BSF personnel injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistan along IB in Jammu, troops on high alert
September 11, 2024 8:25 ISTTroops are currently on high alert to prevent any further escalation.
Troops are currently on high alert to prevent any further escalation.
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The victim, Rahmi Bhat, from Bagtore area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector was hit by a mortar splinter late on Tuesday.
Police said two girls, Shabina and Tasveer, and a youth identified as Muhammad Isaq were injured in the shelling in Chaprian village of Sawjian sector.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it was conveyed to Shah that the "deliberate targeting" of innocent civilians by Pakistani forces using small arms and high caliber weapons is "highly deplorable and condemned in the strongest terms".
The BSF DG said the sole aim of these unprovoked firing incidents by Pakistan on the border is to "push" in militants into India.
Indian security forces on Monday crossed the Line of Control and gunned down three Pakistani soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, tonight reviewed the situation arising out of intermittent cross-border firing in the Jammu region, at a high level meeting here.
Nearly 14 posts of Pakistani Rangers were destroyed in retaliatory action along International Border in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu frontier after eight civilians were killed in mortar shelling by Pakistan
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) today urged the armies of India and Pakistan to curb escalation of cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir and open up regular channels of communication Condemning the use of
At least two to three Pakistani armymen are believed to have been killed on Tuesday in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district, an official said.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to give an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victims of cross border firing along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir. A Rs
Attari (Punjab): Three Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in cross border firing in Amritsar sector of Punjab by smugglers from the Pakistani side, BSF officials said on Saturday.The injured troopers were rushed to
Jammu: Over 7,000 people residing along the border in Samba and Kathua districts have been evacuated to safe places after Pakistani side resorted to heavy cross border firing along the international border.The district administrations had
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Islamabad: Pakistan's military said today that while it wants peace on the eastern border with India, it will “forcefully” retaliate to every incident of firing by the Indian army, amid reports of fresh clashes on
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