News Topic:Gunbattles

Two soldiers were killed, three others injured in a fierce encounter in Ahlan forest area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.

A soldier and a militant were killed in a gunbattle that erupted on Tuesday evening in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said.

A soldier was killed in the line of duty as the army thwarted an infiltration bid by militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu's Poonch district early Tuesday.

Indian army troops foiled an infiltration attempt by suspected militants in the Battal sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Tuesday, officials said.

After the death of five soldiers in Kathua, four more soldiers including an officer have been killed in Deesa forest area of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Security forces said they eliminated three hardcore foreign militants who attempted to infiltrate across the LoC in the Keran sector of frontier Kupwara district.

Five army personnel were killed and five injured on Monday when militants ambushed their vehicle in the remote hilly terrain of Kathua district, officials said.

An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Machhedi area of Kathua district on Monday.