JAMMU — A cordon and search operation is underway to track down at least two to three terrorists believed to be hiding in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Thursday. The operation follows an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the heavily forested Chatru belt […]
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Encounter breaks out between security forces and militants in Kishtwar
JAMMU (KIMS) — An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the forest area of Chatroo in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning. The Indian Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X that an intelligence-based operation was launched along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police early […]
Militant killed in Kishtwar encounter; combing operation underway in Udhampur
JAMMU — One militant was killed Friday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, while a separate operation to track down a group of three militants is underway in Udhampur district, Army officials said. The security agencies have expanded the scope of surveillance to the Bhaderwah area of Doda district […]
Mortal remains of JCO killed in Kishtwar encounter consigned to flames in Himachal
MANDI (HP) — The mortal remains of a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) who died in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir were consigned to flames at his native village in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on Tuesday. A resident of Barnog village in Nachan Assembly constituency, Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para (Special […]
Army pays tribute to JCO Rakesh Kumar killed in Kishtwar encounter
JAMMU — Army on Monday laid wreaths on the mortal remains of a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) who laid down his life in a gunfight with the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of the Army’s 2 Para, was killed and three more soldiers were injured in the gunfight on […]
Army JCO killed, three soldiers injured in Kishtwar encounter; operation on
JAMMU — A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army’s special forces laid down his life on Sunday, while three more soldiers were injured in a encounter with militants in a remote forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said. The operation comes amid an intensified hunt underway since the killing of two […]




