Authorities involved in rescue and relief operation confirmed that they have recovered two bodies so far, including one of a 10-year-old boy.
The gunbattle broke out at Choken Post in Keran sector near the Line of Control at around 7.30 am, officials said.
A militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Langet area of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir today.
The Pakistan Army’s elite Special Services Group forms the core of BAT. Its primary task is to dominate the LoC by lunching deadly attacks.
Zahoor Ahmed Peer and Nazir Ahmed Peer, both residents of Kupwara, were arrested for allegedly providing logistical and material support to terrorists infiltrating from Pakistan into Kashmir.
2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Till August 1, there were 285 of such violations by the Pakistan Army, while in 2016, the number was significantly less at 228 for the entire year.
Three militants were gunned down while a jawan was martyred as the Indian Army foiled yet another infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Naugam sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today
An Army official informed that three soldiers attained martyrdom in the operation that started yesterday.
According to news agency ANI, two terrorists were killed and two soldiers attained martyrdom in the ongoing gun battle.
Normal life was affected in the Kashmir Valley today due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara on Thursday.
Speaking in the same vein, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the repeated terrorist attacks on army camps are extremely worrying.
Terrorists on Thursday morning attacked an Army camp in Panzgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Five Indian Army soldiers, who were on Saturday rescued from an avalanche near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, succumbed to their injuries while being evacuated, defence officials said today.
Five jawans are feared trapped after snow tracks they were travelling on caved in near the Machil sector of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir today.
Militants on Thursday attacked a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district and search operation are underway, said police. "Militants attacked the Kralgund police station in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara late Thursday evening," a
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