Jammu: India will take up with Pakistan the issue of unprovoked firing along International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Friday, indicating that it could be linked to the recently unearthed secret tunnel. Singh, who reviewed the security situation along IB and LoC, did not rule out the presence of other tunnels similar to the 400-metre underground...
06:39 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Srinagar: Tension rising for those living along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan. Repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan have triggered panic and fear among border residents. Panic-stricken villagers in Samba near Jammu are ducking behind trees, walls for hours to avoid being hit by fire from Pakistani rangers who have breached the ceasefire agreement for the 14th time in the past fortnight. "I have seen it in...
07:48 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Barasat (WB): An Indian truck driver was assaulted by a Bangladeshi autorickshaw driver at Benapole on the India-Bangladesh border on Wednesday, police sources said. The assault led to protest by Indian drivers who refused to drive into Bangladesh, which led to suspension of import-export activities for over an hour. The issue was settled after negotiations and normal operations resumed, the sources said. ...
07:45 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Jammu: An infiltration bid from across the border was foiled by security forces in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu district on Monday morning. According to sources, one infiltrator was killed in the firing between the Border Security Force personnel and the Pakistan Rangers. This is the fourteenth time that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the international border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in the last fortnight. The Pakistani...
10:15 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Jammu: Firing has resumed in yet another ceasefire violation at the RS Pura sector in Jammu district. One personnel was killed on Thursday night in the cross-fire, which went on for about two hours. "Pak Rangers heavily fired on Indian post of Abdullian in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu district" in the ninth ceasefire in 12 days, a senior BSF Officer told PTI. They first opened heavy weaponry firing...
09:16 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Jammu: Pakistani border guards opened fire on a BSF post, critically injuring a jawan and sparking an exchange of fire along the International Border (IB) in Jammu sector on Thursday night. "Pak Rangers heavily fired on Indian post of Abdullian in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu district tonight" in the ninth ceasefire in 12 days, a senior BSF officer said. They first opened heavy weaponery firing and this was...
10:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Amritsar: After a recent spate of attacks on Hindus in Pakistan, several families have made their way across the Wagah Border into India. They say they are afraid of going back. Those who have crossed over say there are hundreds of others who are also waiting to escape. Mukesh Ahuja had a flourishing business in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. He never thought the day would come when he would have to...
08:49 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Jammu: Hours after exchange of sweets and greetings on the Indo-Pak border between troops of the two sides, Pakistan rangers on Wednesday fired at Indian forward post in Samba sector, violating ceasefire for seventh time in past 11 days. "There was small arms firing at Indian Border Out Post (BoP) of Pansar along International Border in Samba sector around late this afternoon," a senior BSF officer said. Firing by Pakistan...
06:41 PM, Aug 15, 2012
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01:12 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Attari: The third batch of Hindu families from Pakistan on Monday crossed over, with members claiming that minority communities were living in oppressive conditions there and urged the Indian government to facilitate immigration of Hindus and Sikhs. Over 250 Hindus belonging to Balochistan and Sindh provinces, where the community has been the target of extortions, kidnapping and forced conversions, have crossed over to India since August 10 amid reports of...
01:41 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Jammu: In the sixth incident of ceasefire violation in less than two weeks, Pakistan troops on Monday opened fire on Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Arnia sector of Jammu district. "There was firing of several rounds on India's Pindi Border out Post (BoP) along the International Border in Arnia sector of Jammu district this evening," a senior BSF officer said. The BSF opened retaliatory fire, he said, adding...
09:45 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Jammu: Ahead of Independence Day and amid increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan, state authorities have sounded high alert along the Indo-Pak border as well as in the hinterlands of Jammu and Kashmir. "High alert has been sounded by security forces along the Line of Control (LoC) to foil designs of infiltrations and also increased ceasefire violations in the state," a senior Army officer said. An alert has also been...
01:24 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Guwahati: The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) on Sunday said violent incidents like the recent clashes in BTAD and Dhubri would continue until the Indo-Bangla border was properly sealed. "The Centre has failed to live up to its promise of sealing the border even 27 years after the signing of the Assam Accord and incidents of violence and clash will continue if the border remains porous," AASU President Sankar Prasad...
06:55 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Jammu: In fifth incident of ceasefire violence within a week, a BSF jawan was on Saturday injured after Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Arnia sector of Jammu district. "There was a cross border heavy firing on Indian posts of Pindi and Pital along International Border (IB) in Arnia sector of Jammu district around 1630 hours today," Deputy Inspector General (DIG), BSF, JS Oberoi,...
08:46 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Holding illegal migration responsible for the recent ethnic violence in Assam, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday demanded that the border with Bangladesh be sealed. "The Congress has a tie-up with infiltrators from Bangladesh for its vote-bank politics and this is the main problem for the recent violence in Assam," Gadkari alleged. "They must break this and protect the nation, the people of Assam. It is the duty...
03:32 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: New Delhi: China has indicated that an early resolution of the border dispute with India is not feasible. Sources say that such an opinion is being conveyed to diplomats and journalists by China. The view in India doesn't appear to be very different. CNN-IBN has learnt that official circles see the dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, who have fought a bitter war in 1962, as complex. Negotiations...
09:45 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Jammu: BJP on Monday dubbed as "serious intelligence failure" on the part of the UPA government the construction of 400-mt-long tunnel from Pakistan side into India in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector. "The UPA government is accused of serious intelligence failure as it has not been able to detect the construction of underground tunnel by Pakistan Rangers on the International Border close to Samba," BJP state president Shamsher Singh Manhas...
04:00 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Jammu: The operation to dug open the 400-meter long tunnel, which was discovered on Saturday along the Indo-Pak Border in Samba district is in full swing. A team of senior officials from New Delhi will be visiting the spot on Sunday to have a look at the cross-border tunnel. BSF troops are using more dozers and men to find out origin of the tunnel towards the Indo-Pak border. "The operation...
05:57 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Jammu: Authorities on Saturday discovered a 400-metre long tunnel, running between India and Pakistan, along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. "We have discovered a tunnel running between Pakistan and India in Samba district," SSP (Samba) Israr Khan told reporters. The tunnel was detected after an area caved-in at two or three places due to rains near the BSF's Chillayari Border Out Post (BOP), he said....
08:26 PM, Jul 28, 2012
