State announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed.
While two terrorists were killed in Kupwara as many were eliminated in Kulgam, they said, adding some more terrorists are hiding and operation was still underway in both the areas.
Two militants and a soldier were killed on Sunday in a gun battle during infiltration bids by ultras at Keran and Tangdhar sectors along the Line of Control in Kashmir while an army officer lost his life in a mishap during a search operation.
A day after encounter, internet services were suspended in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Sunday.
In the wreath laying ceremony for the slain Colonel Santosh Mahadik in Srinagar, all the officers and the jawans of the 41 RR paid their tributes to him.
Jammu and Kashmir is facing a severe water crisis this year due to a massive rainfall deficit. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed concern about the situation and called for a proactive approach towards water management and conservation. The state has witnessed an 80% deficit in rainfall this year, raising the possibility of drought in the valley this summer. Several water bodies are flowing below the zero level mark, and some springs in south Kashmir have dried up completely. The water level in Jhelum and other major streams is alarmingly low.
Seven militants and two army troopers were among nine persons killed in fierce separate gunfights in the north Kashmir Kupwara border district on Wednesday.
Omar Abdullah told the media on Friday, April 12, 2024, that he is contesting from north Kashmir as the National Conference wanted to defeat the central government, which is eyeing the Baramulla constituency as Sajjad Lone is contesting from the seat.
Operations at the Delhi airport remained normal. However, three flights were returned or diverted to the Delhi airport due to bad weather in Chandigarh, Varanasi and Lucknow on Tuesday night.
An army officer, a trooper and three terrorists have been killed in the three-day-long north Kashmir gunfight, according to the army's spokesman in Srinagar.
An unidentified terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara on Friday, the seventh to be killed in three encounters in the district since Thursday.
In a major ceasefire violation, the Pakistan army on Thursday night fired mortar rounds at the Indian positions in the Keran sector, along the Line of Control in north Kashmir.A defence spokesman said, "Fourteen mortar rounds were fired at our positions in the Keran sector of the LoC in north Kashmir's Kupwara district last night"."Our troops retaliated with small arms and during the search of the area, bodies of two terrorists were recovered," said an army official.
One army trooper was killed in a fierce encounter in a forest area in north Kashmir Kupwara district on Monday.
Head constable Bashir Ahmad laid down his life and two officers -- a DSP and an assistant sub-inspector -- were injured in the encounter, he said, adding both the officers are stable.
A Pakistan army regular who sneaked into India in Kupwara was today handed over to the authorities in his country.
'Chillai-Kalan' will end on January 31. The cold wave continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day-long 'Chillai-Bachha' (baby cold).
The arms were found by the 12 Kumaon Regiment near the Line of Control.
The sweets were presented by the Indian Army personnel to their Pakistani counterparts at Chilehana Tithwal Crossing Point in The Tangdhar sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
The GoC said the security forces have also recovered a huge quantity of narcotics which establishes a deep nexus between defence establishments in Pakistan and terrorist groups.
A cold wave has gripped many parts of north and east India, with Srinagar recording a minimum temperature of minus 5.3 degrees Celsius. Other areas experiencing below-freezing temperatures include Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Konibal, Qazigund, Kupwara, and Kokernag in Kashmir. Himachal Pradesh has issued an orange warning for severe cold wave conditions in several districts. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 5.9 degrees Celsius, while Faridkot in Punjab was the coldest in the region at 0 degrees Celsius. Extreme cold conditions also continued in parts of Rajasthan and Jharkhand. The Met office has forecast mainly dry weather until December 26, with the possibility of light snowfall in the higher reaches of Kashmir on the intervening night of December 21-22.
The Indian Army has foiled an infiltration bid from across the border in Nowgam sector of Kashmir, killing three intruders. Army personnel detected some movement in the sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday night. When the intruders were challenged by the army patrol, they opened fire, said army spokesman Naresh Vij.
A soldier of the counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles was killed in an ongoing encounter with militants in the Khaimal forest area in North Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities in Srinagar have placed breakaway Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani under house arrest, apprehending trouble in view of his scheduled visit to north Kashmir's Kupwara district, where a teacher was shot dead by soldiers on Friday.
India fully utilised its military modernisation budget in 2024-2025 -- the first time in five years -- and signed a record Rs 2 trillion defence contracts.
An exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces was also reported from Keran sector.
This is the second successful anti-infiltration operation by the Army in the last 24 hours.
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.
The road, the alternative link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was closed after the season's first heavy snowfall in the Jammu region.
The joint separatist camp, including Hurriyat Conference factions led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik-led Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, has asked the people to march to Tral to pay tributes to Wani, who was killed in an encounter with security forces on this day last year.
A suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant was on Wednesday killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said.
Angered by the death of a school teacher, who was allegedly murdered by jawans, over 5,000 protesters torched an Army vehicle on Saturday. Relatives and protesters claimed that Abdul Rashid Mir, a school teacher hailing from Kupwara, had been killed by some soldiers on Friday. Reacting to the public protests, the Army said that it had arrested the soldier whose weapon had been used to kill the teacher. But the Army claimed that the weapon was discharged accidentally.
Five persons were wounded, one of them critically, in police firing in the curfew bound Maisuma locality of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar on Monday.
Five militants were killed in two separate encounters in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.
Two militants and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Security forces have surrounded a mosque in the mountainous Kishtwar district of Jammu region to flush out three holed-up militants.
Samir Ahmad Wani alias Jaan Sahib was killed in a gunbattle with security forces at Nagri Hatmulla in Kupwara district, a police official said.
One policeman was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack in northern Kashmir on Wednesday evening. According to the police, some militants hurled a grenade at a police patrol party at Kralgund near Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday evening. Two policemen were injured in the blast."Irfan Ahmad, a head constable, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital while another cop is battling for his life in the hospital," a police officer said.
Three militants were killed when the Army foiled an infiltration bid in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district early on Monday morning. A defence spokesperson told rediff.com that a group of infiltrators had made an attempt to sneak into Indian territory."The infiltrators were spotted and challenged. They opened fire on surrounding troops, triggering a gun battle that is still going on. So far, three militants have been killed," said the defence spokesperson.
At least 11 persons, including two Army soldiers and nine militants, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday in three different encounters between militants and security forces.
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