installed at the Army's 41 Rashtriya Rifles Maratha Light Infantry Regiment in the north Kashmir district which shares its border with Pakistan. Special prayers were held by a priest on the occasion.
The exchange of fire occurred even though the directors general of military operations of India and Pakistan spoke over the hotline on Tuesday amid rising tensions between the two countries over the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
The infiltration bid was foiled in Tangdhar sector.
The pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was on Monday detained by the police while on his way to Kupwara to meet the family of the 70-year-old Habibullah Khan, who was killed by the army last week.
A senior police officer said Colonel Neeraj Sood, commanding officer of the 18 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), was critically injured during an anti-terrorist operation.
Pakistan troops have violated the ceasefire agreement for the 11th consecutive night, firing on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The firing began in Kupwara and Baramulla districts and spread to other sectors, including Poonch, Rajouri, Mendhar, Naushera, Sunderbani, and Akhnoor. The Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately. The ceasefire violation comes despite a recent phone call between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan on April 29. This marks the latest escalation of tensions between the two countries, following a terror attack in Pahalgam in April.
The encounter started early morning after security forces launched an operation based on a specific input in Jumagund area near the LoC in the north Kashmir district.
"Heavy casualty is expected on the terrorist side. However, the operation is still in progress as intermittent exchange of firing is going on," a defence spokesman said.
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday arrested the chief commander of Al-badr outfit in north Kashmir.Acting on specific information, the police arrested Zeenatul Islam Shah, from north Kashmir's Sopore town."He was arrested today from Sopore town," a senior police officer said. He added that the militant commander had taken over as the chief commander of the outfit five years ago from a Pakistani militant identified as Abdullah.
Five militants were killed in a day-long fierce gunfight in frontier north Kashmir Kupwara district on Saturday.
Pakistani troops continued unprovoked small arms firing in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the 10th consecutive night, prompting effective retaliation by the Indian army. The ceasefire violations, which started after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, were reported from eight places across five districts in the Union Territory during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately to the unprovoked firing, a defence spokesperson said.
For the ninth consecutive night, Indian and Pakistani troops engaged in small arms fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, continuing a pattern of heightened border tensions. The skirmishes, initiated by Pakistani troops in violation of the ceasefire agreement, have led to a tense situation along the LoC and International Border (IB). The incidents come in the wake of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists. Civilians residing near the border have begun preparing their bunkers, anticipating potential escalation. Despite a recent hotline conversation between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan, where India cautioned Pakistan, the ceasefire violations persist.
Defence minister A K Antony on Sunday visited a forward post in north Kashmir's Kupwara sector.
Sinha said the inauguration of the Kashmir rail service has connected the hearts of the people of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country and will pave the way for the economic prosperity of the region.
The gunfight is over and the area is being sanitised, the official said.
The Jammu and Kashmir assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Monday expressing shock and anguish over the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and resolved to fight resolutely to defeat the nefarious designs to disturb communal harmony and hinder progress.
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