Tag: Pakistani troops

10 killed in Pak firing along LoC

A BSF sub-inspector was killed in Haji Peer sector while a jawan was injured, officials said.

November 14, 2020

Pakistan flares up shelling along LoC

Pakistan Army's media wing ISPR confirmed losses in its Jandrot sector due to retaliation by the Indian Army.

June 12, 2020

Army soldier martyred due to shelling by Pakistani troops

A spokesman of the Army said that the 29 years-old Naik Gurcharan was critically injured during the cross-LoC shelling on Wednesday night and later succumbed to the wounds. Indian troops strongly retaliated to firing by Pakistan.

June 11, 2020

J-K: Another soldier killed in Pakistan sniper firing

The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively targetting Pakistan Army posts. "The martyrdom of the Indian Army Soldier will not go in vain," said the spokesman.

November 11, 2018

Jawan injured in Pakistan shelling along LoC in Rajouri

An Army jawan was injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops who opened fire and resorted to shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, district officials said. Pakistan troops resorted to firing and shelling on forward posts along the LoC in Nowshera sector in which one...

April 6, 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

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, Pakistani troops trade heavy fire on LoC

Indian and Pakistani troops on Monday traded heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, defence officials said. Defence sources said Pakistani soldiers resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Silikote area in Uri sector on Monday evening and Indian personnel “retaliated strongly and effectively destroying a Pakistan...

February 19, 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

Live shells along IB a ‘death trap’ for border dwellers

Guns along the Indo-Pak border have fallen silent but border dwellers are living in the shadow of death as hundreds of live mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops are lying across border villages and farm lands in Jammu region. Security forces have warned border dwellers not to touch live shells that have landed in border...

January 24, 2018

Schools along IB, LoC shut due to Pak shelling in Jammu

The schools along with a section of the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) were on Saturday closed down by authorities due to firing and shelling by the Pakistani troops, officials said on Saturday. The schools, up to five kilometres range from the IB and LoC, have been shut for three days. “The...

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

Indian, Pakistani troops trade heavy fire on LoC

Indian and Pakistani soldiers on Friday traded heavy gunfire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Defence Ministry sources said the clashes began after the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy firing on Indian positions in Shahpur area. “We retaliated strongly and effectively. No damage or casualty has been...

January 5, 2018

Indian, Pakistani troops trade heavy fire on LoC

Pakistan Army again violated the ceasefire on Thursday evening, triggering a heavy exchange of fire with Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Indian positions retaliated strongly and effectively. The fighting took place in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district, as per Police officials. Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing and...

December 21, 2017

Bangladesh sentences to death six 1971 war crimes accused

A special Bangladeshi tribunal today sentenced to death six hardline Islamists, including a former lawmaker, for committing crimes against humanity and siding with the Pakistani troops in carrying out the genocide in 1971. A three-judge panel of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) handed down the capital punishment to the six members of the Jamaat-e-Islami saying,...

November 22, 2017

Girl injured in ceasefire violation along LoC in Poonch

The Pakistani Army on Tuesday fired from small arms along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, leaving a girl injured. The girl was identified a 13-year-old Gulnaz. “There was ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops on Tuesday along the LoC in Karmara belt of Poonch”, a police officer said. The girl has...

October 31, 2017

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Naugam sector

Pakistani troops on Tuesday opened unprovoked fire on the Naugam sector along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting a strong retaliation by the Indian Army. It is for the fourth consecutive day that Pakistan has violated the truce agreement along the LoC in the Kashmir Valley. “Pakistan started unprovoked firing in Naugam...

October 24, 2017