One terrorist killed in Sopore gunfight
According to reports, the gunfight erupted on Tuesday evening and continued overnight.
According to reports, the gunfight erupted on Tuesday evening and continued overnight.
An encounter broke out after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the afternoon at Shopian, hours after another encounter in Pulwama.
Kashmiri separatists and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti are mounting pressure on the government for release of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik.
The separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, had called for election boycott and shutdown to highlight the Kashmir issue.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday again urged the people to boycott the remaining four phases of elections in J-K as the “goal cannot be achieved with non-seriousness”.
Addressing a gathering after the inauguration of the projects, PM Modi hailed the valour of the people of Ladakh and recognised their contribution in the wars that India fought in defence of its borders.
While one of them is Shakeel Ahmad Dar, the other is Zeenat-ul-Islam alias Zeenat alias Usman.
The biting cold caused due to the overnight snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir has claimed the lives of five persons of a single family who were on Saturday found dead in a room due to asphyxiation in Srinagar.
Three terrorists were killed in Mujgund on the outskirts of Srinagar following an intense 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday morning.
Mir also criticised BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav for accusing the NC and PDP of forging an alliance at behest of Pakistan.
