Three Army jawans were killed on Wednesday while foiling an infiltration bid along the LoC in Nawgam sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Two militants were also killed whereas a fierce encounter between remaining members of the group of five infiltrators and the troops is underway, officials here said. This is the second major infiltration bid foiled by the Army along the de facto border within a week.
On Friday, troops have killed four heavily-armed militants to foil their attempt to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from PoK through Keran sector, also in Kupwara.
A defence spokesperson here said that in the latest incident, the jawans of the Army’s 17 Jat Regiment noticed movement of a group of about five militants near the LoC in Nawgam sector early on Wednesday.
“They were challenged and in the ensuing encounter two terrorists were killed. Three Army jawans also laid down their lives in order to foil yet another major infiltration bid,” he said. The Army also said that two AK assault rifles have been found on the slain militants.
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IAEA for better N-plant safety
age correspondent
New Delhi, Nov. 14
A 12-member team of international nuclear experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have asked for introduction of stronger safety measures in the Rawatbhata nuclear plant in Rajasthan. The plant suffered a tritium leak in June this year resulting in 34 causal workers being exposed to high doses of tritium. The IAEA team, which have been studying the safety of these plants for the last fortnight, pointed out in a statement issued by the Operational Safety Review Team (Osart) that the plant “should enhance actions to maintain electrical cable conditions at a high standard.” It also recommended that fire doors inspection and maintenance needed to be enhanced. They further want “certain aspects of the plant’s surveillance testing program should be further enhanced and the plant should also enhance root-cause analyses to systematically identify all learning opportunities.” The Osart team with members from Canada, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden has given the plant management recommendations in the form of “technical notes”.