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PTI | Mar 16, 2019, 18:58 ISTFile photo used for representation SRINAGAR: An encounter broke out on Saturday between terrorists and security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A brief exchange of fire took place between the forces and the ultras in Kulgam in south Kashmir, a police official said. He said the area has been cordoned off and searches were being carried out to track the terrorists. So far, there have been no report of any casualty, he said.

NEW DELHI: The opposition has scored a self-goal by asking for proof of damage following air strike on Balakot terror camp, finance minister Arun Jaitley said Saturday. The air strike and surgical strike carried out by the armed forces should not be part of Lok Sabha election campaign, he said at an India TV event here. "I fully agree with the Election Commission that images of martyrs should not be used on political posters," he said.

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: Some lessors of India's Jet Airways have begun terminating lease deals over unpaid dues and are preparing to move the leased planes abroad, escalating a crisis for the carrier, five sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Two lessors have applied to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator, to deregister at least five planes leased to cash-strapped Jet, three of the sources said.