31.   Two militants and an Indian army soldier were killed overnight in two separate encounters in the border districts of Rajouri and Ponch overnight.

32.   Three terrorists were killed in separate encounters with the security forces and eight suspects were arrested in different parts of the country, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

33.   Two more militants died in separate overnight encounters elsewhere in the disputed state.

34.   Two more militants died in separate overnight encounters in Kashmir.

35.   Meanwhile, two rebels and a member of the security forces died in three separate encounters in Kashmir since late Monday, police said.

36.   Police in Srinagar, meanwhile, said Indian soldiers shot dead five more militants in separate overnight encounters in Kashmir.

37.   Security forces shot dead four more militants elsewhere in Kashmir in separate encounters, police said.

38.   Separately, Indian security forces shot dead four militants in two separate encounters in Anantnag district, police said.

39.   Security forces shot dead five Muslim militants in separate encounters in Indian-controlled Kashmir overnight on Monday, a police spokesman said.

40.   Security forces also shot dead three militants in two separate encounters in the southern district of Poonch.