JAMMU, September 7: Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) was closed for vehicular traffic due to a fresh landslide on Wednesday morning.
“Jammu Srinagar NHW (NH-44) blocked at Rampari, Banihal due to stone slide. However, Mughal road, SSG road through for vehicular movement,” tweeted Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police.
Earlier on Monday the highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones in the Ramban district.
The highway is the main road which connects the Union Territory with the rest of the country. All essential supplies and vehicles pass through the highway. (AGENCIES)

JAMMU, Sep 6: A flag meeting was held by the BSF and Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday in which both sides agreed to maintain restraint on the International Border, BSF said.
The meeting came after the Border Security Force gave a befitting reply to an unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Rangers at the International Border in the Arnia sector of Jammu.
“A coy (company) commander level flag meeting was held between BSF and Pak Rangers at 01.45 p.m. on border. The issue of unprovoked firing was discussed and both sides agreed to exerscise maximum restraint on the border. Both sides agreed to respect the existing norms in future. Meeting ended in cordial atmosphere,” the BSF said.
There has been a relative calm on the borders following a renewed ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan last year although there have been some infiltration bids which were foiled and several cases of weapons droppings for terrorists using drones. (Agencies)

Srinagar Sept: Police on Tuesday claimed to have killed two terrorists in an encounter in Poshkreeri area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

“Encounter has started at Poshkreeri area of #Anantnag. Police and security forces are on the job. Further details shall follow, ” a police spokesman said.

“AnantnagEncounterUpdate: 02 #terrorists killed. Search going on. Further details shall follow, ” he added.

The encounter is believed to have started after security forces cordoned the area following specific inputs.

Srinagar, September 6: State Investigation Agency of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that it carried multiple raids at several locations across Kashmir in connection with militancy related case.
The SIA said that continuing to rein in the networks of militant outfits, State Investigation Agency, today conducted searches at multiple locations spread across valley. House premises of suspects in Awantipora, Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag and Baramulla were searched in connection with investigation of case FIR No. 16/2022 u/s 13, 18, 19, 38, 39, 40 UA(P) Act read with 120-B, 121 IPC registered in Police Station CIK (SIA) Kashmir.
The spokesman further stated that the case pertains to a militant grid active in valley. Details that are being investigated into at the initial stage include masterminds in Pakistan who with active support of Pakistani Intelligence Agencies and in connivance with JeM organization(s) of JeM based in Pakistan have been activating their upper ground workers (OGWs) in J&K for initiating, organizing and executing militant activities in J&K. The Pakistani masterminds have been comprehensively identified. Their particulars, however, are being kept confidential because other agents connected with them are not alerted.
During the searches, incriminating material, mobile phones and other articles having bearing on the investigation have been recovered and seized, he said.
Analysis of the data would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation, he said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the searches are aimed at dismantling the terror ecosystem in the valley by identifying over ground workers supporting and abetting militancy, reads the statement.(Agencies)

SRINAGAR, Sept 6: Security forces have called off a Shopian operation following a brief gunfight after no fresh contact with the terrorists was established, official sources said.
A brief gunfight had broken out between terrorists and security forces in village Baskuchan of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday afternoon during a cordon and a search operation following an input about terrorist-presence.
As the joint team cordoned the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists opened fire, triggering the gunfight, a security official said. As no fresh contact was established with the terrorists this morning during the search operation of the area and it is believed the terrorists might have fled from the spot. The operation has been called, he added. (Agencies)

JAMMU, Sept 6: The Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire Tuesday morning as it targeted Border Security Force (BSF) troops in unprovoked firing along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.
The BSF gave a ”befitting reply” to the firing in the Arnia sector of Jammu district, he said.
”This morning, the alert BSF Jammu troops gave a befitting reply to the unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers on a BSF patrolling party,” BSF Deputy Inspector General S P S Sandhu said.
The BSF Jammu public relations officer also said there was no casualty on the Indian side.
India and Pakistan agreed for a renewed ceasefire along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2020. Barring a few violations, the agreement is holding, much to the relief of border residents and farmers who have resumed farming activities along the Line of Control and the International Border. (Agencies)