Security forces launched a search operation after a few rounds of bullets were fired in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said on Sunday.
Amid heightened security, another batch of pilgrims departed from the Baltal Base camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar for the annual pilgrimage -- Amarnath Yatra.
Four terrorists have been neutralised and two Indian Army soldiers were killed in action in separate encounters with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, defence officials said on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain on Saturday handed over appointment letters to the Special Police Officers (SPOs) who recently neutralised three terrorists in the Gandoh area who had sneaked into the Doda District.
The BJP will hold an executive meeting with its Jammu and Kashmir unit on July 5 which will be chaired by Union Minister JP Nadda, who will arrive in Jammu city later in the day. The meeting will be held in Jammu.
To ensure safe and efficient movement of pilgrims and other commuters during the holy Amarnath Yatra, the Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police have issued an advisory on National Highway-44 with cut-off timings and instructions for various convoy and non-convoy movements.
To ensure the well-being of pilgrims undertaking the holy Amarnath Yatra, the Udhampur Health Department in Jammu and Kashmir has deployed five mobile medical teams (ambulances) along the route from Tikri to Chenani Nashri Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Udhampur.
Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) highlighted the major security lapses behind the recent Rawalakot prison break incident in which 20 criminals had escaped.
Tarun Chugh told ANI that by defeating former J-K Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti (in the Lok Sabha elections), the people have shown their narrative.