The shootout had broken out at Chowdhry Bagh area of Litter tehsil after terrorists ambushed an army patrol. More details are awaited.
This was the second sniper attack along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days. An Army porter lost his life in a similar incident in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu on Friday
Three terrorists have been gunned down in an ongoing encounter in Wani Mohalla area of Kulgam's Khudwani.At present, a heavy gunbattle is underway between terrorists and security forces. Three weapons have also been recovered from the encounter site.In a tweet, J&K DGP SP Vaid said that J&K Police, Army and CRPF were involved in the operation.Vaid also informed that the terrorists trapped at the encounter site were behind the killing of Police constable Mohammad Saleem.He wrote, 'Terrorists group that tortured our colleague CT Mohd Saleem of Kulgam & killed him brutally are all trapped in an encounter with J&K Police/Army/CRPF in Khudwani Kulgam.'The operation is underway and more details are awaited in this regard.
Forces launched a cordon and search operation in Khiram in Srigufwara area of the south Kashmir district on Friday morning after receiving specific intelligence input about the presence of militants
The gun battle comes a day after the Centre decided not to extend its unilateral initiative of a month-long Ramzan ceasefire
The encounter took place in Bandipora district on Thursday
Hotels and guest houses are being checked for the presence of any suspicious person
Azhar revealed how he and his cadres are working with other terror groups to launch simultaneous attacks in J&K
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists attacked the residential quarter inside the Army camp at Sunjuwan in Jammu, killing seven people and injuring 10
Sitharaman also asserted that Islamabad was expanding its 'arc of terror' to areas south of the Pir Panjal Range in the Jammu region
The body of the sixth soldier was recovered on Monday evening during the searches
Intermittent firing continues between security personnel and terrorists at a CRPF camp in Srinagar, according to reports
Attack comes close on the heels of the strike on the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu by a group of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists
Heavily armed militants of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked the Sunjwan Indian Army camp in Jammu city in the wee hours of Saturday
According to news agency ANI, Indian Air Force para commandos have been airlifted to Jammu from Udhampur
S. D. Singh Jamwal said that two injuries have been reported and the terrorist stormed inside one of the army family quarter
The woman, a Class XI student at a Pune college, was subsequently sent for a de-radicalisation programme by the ATS
The militants opened fire on district police lines