PM Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah today honoured the soldiers who died in a suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama exactly a year ago. "Tributes to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama attack last year. They were exceptional individuals who devoted their lives to serving and protecting our nation," PM Modi tweeted.

The operation to flush out militants in Khrew area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the second day on Wednesday, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said. An Army jawan and a special police officer (SPO) were killed in the gunbattle which started after a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in the district on Tuesday.

Two terrorists have been gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Tral in J-K's Pulwama. Security forces launched a cordoned off the area and search operation is underway in the Gulshanpora-area of Tral in the south-Kashmir-district. Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Hammad Khan is believed to have been killed in the encounter that is underway since early morning in Tral, Pulwama of South-Kashmir.