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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.