Srinagar, July 3 : The Army today claimed to have killed 11 militants in an encounter near Nasthachun pass in Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district.

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was also killed.

General Officer Commanding Chief of the 28 Infantry Division Major General J. S. Bajwa said that the Pakistani army is giving full support to the infiltrators and there are about 500 militants ready to infiltrate to the Indian side.

He also stated that the main purpose of this group was to disturb the coming Assembly elections.

The Army's 20 Rashtriya Rifles and 16 JAT were involved in the gunfight, which is still going on.

Shillong, July 3 : The first academic session of the country's seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM) in Shillong, will begin tomorrow

Chennai, July 3 : Custom officials today arrested one person named David and

Jammu, July 3 : At least 25 people were injured today in separate incidents of violence in Jammu over the revocation of the transfer of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board even as the curfew was imposed in the city on the third day.
Protesters halted trains, set afire vehicles and fought pitched battles with police.
The police arrested 17 BJP leaders, including its former Jammu and Kashmir President Nirmal Singh, on charges of provoking violence.
Five Amarnath pilgrims, returning from Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir, were injured when some unidentified persons stoned their vehicle at Banihal, official sources said.
At least 15 protesters were injured in clashes with police at Bantalab, Tallab Tillo, Gangyal and Nanak Nagar.

Putting aside the rumors about the making of Sarkar Raj sequel, director Ram Gopal Varma, spoke about his two upcoming releases - Contract and Phoonk.

‘Contract’ introducing, Adhvik Mahajan, is based on the under world. However, it is not a trilogy of  Varma’s two earlier films Satya and Company which too were based on crime.  Contract also has Sakshi Gulati, Amruta Khanvilkar, Prasad Purandare, Zakir Hussain, among others. Praveen Nischol, Ajay and Sanjeev Bijli are producing the film.

Truckers have gone on a nation-wide strike, which started from midnight on Tuesday which has resulted in paralyzing the movement of goods on the road.