Head Constable Bashir Ahmad lost his life while fighting the terrorists with his light machine gun (LMG) in the Billawar area of Kathua where Pakistani terrorists were operating for the past few months.
Two terrorists eliminated in Kashmir's Kulgam six security forces personnel injured.
Contact has been established and few rounds have been fired from both sides.
Police sources said that two JeM associates have been arrested from the hilly area of the Kathua district.
Nine Army soldiers including a Captain and a JCO have lost their lives in two gunfights with terrorists since last week in Kathua and Doda districts.
The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found in polythene bags by a patrol party of the Special Operations Group (SOG), they said.
The new Vande Bharat Express train to will start from December 30.
A team from the NIA Jammu Branch nabbed 22-year-old Zakir Hussain of district Kathua, the eighth accused to be arrested in the case after taking over the case from the Kathua Police.
The Yatra continues for its final leg despite the twin blasts in Narwal area of Jammu on Saturday in which as many as nine people were injured.
CBI sources said that an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) was arrested while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 in the Kathua district.
