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While Naxals are consistently using IEDs to target security forces, Indian Army and the paramilitary forces are also facing a tough time in Jammu and Kashmir as terror outfits have also started using explosive devices

According to senior officials, Musa's messages and videos are being circulated widely. Terrorists are using this as a trigger for fresh recruits. Funeral pictures of Musa, in which people participated by the thousands, have gone viral

In his post, the Kashmiri student has used ‘Zindabad’ and ‘Miss you’ in reference to Musa, who was the chief of terror outfit Ansar Ghazwatul Hind and member of slain terrorist Burhan Wani’s group

According to the officials, operatives of IS are trying to make some base in southern India and terror infected Kashmir region

According to the senior officers in the forces, the army is going all guns ablaze to clean up terrorists in Kashmir. They want to keep a check on fresh recruitment, and by killing Musa, the message is loud and clear that no one will be spared if they stand against the forces. 

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
 

The National Investigation Agency found information pertaining to activities of the Islamic State in Kashmir on the phone of Riyas Aboobacker. The NIA is analysing the information found on the mobile phone and have applied for custody of the accused.

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