Meanwhile, state women wing president Namrata Sharma wrote separately to Kejriwal informing him about their decision to quit the party.
The encounter started during a cordon and search operation by the police and the Army at Gundha-Khawas village in the Budhal area following information about the presence of terrorists there, officials said.
Mehbooba Mufti claimed that she was put under house arrest on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. She claimed that several of her party leaders were detained at the police stations.
Amarnath Yatra 2023: The Centre revoked Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union territories- J-K and Ladakh- on August 5, 2019.
A search operation was launched by security forces in the higher compasses of the Halan forest area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following inputs about the presence of terrorists there, a police official said.
Police seized three explosives, 10 bullets, 25 AK-47 bullets and other equipment related to the incident from the suspects. The arrest was made by a Srinagar police team.
Acting on specific intelligence, a small team of Srinagar police, at a checkpoint established at Harnabal Natipora, arrested three terrorist associates.
According to the Kashmir Zone Police, three jawans were injured and evacuated to the hospital for treatment.
NIA carried out searches in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in connection with a terror funding case on Friday.
The PDP plans to hold a public programme at Sher-e-Kashmir Park in Srinagar on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370.
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah said the only thing that brought us here was Mahatma Gandhi and his utterances that this nation is for all irrespective of what language you speak, what culture you have.
Several petitions challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, were filed in the Supreme Court which were combined in a batch.
As part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt and dismantle the terror financing network in Kashmir, the NIA conducted comprehensive searches of the case linked to the raising of funds for sponsoring terrorist operations.
The IAF helicopter rescued the private chopper providing heli-services for the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims after it developed some glitch at the Panchtarni helipad in Jammu and Kashmir.
The intruder had ignored numerous warnings given by the BSF and he tried to flee after managing to cross the border fence.
Srinagar Police arrested the terrorist-linked with proscribed Al-Badr from the Batamaloo area with arms and ammunition.
Sinha during his outing interacted with mourners, and also distributed refreshments among them, officials said. The day marks the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain- the grandson of Prophet Mohammad- and his companions in Karbala in Iraq.
More than 3.60 lakh pilgrims embarked on the Amarnath Yatra this year, outperforming last year's count with over a month still left before the pilgrimage concludes, said an official.
Omar Abdullah welcomed the government's decision to allow the Muharram procession on the traditional route through Lal Chowk after over three decades and also demanded the release of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from house arrest.
All security arrangements are in place and general public especially members of the Shia community have been informed that no one shall be allowed to take out any other procession individually or collectively on the route except the one to be taken out from Gurubazar.
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