April 12, 2026 10:08 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle suffers cardiac arrest, hospitalised | Big boost to India–Mauritius ties: S. Jaishankar hands over 90 e-buses | Middle East tension: Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for major talks, 10,000 security personnel deployed | Ranveer Singh visits RSS HQ amid Dhurandhar 2 success, triggers speculation | ED raids ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee; SSC scam resurfaces ahead of polls | Amit Shah promises UCC, ₹3,000 aid per month for women and youth in BJP’s Bengal manifesto | Nitish Kumar takes Rajya Sabha oath; power shift looms in Bihar | Sting video fallout: AIMIM snaps electoral ties with Humayun Kabir in Bengal | Israel says Hezbollah chief’s nephew-cum-secretary killed in Beirut strikes last night | Modi slams TMC on trade, fisheries at Haldia; vows 7th pay commission for govt employees

Army foils infiltration bid along LoC in Kashmir, kills militant

| | Aug 01, 2017, at 04:33 am
Srinagar, July 31 (IBNS): The Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid and killed a militant near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday evening.

According to defence sources, the army challenged the militant who was trying to infiltrate into this side of the border along the LoC in Torna village last night.

The militant opened fire, following which army retaliated and the infiltrator got killed.

Speaking to India Blooms in Srinagar, spokesman of army Rajesh Kalia said the Army has recovered the body of militant along the LoC.

One AK 47 and other ammunition were recovered from his possession and his identity is yet be ascertained, the spokesman added.


(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.