India army 'kills militant' in Kashmir

Operations are taking place along the Line of Control, the disputed de facto border with Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Indian troops have killed a militant in a gunfight in the far north of Indian-administered Kashmir, the army says.

The army said earlier it was battling two groups of militants close to the Line of Control dividing the territory.

The fighting comes days after an attack on an Indian army base in Kashmir killed 18 soldiers. India said the attack had been masterminded by Pakistan, which denied the allegations.

Disputed Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan in its entirety.

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The escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours follow 10 weeks of protests in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which almost 90 people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters. Almost all those who died were civilians.

The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir says long military convoys carrying soldiers and supplies can be seen on the main highway leading to the LoC, the de facto border with Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Fighter jets were out of their hangers at Sringar airport and looked primed for use our correspondent says.

Pakistan responded by shutting down part of its airspace in its part of Kashmir to civilian flights.

Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly that India was carrying out an unprecedented arms build-up in the region.

India responded by describing Pakistan as a terrorist state.

The war of words has raised fears of a military confrontation between the two countries.