Small arms firing at some places on the Line of Control were initiated by the Pakistan Army. Effectively responded to by the Indian Army. No casualties. Further details are being ascertained: Indian Army officials.

A gunfight also broke out between terrorists and security forces in Bandipora district in the morning.  Two security personnel were injured in the gunfight.

After getting the information about the presence of terrorists in the area, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Kulnar Bazipora area of the district.

Reports said the search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists opened fire on the security personnel.

On April 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India will “identify, track, and punish” every terrorist and their “backers” involved in the Pahalgam terror attack and pursue the killers to the “ends of the earth”, as it stepped up the diplomatic offensive against Pakistan.

Delivering a stern message in his first public speech after the April 22 attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed, Modi vowed that terrorism will not go “unpunished” and that every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done, adding India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism.