A woman was killed in the shelling from Pakistan side in Jammu and Kashmir's Mendhar sector at 5:30 am on Saturday.

"The 45-year-old woman Raqia Begum was a resident of upper Golat in Mendhar," said Mendhar Sub-Divisional Police Officer Riyaz Tantray.

In a separate provocation last night, terrorists attacked 42 Rashtriya Rifles headquarter in the forest area of Kalaroose Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

The attack which took place yesterday, injured a soldier who was later shifted to the military hospital Drugmulla for treatment.

The search operation is still on