<p class="title">Two militants and an army man were killed in an encounter between militants and security forces in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="title">Elsewhere, a gunfight is underway between militants and security forces in Lam area of neighbouring Pulwama district.</p>.<p class="title">A police spokesman said security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nowbug-Kund village of Kulgam on Tuesday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area.</p>.<p class="title">"As the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter," he said.</p>.<p class="title">In the initial firing, two army men were injured. Both of them were shifted to the army's 92-Base hospital in Srinagar. However, one of them, succumbed to his injuries.</p>.<p class="title">Sources said two militants identified as Aijaz Makroo and Shamsul Viqar were killed in the retaliatory action by the forces. The operation is going on.</p>.<p class="title">In Lam village of Tral, the encounter broke out after militants fired upon a search party of security forces. A police officer said a militant hideout has been unearthed,while the search operation in the area is still in progress.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, internet services were suspended across southern districts of Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam on Tuesday. The services were shut soon after a gunfight erupted in Tral and Kulgam areas.</p>
<p class="title">Two militants and an army man were killed in an encounter between militants and security forces in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="title">Elsewhere, a gunfight is underway between militants and security forces in Lam area of neighbouring Pulwama district.</p>.<p class="title">A police spokesman said security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Nowbug-Kund village of Kulgam on Tuesday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area.</p>.<p class="title">"As the forces were conducting the searches, the militants fired upon them, triggering an encounter," he said.</p>.<p class="title">In the initial firing, two army men were injured. Both of them were shifted to the army's 92-Base hospital in Srinagar. However, one of them, succumbed to his injuries.</p>.<p class="title">Sources said two militants identified as Aijaz Makroo and Shamsul Viqar were killed in the retaliatory action by the forces. The operation is going on.</p>.<p class="title">In Lam village of Tral, the encounter broke out after militants fired upon a search party of security forces. A police officer said a militant hideout has been unearthed,while the search operation in the area is still in progress.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, internet services were suspended across southern districts of Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam on Tuesday. The services were shut soon after a gunfight erupted in Tral and Kulgam areas.</p>
