Militants on Thursday night shot dead a shopkeeper on the outskirts of Srinagar city, officials said. The deceased, identified as Ghulam Mohammed, owned a shop at Parim Pora.
A total of seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Sunday in a security operation and airstrikes by the US-led coalition in the Iraqi province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said.
More than 80 terrorist attacks against Indian armed forces have taken place in less than two years despite strict security guidelines having been issued for defence installations across the country in the wake of the 2016 Pathankot attack.
Militants have shot and critically injured a civilian in Pampore town of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday.
The militants fired at Mohammad Rafiq Rather, a resident of Chandhara area of Awantipora in south Kashmir district, a police spokesperson said.
At least 14 militants have been killed in an airstrike targeting Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's Zabul province, the country's Army said in a statement on Saturday.
Militants hurled a grenade on security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday but no one was injured in the attack, police said.
Weapons and other materials have been seized from the site of the encounter.
An Army official said they are trying to ascertain where the jawan had been on Friday night which prompted his family to approach the police.
The two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad militants arrested from Deoband in Saharanpur last month have confessed to recruiting several youths in their terror outfit, said ATS officials on Tuesday.
The area has been cordoned off and searches are going on to track down the militants, the official said.
Situated on the bank of Jhelum river downstream from Srinagar, Baramulla district has been the hotbed for terrorist activities.
Mehbooba Mufti calls local militants 'sons of soil', urgers Centre to initiate dialogue with the militant leadership
The government established the ALP or community police in 2010 to protect villages and districts around the country where the Army and police have limited presence.
Governor Malik's statement comes a day after former J&K Chief MInister Mehbooba Mufti warned of "dangerous consequences" if harassment of militants' families is not stopped.
Two-three militants were trapped in a house and an exchange of fire happened in Zagoo Arizal area between the militants and the security forces.
Reports of any injuries or casualties in the incident in Shopian were yet not available.
On Camera, areas from where terrorists enter into Indian territory
The search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire at positions of the security forces, an official said.
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