One person was killed and 15 others were wounded on Monday evening in police firing and clashes that erupted in north Kashmir's Baramulla town as the body of a 13-year old student was fished out from the Jhelum river.
A top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant was killed in a six-hour-long gun-battle with security forces in Sopore town of north Kashmir Baramulla district, the police said.
A defence spokesman in Srinagar said alert troops noticed movement along the LoC in the afternoon in the Kalapahar area of the Uri sector and challenged the infiltrators. "The terrorists opened fire at the troops, which was returned, resulting in an encounter that is still on and so far bodies of five terrorists have been recovered," Lt Col JS Brar said.
Curfew was imposed in north Kashmir's Baramulla town following large violence that left one dead and ten others wounded two of them with gunshot wounds. The town on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road has been on the boil for the past three days following the arrest of some youths by the police, who had participated in recent protests.
Protests rocked the south Kashmir's Shopian town where the separatists had called for a march on Monday, resulting in injuries to ten persons.
The two-day-long bloody gunfight between the security forces and the militants ended in Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon in which two army majors and nine militants were killed.
Army troops on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir Baramulla district eliminating five intruders.
In another gunfight between the militants and the security forces in south Kashmir Kulgam district, a top militant commander identified as Bilal Ahmad of Hizbul Mujaheedin was killed.
Jan Mohammad Kakroo was the district president of the party and office bearer of the local fruit growers association.
Police said a patrol party of the 32 Rashtriya Rifles was attacked by militants with automatic weapons at village Gund Karim Khan, 63 km from Srinagar in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday morning. A JCO and a soldier were killed on the spot.
The Chinar Corps put out photographs and a video of the former captain while playing and interacting with the cricketers and the youths.
Police said a powerful Improvised Explosive Device concealed in a handcart was triggered off by militants when a paramilitary Border Security Force vehicle neared it on the Srinagar Muzaffarabad road in Baramulla town.
Colonel G S Sarna was killed in the encounter.
Two soldiers were also injured in the Uri operation.
This was the second infiltration attempt in last two days.
Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead a sarpanch in Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
School children also came out of their classrooms as parents started, making frantic calls to schools asking for the safety of their children.
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.
An army colonel was killed and two soldiers injured in a gunbattle with militants in Pattan area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
2 other jawans were injured in Pakistani shelling in Naushera sector of Rajouri district.
The grenade was aimed at a paramilitary patrol party, but missed the target.
The killing of a Rajput driver by a terrorist has generated a sense of fear and uncertainty among members of the tiny community in Kakran village in Kulgam district who have stayed on in Kashmir Valley despite decades of militancy but are now considering leaving for a safer place.
Amid the coronavirus scare, Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the Khelo India's first Winter Games chapter in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg town on Saturday. This comes amid calls from Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu seeking cancellation of the event.
Officials said more than five inches of snow has accumulated in the main Gulmarg bowl so far.
Two terrorists were killed in an overnight gunfight in Hajin area of Bandipora district, officials said.
One of the terrorists was a lecturer by profession who had abdicated the government service and had joined the outfit.
Trade across the Line of Control has been hit once again after police and customs officers recovered narcotics hidden in orange crates late on Friday night.
Authorities have imposed curfew-like-restrictions in parts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to scuttle the protests called by separatists on the death anniversary of the pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front founder Maqbool Bhat.
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.
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