Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Humayun Bhat, who was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district last September, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, the second-highest peacetime gallantry award.
Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra on Tuesday criticised the central government over the recent encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda region and said that terrorism is at its peak since NDA assumed power and the central government is not taking any cognizance of the matter.
Colonel Bhuwanesh Thapa (retd), the father of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who lost his life in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda, remembered his nephew and said that he is "proud" that his son has done something for the nation and for the security of the nation.
People paid their last respects to Capt MV Pranjal on Saturday in Karnataka's Jigani area, who lost his life in action during the Rajouri encounter in Jammu and Kashmir.
A search operation in the forest area of Kokernag is underway as the encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district enters the seventh day on Tuesday, according to the officials.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 14 (ANI): Indian Army on Friday paid tributes to 'Zoom' its canine warrior dog who succumbed to bullet injuries during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week.
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 30 (ANI): A total of three terrorists have been killed in the encounter that began in the Nagbal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian on Tuesday.
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 12 (ANI): Terrorists fired indiscriminately upon police personnel in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, injuring a policeman.
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 10 (ANI): The security forces on Wednesday trapped terrorists of proscribed terror outfit The Resistance Front (TRF)/Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam.