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On April 29, the Jammu and Kashmir administration imposed a curfew in 11 districts in a bid to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases.

The encounter had broken out earlier in the day.

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 4,788 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally of infected persons to 2,11,742.

Based on a specific input that terrorists were planning to target security forces on NH 144A (Jammu-Poonch highway), a well coordinated joint operation was launched by the Rashtriya Rifles and police in Phagla area.

The militants turned down the offer to surrender and opened firing and lobbed a grenade on the security forces, the official said.

Security forces put barricades on roads at many places and were also seen patrolling localities in the twin capitals.

Jagtial: A Kisan train was engaged to transport mangoes to Delhi from Jagtial. The rake reached Jagtial-Lingampalli railway station on Monday evening, and left later with 420 tonnes of mangoes filled in 20 wagons. Transportation of mangoes to Delhi through Kisan train service will continue till the completion of this season. The train will again […]

Police said the slain militants were responsible for the killing of Havaldar Mohammad Saleem AKhoon outside his residence at Goriwan in Bijbehara area on Friday.

Earlier, the Kashmir Zone Police had said that efforts were being made to get two militants hiding inside a mosque in Shopian after an overnight encounter to surrender.

The encounter between security forces and terrorists started in Shopian on Thursday where terrorists are holed up inside a mosque.

All schools up to Class 9 for two weeks and Classes from 10-12 for one week in view of the rising Covid-19 cases across the UT.

The victim was identified as Shams-ud-din Pir, according to the police. With this the number of persons killed in Monday's attack has gone up to three.

According to Kashmir IG Vijay Kumar, "A councilor Riyaz Ahmad and one policeman Shafqat Ahmad had died in Sopore terrorist attack." Jammu and Kashmir Police said, "Terrorists fired at Municipal Office Sopore.

The Tulip garden is located at the foothills of Zaberwan range with an overview of Dal Lake and is the largest tulip garden in Asia.

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Manihal area of the district following information about presence of militants there.

The intruder was arrested shortly after he sneaked into the Indian side on Saturday night, the spokesperson said.

Going forward, GoAir will operate daily scheduled flight from Srinagar that will depart at 8.30 p.m. GoAir was also the first airline to operate morning flights to-and-from Srinagar.

A police official said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire on the security forces who retaliated.

The militants opened fire on security forces when they were conducting a search and cordon operation on Wednesday in Kandipora.

Congress leader of the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the question that the Opposition is not shown on television during the discussion in the House.