Security forces received intel late Friday night about terrorist movement in Arigam. Upon reaching the spot, an encounter began after the terrorists opened fire.
The first encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Modergam village. Hours later, another encounter broke out in the Frisal Chinnigam area of the district.
Security forces launched cordon & search operation in higher reaches of the Halan forest of Kulgam following inputs about the presence of militants there, a police officer said.
Acting on complaints from several areas of Kulgam district, police constituted a special team to arrest them. The vehicle used in the crimes has also been seized.
Constable Banto Sharma, resident of Wanpoh area, was killed Friday. Politicians including Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Sajad Lone took to twitter to express condolences.
Officials say militants fired upon Javeed Ahmad Dar, BJP’s constituency president of Homeshalibugh assembly constituency, near his residence in south Kashmir.
The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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