Jammu and Kashmir News
The Jammu and Kashmir Police had earlier asked the Union Home Ministry to approach the Pakistan High Commission to take the body of LeT commander Abu Dujana.
This is for the first time the authorities have approached the Pakistan High Commission asking them to claim the body of any Pakistani national killed in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kashmir University and Islamic University of Science and Technology have announced the postponement of all exams scheduled on Wednesday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police called the killing of Abu Dujana, whom they described as the Lashkar-e-Toiba commander active in southern Kashmir since 2012, as a "huge achievement".
Authorities on Tuesday suspended class work in all educational institutions across Kashmir in the wake of protests after the killing of top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander Abu Dujana in an encounter with security forces.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police described the killing of Abu Dujana as "good riddance to a nuisance" and said operations against all militants will continue irrespective of civilian protests.
Mobile Internet services were on Tuesday suspended across Kashmir as a precautionary measure in the wake of clashes after the killing of top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Abu Dujana in an encounter with security forces.
Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Abu Dujana was on Tuesday killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
As the encounter ended, heavy stone-pelting by locals on security forces began.
Rampur sector is adjacent to the Uri sector where the Army on Friday foiled an attack by Pakistan`s Border Action Team and killed two intruders.
Pakistan troops also fired on forward posts and civilian areas last night along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
Residents of Srinagar woke up to rains and snowfall, which is rare in April.
The 30 Rashtriya Rifles camp in Langate in Handwara region came under the fire on Thursday morning.
The Army on Thursday foiled three infiltration bids assisted by Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
An eerie calm prevailed along the Indo-Pak border here as guns fell silent overnight after a series of ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops in the past week.
In Jammu and Kashmir, two Army personnel and a cop were killed and three other security personnel were injured in a militant attack in Baramulla district on Wednesday.
Security forces on Tuesday fired at stone pelting mobs at two places in the Kashmir Valley, leaving five civilians dead in a sudden escalation of violence.
With Kashmir on the edge, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has postponed his visit to the United States to attend Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue scheduled for next week.
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