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Jammu: Heavy exchanges of fire started on Thursday between the Indian and Pakistan armies on Thursday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Naushera sector after Pakistan violated bilateral ceasefire, officials said. Defence Ministry Spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta said, “The Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, heavy automatics and mortars in Naushera […]

Jammu: Heavy shelling and firing exchanges between Indian and Pakistani troops began on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence official said. “The Pakistan army resorted to indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions in Krishna Ghati and Mendhar sectors,” the official said. “They first initiated small […]

Srinagar: Four intruding militants were killed on Saturday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as the army foiled an infiltration bid, said defence sources. A group of militants was challenged by the alert troops on the Indian side of the LoC in Rampur sector. “The operation is ongoing in […]

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing on Sunday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions on the LoC in the Rajouri sector,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta told IANS. They are using small arms, automatics […]

Srinagar: A major Border Action Team (BAT) action has been foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Naugam sector of Jammu and Kashmir by killing two intruders who are “likely Pakistani soldiers”, the Army said Monday. “Army foiled a major BAT attempt to strike a forward post along the Line of Control in Naugam […]

Jammu:  An Army officer and three jawans were killed and four people, including two teenagers, injured today in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing Indian troops to retaliate, officials said. Pakistani forces opened unprovoked heavy firing and shelling along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector […]

Islamabad: A senior Pakistani military commander said today that the Army would

Islamabad: Pakistan today summoned India’s deputy high commissioner here for the second consecutive day over alleged ceasefire violations along the LoC, claiming that more civilians were killed in firing by the Indian troops. Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was summoned again to “condemn and lodge protest over more civilian casualties at the LoC due […]

Srinagar: Three guerrillas were killed late yesterday in an ongoing gun battle with the Indian Army in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Three militants were killed in Tangdhar town near the LoC (Line of Control) in a fierce gun battle with the army. The operation against the militants is still going on,” a senior police officer told […]

Pakistan's military authorities today denied that the country's troops had violated a ceasefire along the Line of Control in Kashmir

In a glaring indicator of the growing tensions in India's immediate neighbourhood, it has now emerged that there were a whopping 11,424 Ceasefire violations (CFVs) on the border under the seven years of the NDA government, compared with just 523 CFVs during the UPA's 10-year rule.

The Indian Air Force on Tuesday destroyed a terror camp across the Line of Control (LoC). Following the attack Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi summoned an emergency meeting in Islamabad to discuss security situation. India Foreign Secretary Vijay K. Gokhale told the media that the “non-military pre-emptive action was specifically targeted at the terrorist camp” […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised the pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and returned after dropping a payload in Pakistan. “I salute the pilots of the IAF,” Gandhi tweeted. Kejriwal […]

Mumbai: A string of Bollywood celebrities like Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Suniel Shetty took to social media to salute pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and returned after dropping a payload in Pakistan. Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan […]

Srinagar: Heavy firing started on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday between Indian and Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. Two militants belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Shopian district. Both sides were using mortars and small arms to target each other […]