News Topic:Awantipora

Authorities on Friday tightened restrictions across Kashmir even as mobile telephone and Internet services continued to remain shut in the Valley on the third day following the killing of Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in a gunfight on May 06.

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo among four militants were killed in two seperate gunfights with joint teams of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora and Khrew area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

At least 25 people were injured, four of them due to “bullets” as government forces resorted to firing live ammunition and pellets in order to disperse large number of protesters near Beighpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo and his associate were killed in a gunfight with a joint team of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday.

Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Shaar Shali village of Khrew area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Beighpora, Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district while as operation is going on, police said.

Two militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter between government forces and militants in Shaar Shali village of Khrew area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The authorities snapped mobile internet services across Kashmir to prevent law and order situation in the wake of an encounter at Awantipore where a top militant commander is trapped.