India, Nov. 9 -- With the advent of the peak winter season, the handlers of Pakistan-based terrorist outfits have started pushing small groups of heavily armed terrorists inside the Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in the North Kashmir district of Kupwara.

Late Friday night, the joint team of security forces neutralised two terrorists in the Keran sector of Kupwara while they were attempting to sneak inside the Indian territory. This is the second infiltration bid successfully foiled by the security forces in the Kupwara sector in the last month. On October 14, two infiltrators were killed in the Machil sector of the district.

According to ground reports, the gunfight erupted in the forward area after alert troops spotte...