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An armed terrorist, along with five others, attacked a BSF post along the international border on the Indian side and was injured after BSF troops foiled the infiltration bid in Samba sector. Official sources said that the attack took place at around 1.55 am, when a group of six terrorists, taking advantage of undulating ground … Read more
Pakistan on Monday accused India of violating the 2003 ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir more than 90 times. “During 2016, India violated the ceasefire more than 90 times. This must stop,” Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakria tweeted. He said India was the main hurdle to regional peace and accused it of vitiating the atmosphere through … Read more
he government has a Diwali gift for India’s soldiers — an interim payment even as the government and defence chiefs try to sort out a dispute over new pay grades for armed forces. ET has reviewed an October 10 order in which the Manohar Parrikar-led defence ministry says “pending issuance” of the pay commission notification, … Read more
“Beware! Move inside trenches. They (Pak army) have hoisted red flags on their posts to indicate hostilities and a sort of warning that they can open fire on any unusual movement”, an Indian army officer tells scribes at the forward post here on Monday. Last Wednesday, Pak army had opened automatics weapons’ fire and shot … Read more
Loud explosions were heard early on Tuesday morning as security forces stepped up the counter attack against militants holed up in a government building in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore. An unconfirmed number of militants had entered the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute complex in Pampore on Monday, leaving one soldier injured in the encounter.The soldier … Read more
As much as the news of Indian Army carrying out surgical strikes across LoC at seven terrorists launch pads created festive fervour in India, it created an equal amount of frenzy in Pakistani territory. With the sense of satisfaction of avenging the Uri attacks, Indian Army is now bolder and getting ready to hit back … Read more
In an unprecedented incident, Pakistani visitors hurled stones towards Indian viewer’s galleries at Attari international border during beating retreat ceremony on Sunday. According to reports, Pakistani civilians, who had arrived to witness the ceremony, at Wagah border hurled stones towards Indian viewer’s galleries while shouting pro-Kashmir slogans. Notably, Border Security Force (BSF) had banned visitors … Read more
Amid heightened tension with Pakistan, the Army on Saturday asked the forces to be “prepared for any eventuality” and maintain “very high level of alert” as Army Chief General Dalbir Singh visited Jammu and Kashmir to assess the military preparedness. The situation on the Line of Control (LoC) and hinterland was discussed at a meeting … Read more
There has been no gunfire, no alert sirens, and no fighter jets dropping bombs. It is not wartime yet, but tens of thousands of villagers in lying in the border belt with Pakistan are already experiencing a war-like situation. As the relations between India-Pakistan — the nuclear-armed neighbours — sizzle up, especially after India’s retaliatory surgical … Read more
Termed as the deadliest attack on the Indian Army since the Kaluchak tragedy in 2002, the attack at a battalion headquarters of the Army in north Kashmir’s Uri town on Sunday killed 17 jawans and injured 19 other personnel. According to recent reports by ANI, another Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan succumbed to his injuries at the … Read more
As the demands for banning pellet guns are increasing, the police authorities in Jammu and Kashmir are pushing for FN Herstal 303 riot guns for crowd control. The pellet guns caused hundreds of eye injuries and several deaths since July 8 when mass protests erupted in the Kashmir Valley after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen … Read more
With curfew lifted from all but two police station areas of Kashmir, BSF troops deployed to quell street protests were on Tuesday withdrawn suddenly and replaced by the CRPF, barely a week after deployment, apparently following demands by the political parties and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The border guarding force was deployed in the restive … Read more
Border Security Force (BSF), which was deployed in Srinagar on Monday after a gap of 12 years, on Tuesday, occupied several school buildings in Srinagar to set up their camps. The force occupied buildings of government and semi-government schools like SP Higher Secondary at MA Road near Lal Chowk and DAVP School at Jawahar Nagar, they said. … Read more