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”.
Security forces received information of the presence of terrorists in the forest in Branpathry Kahlil of Tral following which they launched a search operation.
The Congress Manifesto titled ‘Congress Will Deliver’ said a review of both the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and the Disturbed Areas Act would be carried out, and “suitable changes will be made in the text of the laws”.
PDP said that Arun Jaitley should know more than anybody else about the laws of the state and that Article 35-A is not in any way a hurdle in investment.
The J-K Police said that the terrorists held two civilians hostage during an encounter in Hajin, one of whom has been rescued.
The terrorists hurled the grenade at the Main Chowk of the township located in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.
