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"A joint operation was launched today early morning in Anantnag based on Jammu and Kashmir Police inputs."

The Centre had ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into union territories on August 5 last year.

Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Chakura area of Shopian district following information about the presence of militants there, a police officer said.

There was no report of any casualty on the Indian side in the shelling, a defence spokesperson said.