Security has been tightened along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after five armymen were killed in an ambush by terrorists in Kathua district on June 8.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed his deepest condolences to the bereaved families of five army soldiers who were killed in am ambush by terrorists in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on July 8.
One more soldier injured in the terrorist attack on an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on Monday has succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll to five, a Defence official said.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday, met with the family of CRPF Jawan Kabir Das Uikey, who recently lost his life during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain Thursday stated that there is a "security challenge" in the Jammu region adding that police and the security agencies are mapping their resources to give a befitting reply to the terrorists.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other senior officials, the Government of India sources said.
Two terrorists involved in the Kathua terror attack have been neutralised and a search operation is continuing, said Jammu and Kashmir police officials on Wednesday.
Five jawans and a sub-divisional special police officer (SDPO) were injured in the encounter that began after terrorists opened fire at a joint checkpost of police and Rashtriya Rifles at an army base in the Chattargala area on the Bhadarwah-Pathankot road in Doda