Tag: Cross Border Firing

Indian, Pakistan soldiers trade fire on LoC

One Indian soldier was injured as Indian and Pakistan armies traded heavy fire on Thursday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Poonch districts, police said. Police sources said Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the LoC in Laam area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri on...

March 29, 2018

Govt to build 14,460 bunkers for J-K border dwellers

As many as 14,460 bunkers will be constructed along the Line of Control and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir to mitigate the hardships faced by border dwellers, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the Ministry of Home Affairs had approved a pilot...

March 14, 2018

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

Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ‘unprovoked firing’

Pakistan summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day today over the “unprovoked firing” by Indian troops across the Line of Control. Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the LoC on...

March 2, 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 Army targets Indian positions on LoC

The Pakistan Army resorted to overnight heavy shelling and firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. Using small arms, automatics and mortars, they targeted military and civilian facilities in nearly a dozen areas of the Balakote sector late on Tuesday, Defence Ministry sources said. “The Indian positions retaliated effectively. Firing exchanges continued...

January 31, 2018

Constantly under threat

Even as the government is busy implementing its plan of housing for all in the country, there is a growing demand in areas of Jammu bordering Pakistan for immediate construction of underground bunkers so that citizens can take shelter from frequent mortar shelling by Pakistani troops. As many as 48 people, including civilians, Army and...

January 29, 2018

UN Chief Guterres follows India-Pak border situation, encourages dialogue

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following the India-Pakistan border situation where there has been firing by both sides. He is encouraging both nations to hold a dialogue, his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said. Asked at the daily UN briefing about the incidents, Dujarric on Monday said: “We are obviously aware. We are following this — what...

January 23, 2018

CM Mehbooba Mufti appeals for peace on border

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday appealed India and Pakistan not to make Jammu and Kashmir a battlefield but consider it as a bridge for lasting friendship between the two countries. Mehbooba was speaking at the passing out parade of the police at Baramulla in Kashmir. Referring to the current tension on the International Border...

January 22, 2018

Army soldier, BSF trooper among 4 killed in cross-border firing

An Indian Army soldier was killed on Friday in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, on a day when a BSF trooper and two Indian civilians were killed in firing along the international border. Defence Ministry sources said an army soldier was killed in Pakistan Army’s ceasefire violation...

January 20, 2018

Pak troops fire at LoC posts in Poonch; Army Captain injured

Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, injuring an Army Captain, officials said. “There was a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army. They resorted to firing along the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch this evening,” a security force...

January 17, 2018