Tag: Ceasefire Violations

Indian, Pakistan armies trade heavy fire on LoC

Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on Wednesday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Jammu districts. Defence Ministry sources said here that the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing in Sunderbani and Akhnoor sectors. “The Pakistanis used small arms, automatics and mortars to target defence and...

March 7, 2018

351 ceasefire violations by Pakistan since January 1

Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir as many as 351 times since January 1 this year, the government said on Monday. Of these, 209 cases occurred in January while 142 instances were noted since February 21, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told the Rajya...

March 5, 2018

Pakistan Army violates ceasefire at LoC in Rajouri

The Pakistan Army on Wednesday resorted to indiscriminate shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. The Pakistani side used small arms, automatics and mortars to target defence and civilian facilities along the LoC in the district, a defence official said. “Pakistani shelling and firing started at 10.30 a.m. Our...

February 28, 2018

India, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC

The Indian and Pakistani Army traded heavy fire on Tuesday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Defence Ministry, The Pakistani Army targeted Indian positions in Poonch’s Bhimber Gali sector and in Rajouri’s Balakote, Manjakote, Lambi Bari and Naika Panjgrian areas. No damage or...

February 27, 2018

Heavy firing between Indian, Pakistani armies on LoC

 Indian and Pakistan soldiers on Friday traded heavy fire on the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. According to security sources, the Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing at defence and civilian facilities in Lam and Jhanger area of Nowshera on Friday evening “A civilian house got...

February 23, 2018

LoC residents flee Uri villages

Residents of five villages near the Line of Control (LOC) in the Uri sector of North Kashmir have started fleeing to safer places as Pakistan Army continued to shell civilian areas for the fifth consecutive day on Friday. Reports said that residents of Silikote, Balkote, Tilawari, Churanda and Batgarh villages have started fleeing early this...

February 23, 2018

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Kupwara, loses 1 soldier as India retaliates

Pakistani troops on Wednesday violated the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tangdhar sector, prompting retaliatory fire from the Indian Army in which a Pakistani soldier has reportedly been killed, an official said. The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in Tangdhar sector in Kupwara district this...

February 21, 2018

Indian Army foils infiltration bid on LoC

An infiltration bid was foiled by the army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, defence sources said. Alert troops of the army noticed suspicious movements in Balakote area of the LoC early on Thursday. “Troops fired and the group of intruding terrorists was forced to withdraw back...

February 15, 2018

97 killed in Pakistan’s 834 ceasefire violations in 3 years: CM Mufti

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire agreement with India 834 times on the international border and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in three years, killing 97 persons and injuring 383 others, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday. In reply to a written question by a ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator in the upper...

February 5, 2018

Martyred Captain Kundu was to visit family on his birthday

Twenty-two-year-old Captain Kapil Kundu, who was killed in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, was to visit home on his birthday. Capt Kundu, a resident of Ransika village near Pataudi in Haryana’s Gururgram district, would have turned 23 on February 10. The young Army Captain was among the...

February 5, 2018

Four soldiers killed in Pakistan shelling

An Army captain and three soldiers were killed in Pakistan shelling in the Poonch and BG sectors on Sunday. A soldier and two children, a boy and a girl, were also seriously injured as Pakistan troops also targeted the villages along the LOC. The Army personnel killed have been identified as Capt Kapil Kundu, Rifleman...

February 5, 2018

Indian Army, Pakistani troops trade fire on LoC

The Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday exchanged heavy fire along the line of control (LoC) ) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The firing and shelling along the LoC in Noushera sector of Rajouri district forcing the authorities to shut schools in border areas. There was no immediate report of any casualties on...

February 1, 2018

BSF refuses to exchange sweets with Pakistan Rangers over ceasefire violations

 The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday refused to exchange sweets and greetings with their Pakistani counterparts – the Pakistan Rangers, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day. The move by the BSF came following the heightened tension between both countries along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and...

January 26, 2018

Pakistan summons Indian Deputy HC over cross-border firing

Pakistan on Saturday again summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to condemn “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by India, which it said had killed five civilians and injured 22 others over the past three days. The Foreign Ministry said Indian forces continued firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border on Saturday, which killed...

January 20, 2018

UP CM announces aid for kin of BSF jawan killed in Pak firing

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced financial aid of Rs 20 lakh for the wife and Rs 5 lakh for the parents of a BSF jawan killed in ceasefire violations by Pakistan, an official said. BSF head constable Jagpal Singh (49), a resident of Bulandshahr district, succumbed to injuries sustained during cross-border...

January 20, 2018

India condemns ceasefire violations by Pakistan; seeks action against Saeed

India on Friday strongly condemned the continued and unprecedented ceasefire violations by Pakistan to provide cover to terrorists to infiltrate into India even as it asked Islamabad not to ‘hide behind flimsy excuses’ and act against Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. “We strongly condemn the continued and unprecedented ceasefire violation by Pakistan, which has caused...

January 19, 2018

Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ‘ceasefire violations’

Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh on Friday for the second time in two days over the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces that killed Pakistani citizens. Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh for “unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Working Boundary...

January 19, 2018