In a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir police, the Indian Army arrested two terrorists from Shopian and recovered several warlike stores from their possession.
In an operation against the infiltrators from across the border, the Army eliminated the terrorist near the Jumagund area in Keran sector, officials said.
The exercise, which was planned many months in advance, was earlier planned to be held in October but would now be held next month, Army officials said.
Defence Minister said the Centre's aim is to implement the resolution unanimously passed in the Indian Parliament on February 22, 1994 to reclaim remaining parts of Kashmir.
The Indian Army celebrates October 27 every year as the 'Infantry Day', as it was on this day that the 1st Battalion of the Sikh Regiment landed at Srinagar airbase and thwarted the evil designs of the Pakistan Army, who had invaded Kashmir with the help of tribal raiders in 1947.
Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on Indian soil on October 27, 1947, in the Kashmir valley.
Infantry Day is observed as a remembrance of the first military event of independent India, when the Indian Army repelled the first attack on Indian soil on October 27, 1947, in the Kashmir valley.
Indian Army has issued a tender for the procurement of 750 remotely piloted aerial vehicles under fast-track procedures under the emergency procurement powers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who landed in Kargil to celebrate Diwali with soldiers, laid a wreath at the Kargil War Memorial and paid tribute to the army personnel who lost their lives here in 1999.