Notably, three terrorists were killed by the Indian Army during the anti-infiltration operation at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara on Sunday.
Earlier, calling it a cowardly act, President Droupadi Murmu condemned the July 8 Kathua terror attack in which five army soldiers lost their lives and called for firm counter-measures.
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.
Speaking on the Kulgam encounter, Javed Ahmad Matoo, DIG South Kashmir, said that in two joint operations conducted from July 6 to 7, two terrorists were killed in total.
Terming it a s a big milestone for security forces, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain said on Sunday that six terrorists have been gunned down so far in the ongoing separate encounters in the Kulgam district
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.
After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) too has shattered voter turnout records, with 51.35 per cent recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag, Poonch, Kulgam, and the districts of
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed grief over the tragic road accident in Kulgam today and directed the district adminstration to provide all necessary assistance to the affected families, the Raj Bhawan said in a statement.
Amid the unrest in Pakistani-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that he has always sympathised with the people of Pakistan as they could not get the same governance as India got after the partition in 1947.