With the increasing tension at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Defence Minister AK Antony on Friday said the government is closely monitoring the situation and would do anything to protect the interest of the country. "Infiltration attempts have increased over the last year," he noted. ...
01:05 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The distraught father of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, who was one of the soldiers killed in an attack by Pakistan Army across the Line of Control (LoC), wants that the neighbouring nation be given a "befitting reply" for the dastardly act. "The government should respond to the dastardly act by the enemy (Pakistan army) in a befitting manner. That will be the real tribute to my martyred son," Lance Naik...
10:35 AM, Jan 11, 2013
There seems to be no let-up in tension at the India-Pakistan border. There are reports of overnight firing from the Pakistan side in the Poonch sector. Firing has been reported from more than three places along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. India has said the firing is unprovoked. ...
10:06 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Reports of firing on Thursday evening came from Poonch, which is where the India-Pakistan conflict on ceasefire violation had flared up. CNN-IBN is on ground zero. CNN-IBN correspondents Arunoday Mukharji and Mufti Islah report from near the LoC in Poonch and Uri. ...
09:22 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The India-Pakistan tension after the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops is showing signs of escalating. India claimed that Pakistan opened unprovoked firing in Poonch and Mendhar on Thursday. The exchange in Poonch lasted for almost 2 hours. ...
07:52 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Watch today's top stories with CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Just two days after two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in a case of ceasefire violation, the Pakistan army on Thursday evening violated ceasefire again. ...
11:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Two soldiers were killed in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troopers. The Army confirmed that the body of one of them had been badly mutilated. ...
10:16 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Pakistan again violated the ceasefire in Mendhar and Poonch with the Indian Army reporting renewed firing since Thursday evening. Army sources told CNN-IBN that Indian units retaliated to the firing and while they were not aware of any casualties, Pakistan claimed one of its soldiers had been killed, the incident taking place in the same sector where two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops on Tuesday. ...
09:59 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Delhi High Court will take up the gangrape case on Monday as Delhi Police offers an unconditional apology for its laxity. ...
09:16 PM, Jan 10, 2013
BJP on Thursday asked the Centre to take tough steps against Pakistan in the wake of the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers and pledged support to it on the issue even as it rued that the country has a "weak government" which may not be capable of such decisions. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Just two days after two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in a case of ceasefire violation, the Pakistan army on Thursday evening violated ceasefire again even as it claimed that one of its soldiers was killed by Indian troops. ...
07:37 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Pakistani attack on an Indian Army area domination patrol in Poonch could have been planned over a month if not more, say Indian Army sources. ...
07:19 PM, Jan 10, 2013
What should be India's reaction to Pakistan's ceasefire violation, killing of Indian soldiers on the Indian side of the Line of Control and mutilation of a soldier's body? The director of centre for land warfare studies Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal shared his perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers. ...
05:50 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday refuted Pakistan's claims that India had violated ceasefire norms and that Poonch firing was not an unprovoked incident. "The Indian forces are strictly in accordance with ceasefire norms," he told reporters. He further said that no third party would be allowed to intervene in the issue. ...
04:50 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Pakistani attack on an Indian Army area domination patrol in Poonch could have been planned over a month if not more, say Indian Army sources. ...
02:32 PM, Jan 10, 2013
There is a cloud of doubt over the participation of Pakistani players in the Hockey India League. Nine Pakistani players have still not landed for the HIL that kicks off on Monday. ...
11:47 AM, Jan 10, 2013
A day after Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar called for interference of the United Nations to verify the country's claims on the deaths of two Indian soldiers, the UN has urged India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions through dialogue. The UN has urged India and Pakistan to respect the ceasefire and "de-escalate" tensions over the recent cross-border firings through dialogue. ...
11:20 AM, Jan 10, 2013
In the past one month itself, there have been more than a dozen ceasefire violations along the LoC by the Pakistani Army. The Poonch violation and killing of two Indian soldiers was the most gruesome of them all. ...
09:54 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Reacting to the ceasefire violation and killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said while action was required, it is also important to maintain peace also the Line of Control for the people of the state. "While I understand there needs to be a suitable response from India, we must also understand that there is a lot invested...
09:28 AM, Jan 10, 2013
