If Modi has courage, he should go ahead and unfurl tricolour in Lahore, or else leave Kashmir be and forget this issue, the senior NC MLA said.
"Due to shelling from across in Balakote sector of Poonch, five civilians died and two are injured who are being shifted to the hospital," SP Vaid, J&K DGP informed media.
BSF asked its Pakistani counterpart to clear tall grass in zeroline areas along the border.
Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the "unprovoked ceasefire violations" by the Indian forces in Kotli/Jandrot and Chirikot Sectors.
A police official said a cordon and search operation has been launched in village Shakurdin following information about presence of militants there.
The decision has been taken amidst no let-up in LoC ceasefire violations by the Indian forces in the recent days, the Express Tribune quoted local government sources as saying.
Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia called a 30-day ceasefire unrealistic, and diplomats said during negotiations on the text he argued that it couldn't be enforced.
Police said as soon as the security forces cordoned off Paribal village in Hajin area following information about the presence of the terrorists, they were fired at, triggering the fighting.
"Constable S.K. Murmu deployed at forward defence location (FDL) on the LoC, was hit in the firing. He was shifted to army's base hospital in Srinagar where he succumbed to his injuries late on Tuesday," BSF spokesman said.
The alert troops deployed at the border detected the movement and engaged the infiltrators with effective automatic fire.
This comes a day after terrorists fired a few shots towards a CRPF camp in Awantipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
According to media reports, there is a state of high alert in Pakistan. Also the Pakistan Army’s 10 Corps Commander based at Rawalpindi has been frequently visiting areas along LoC to take first hand stock of the situation.
The latest attempt comes a day after the Army said that more than 300 militants are waiting across the Line of Control in Pakistan to infiltrate into India.
The Indian Army retaliated effectively, he said. On February 11, Pak troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling in forward areas and villages in Rajouri and Poonch.
Parveen Akhter was killed when she was hit by a bullet fired by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Pkukherni and Lairan villages of Noushera around 10:35 PM, he said. The official said Akhter was hit inside her home at Lairan village.
Pakistani forces opened unprovoked and heavy firing and shelling along LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector of Rajouri district this evening.
Indian troops are retaliating strongly to the firing from Pakistani side.
Pakistan violated the ceasefire in Pargwal, Arnia, Kanachak and R.S. Pura areas of Jammu district targeting Border Security Force (BSF) and civilian facilities.
Firing from across the border started on Thursday and has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and take shelter in rehabilitation camps or with their relatives.
Targeting PM Modi, the Chief Minister said, "Country is on the path of development, it is what PM talks about, but the opposite is happening in our state".
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