Five Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists have been gunned down in the ongoing firefight with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir Police said on Friday.
Three Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists have been gunned down in the ongoing firefight with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Friday.
The encounter which broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district entered into second day on Friday, police said.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security and development scenario in all ten districts of Kashmir Division.
District administration authorities formed teams that travelled to Delhi, Haryana, Gurgaon, Jammu and Kashmir, and other places, connecting with the migrant workers and encouraging them to return for voting.
A terrorist infiltration bid was thwarted along the Line of Control in Uri Sector on November 15. The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police successfully executed a joint operation named 'Operation Kali'. This was the second bid to infiltrate in the same region.
According to Kashmir Zone police, the encounter broke out at DH Pora area in Samno village of Kulgam, and is underway. They said that police and security forces are on duty.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters on Thursday were deployed at the site of a bus accident at Assar in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The helicopters evacuated critically injured survivors to Jammu.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 'Chhau Parv', a traditional dance style of West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand, at Srinagar's Tagore Hall on Wednesday.