Jammu And Kashmir:  

Zakir Musa was the head of the Ansar Ghazwatul Hind. He was persuaded to surrender but is said to have retaliated and fired back at the forces
 

The Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency happened to be the Congress bastion till 1996, when BJP's Chaman Lal Gupta, a former Union minister, managed to win it and retain it in 1998 and 1999 elections

The election holds a lot of significate for this terror hit constituency. Even the future of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is at stake during this election. The Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, one of Jammu and Kashmir’s six Lok Sabha constituencies, has remained vacant for almost three years now.
 

Srinagar is one of six Lok Sabha constituencies in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. Voting here for the 2019 Lok Sabha election took place on April 18

As the joint team of forces intensified the searches and fired some warning shots towards the suspected spot, the terrorists hiding inside opened fire leading to a gunfight in which two militants have been killed
 

According to reports, the gunfight is going on in the forest area of Yarwan in Shopian. It is believed that two to three militants are trapped there
 

Realising the importance of the role of education in transforming the society, the Army has identified education as a priority area for the military - civic program under Operation Sadbhavana in Jammu and Kashmir

Seeing more than half of the section killed or wounded, Havaldar Piru Singh did not lose courage. With battle cries, he encouraged the remaining men and rushed forward with great determination onto the nearest enemy MMG position

In 2010, as many as 270 militants were killed in action by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The number reduced to 119 in 2011. Then in 2012, 84 ultras were killed, 100 in 2013, 110 (2014), 113 (2015), 165 (2016) and 218 last year

Shah Faesal, chief of Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement tweeted cynically while mentioning that he was celebrating his birthday in Kashmir, only to get a heartfelt reply from Meghana Girish - mother of Akshay Girish who was martyred in Nagrota, Jammu in 2016.
 

Terror outfits have already threatened to boycott polls. Coincidentally the 17th day of Ramzan is on May 23, and even in past militants have chosen the 17th day of Ramzan, which is also the day of the battle of Jang-e-Badr, to attack security installations in the Valley.
 

Sources quoting the police personnel told MyNation that the security force personnel took the man who was found with explosives for questioning to ascertain the motive behind the explosives, and where he brought these explosives from

Three top JeM terrorists, who were involved in several cases in past, were reportedly killed. One of the terrorists, Khalid, was active since the past eight years in Kashmir

The late-night incident caused clashes in many places between the police and public and in Bhaderwah people damaged the concerning police station and even damaged a vehicle belonging to the paramilitary forces

A joint team of the army's Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir police Special Operations Group started a cordon and search operation after receiving information about terrorists hiding in Dalipora area near the police station in Pulwama