{"id":322948,"date":"2020-05-03T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=322948"},"modified":"2020-05-03T16:29:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T16:29:25","slug":"pm-modi-pays-tributes-to-soldiers-and-security-personnel-martyred-in-handwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-pays-tributes-to-soldiers-and-security-personnel-martyred-in-handwara\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi pays tributes to soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322125 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/modi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/modi-3.jpg 577w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/modi-3-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/modi-3-414x420.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to valiant soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara in Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cTributes to our courageous soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara. Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten. They served the nation with utmost dedication and worked tirelessly to protect our citizens. Condolences to their families and friends\u201d, the Prime Minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Five security personnel, including a Colonel and a Major were martyred in an encounter at a village in north Kashmir\u2019s Handwara area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj and police sub-inspector Shakeel Qazi were killed after the hours-long firefight with terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The encounter began on Saturday after the army personnel and J&amp;K police launched a joint operation in the Handwara area of the district in north Kashmir following a tip-off about the presence of terrorists there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The security forces reached the area and tried to rescue civilians who had been taken hostage by the terrorists at a house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">\u201cA team comprising\u00a0Army personnel and Jammu and Kashmir Police entered the target area occupied by the terrorists\u00a0and successfully extricated the civilians. However, during the process, the team was subjected to heavy volume of fire by the terrorists. In the ensuing fire fight two terrorists were gunned down and team of five security personnel attained martyrdom,\u201d the officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to valiant soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara in Jammu &amp; Kashmir. \u201cTributes to our courageous soldiers and security personnel martyred in Handwara. Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten. They served the nation with utmost dedication and worked tirelessly to protect our citizens. Condolences [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":322125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[3483,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322949,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322948\/revisions\/322949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/322125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}