The unprovoked firing from across the border took place in the Nowshera and Sunderbani sectors in Rajouri district and the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district.
Geelani, who was scheduled to address a Friday congregation at Rajouri town and Thanamandi, was arrested at Chingus, 90 km from Jammu.
Two militants, an army trooper were killed and a police officer wounded in two separate encounters in the Rajouri district of Jammu region on Tuesday.
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Acting on a tip-off that some terrorists were hiding in Rajdhani forest belt at Thanamandi, troops of Rashtriya Rifles and police launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area. In the ensusing gunfight, two ultras were killed and a police constable was wounded, said SSP (Rajouri) R K Jalla who supervised the operation.
The daring action is in retaliation to the ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC on Saturday.
A doctor couple in Rajouri have been questioned by security agencies in connection with the sensational espionage case involving an Indian diplomat, who was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan.
Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 43 are going to polls in the second phase with 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu division.
Four more Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants and an army trooper were killed in yet another fierce gunfight in the hilly Rajouri district of Jammu region on Friday.
Four AK rifles, magazines, grenades, pistols, a satellite phone, a GPS device, geo-satellite maps of Jammu and Kashmir, besides Pakistan-made edible and electronic items were recovered from them.
A woman was killed and nine others, including two army jawans, were injured when militants fired at a passenger bus during an attack on an army convoy in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning.
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The J-K top cops also said less than 200 militants are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Rajouri district on Friday.Acting on a tip-off about the movement of militants in the Kanthole Gundi-Darrutelna area in Kalakote, 130 kms from Jammu, a police team assisted by Rashtriya Rifle and Central Reserve Police Force personnel launched a cordon operation.An encounter soon broke out at approximately 8.30 am, and two militants have been killed so far, said the police.
"Saluting your valour, 130 crore countrymen of India are standing firm with you today. Today every Indian is proud of the strength and bravery of his soldiers. They are proud of your invincibility," said PM Modi.
The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
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Pakistani troops on Monday violated the ceasefire for the second time in four days by firing with small arms and automatic weapons on Indian posts along the LoC in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Captain Bhoopendra Singh had also provided wrong information to his superiors and the police about the recovery made during the staged encounter, the charge sheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police before the chief judicial magistrate in Shopian said.
The announcement was made by the state Director General of Police Kuldeep Khuda during his visit to the Rajouri district of Jammu region.
In a revenge attack, militants tonight hurled two grenades at the house of Rukhsana Kausar, the woman who shot into national limelight by taking on armed terrorists of Lashkar-e-Tayiba killing one of them, but she was not present there at the time of the incident.
The heavy shelling took place in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts.
The bodies of two terrorists had been recovered on Sunday.
The attack took place a kilometre away from the proposed venue of the meeting of the home minister with CRPF personnel on Sunday.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice overnight by pounding civilian hamlets and Indian forward posts with 120 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs along the LoC in Poonch district, drawing retaliation from the Army.
11 BSF troops have so far been killed in cross-border firing incidents along the IBr in J&K this year.
Two militants, including a close confidant of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, official sources said.
"Pakistan troops resorted to unprovoked firing in three areas of Noushera Rajouri district from 05:15 hours today," Defence Spokesman Col Manish Mehta said. They fired mortar bombs, automatic weapons and small arms, he said, adding that Indian troops gave a befitting reply.
Ravaging floods claimed 17 more lives in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday raising the toll to 37 even as evacuation of people to safer areas continued.
"The army chief chief reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and also operational preparedness of Northern Command at a high-level meeting," officials said.
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Tourists in Jammu and Kashmir were in for a pleasant surprise on Sunday as the upper reaches of the valley received the season's first snowfall.
Over 5,000 people living in 23 hamlets along the LoC were forced to shun homes.
A total of 16 turncoats were in the poll fray -- nine fielded by the Aam Aadmi Party, three by the Congress and four by the BJP.
An army jawan committed suicide by consuming poison at his house in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. Naresh Kumar, (29), a sepoy of 8 Jammu and Kashmir light infantry consumed poison at his home in Dabad village in Noushera tehsil of Rajouri district late on Thursday night.
The tri-services chiefs while addressing the media also said that the forces were in a state of heightened readiness to deal with any eventuality.
A GERF labourer was killed while two others including a BSF jawan were injured in the shelling and firing on forward posts along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.
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.
Members of two communities clashed after India's victory over Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday night, leaving 23 people injured in Rajouri border town and forcing authorities to impose prohibitory orders in the area.
Five persons were injured in clashes with the police while protesting over the incident in the town on Wednesday.
Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistan.
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