Srinagar, May 24: The Army on Thursday opened fire at a group of militants on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, forcing them to retreat to Pakistan, police said.

Soldiers noticed suspicious movements on the LoC in Gogledara area of Keran sector early in the morning.

"The group of infiltrating militants was challenged after which an encounter started. The militants were finally forced to retreat to the Pakistani side," a police officer said.

The winding LoC divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Centre has written to Wikipedia noting numerous complaints of bias and inaccuracies in information provided by it, and asked why it should not be treated as a publisher instead of an intermediary, sources said on Tuesday.

The communication from the Information and Broadcasting ministry said there is a view that a small group exercises editorial control on its pages.

Wikipedia advertises itself as a free online encyclopedia where volunteers can create or edit pages on personalities, issues or various subjects.

The popular online source of information is embroiled in legal cases in India over alleged inaccurate and defamatory content provided by it.