Srinagar: Three terrorists were killed on Saturday as Army troops foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control in Nowgam sector of Handwara area.
Meanwhile, two of the terrorists crossed over to the PoK after a gun battle with the Army.
According to reports, a large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the killed terrorists.
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10:05 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Jammu: The BSF is all geared up and alert to foil any infiltration bid by militants from across the Indo-Pak border, said a senior BSF officer. "We will not allow infiltration to take place...BSF troops are alert to foil it," IG BSF, Jammu Frontier, Rajeev Krishna told reporters at Jammu railway station after flagging-off a special coach for para military forces. "International boundary in Jammu is sensitive...there have been incidents...
01:20 AM, May 19, 2013
Srinagar: One Junior Commanding Officer (JCO) was killed and another jawan injured on Saturday after a major infiltration bid by a group of six terrorists was foiled by the Army along LoC in Machil in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. According to sources, six terrorists tried to infiltration into the Indian side of LoC at around 2.30 am on Saturday. The terrorists, who were trying to sneak into the Valley...
11:23 AM, May 18, 2013
Srinagar: An infiltration attempt was foiled in the Samba area around Jammu border on Tuesday morning. Gunfire was reportedly exchanged between infiltrators and security personnel for 30 minutes. A string of clashes along the 742-km LoC last month marked the worst violations of ceasefire that was put in place by India and Pakistan in late 2003. ...
08:44 AM, May 07, 2013
Senior officials of India and Bangladesh's border forces on Tuesday held talks on issues like trans-border smuggling, fencing of open patches, and encouraging confidence building measures. ...
03:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Indian Army sources have confirmed that there have been at least 24 cases of ceasefire violations from Pakistan in 2013 alone. ...
09:38 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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02:30 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Srinagar: The Army on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, killing two militants while three Army jawans were also killed. "A major infiltration bid was foiled in Nowgam sector of Kupwara district after alert troops noticed movement of a group of about five militants near the LoC," Army spokesman Colonel A Vashisht said. Two militants have been killed so...
03:12 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Srinagar: A fierce gunbattle is on between the Army and a group of terrorists who were trying to infiltrate into the Kashmir Valley from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. The gunbattle between the Army and the terrorists is taking place in Keran sector of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir. Army sources say four terrorists have been killed in the gunbattle. ...
04:55 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless and unfounded" remarks by Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that Islamabad is "helping terrorists" to enter Indian territory. Pakistan rejected Shinde's remarks that India has information that Pakistan is helping terrorists to infiltrate and asked the Indian minister to share information with Pakistan, reported Xinhua citing local media reports. "We totally reject these allegations and insinuations," the Pakistani foreign ministry said. "They...
11:51 PM, Oct 23, 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
Junagadh: Terming Prime Minister's Independence Day speech as disappointing, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday questioned his silence on the Mumbai violence and asked him to clarify his government's policy on the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators. He also accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of adopting "dual standards" with regard to incidents in Assam and Mumbai in his 66th Independence Day speech. "The infiltration of Bangladeshis in India is becoming...
05:23 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded "zero infiltration" for the first time in 2011 despite several attempts along the Indo-Pak border, police said on Tuesday. "2011 is first year that has witnessed zero infiltration (along Indo-Pak border). There has been no infiltration anywhere along the border in Jammu region," IGP (Jammu Zone) Dilbagh Singh said in Jammu. "There have been ceasefire violations. There have been dozens of infiltration attempts but they...
07:29 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Srinagar: A top army commander has said the arrest of a militant while he was sneaking into Kashmir Valley in Machhil sector near LoC has exposed the nexus involving ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits. "The arrest of Pakistani national and LeT militant (Nissar Ahmed) has exposed the nexus between the ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits in training, arming and psychological indoctrination of Pakistani youth for infiltrating and carrying...
04:47 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Srinagar: Four militants were killed as army troops foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control in Keran sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. The troops foiled an infiltration bid by militants from across the Line of Control in Keran sector on Friday, triggering a gunbattle that lasted for more than 36 hours during which four militants were killed, an army spokesman said. The bodies of all the...
09:54 PM, Oct 01, 2011
Srinagar/Islamabad: An Indian JCO and three Pakistani soldiers were killed in first major violation of ceasefire in Kashmir valley this year, when troops from the two sides traded heavy gunfire, officials said. The violation took place in the key Keran sector in north Kashmir, which is the major ingress route of the militants from across the border and comes on the heels of another big infiltration bid from the adjacent...
01:25 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Srinagar: In an encounter between terrorists and Army in the Hafruda forest area in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a woman was killed and another civilian was injured. The woman Saleema, who was evacuated to a hospital in Srinagar, succumbed to her injuries, hospital sources said. A defence Spokesman said two civilians were injured in the firing on Sunday night after which the operation was stopped to evacuate the...
10:28 AM, Aug 22, 2011
Srinagar: Foiling this year's biggest infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LOC) in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Saturday, the army killed 12 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in a fierce gunfight. An army officer was also killed and three jawans were injured in the encounter. Army officials said that 17 militants were trying to cross the Kishenganga river, which forms the LoC in this sector between Indian and Pakistani...
07:58 AM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: About 2,500 terrorists are present in launching pads in Pakistan and PoK, Government said on Tuesday. "A number of training camps and launching pads are reportedly active in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir/ Pakistan. As per assessment, there are around 2,500 terrorists in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir/Pakistan," Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. The minister also said that 52 infiltration attempts along the...
02:59 PM, Aug 09, 2011
Bandipora (Kashmir): Infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) have come down to a 20-year low as no militant has been able to sneak into the Kashmir Valley so far this year. "I think I can count them as infiltration attempts, (there were) perhaps two (attempts)," General Officer Commanding of Srinagar-based 15 Corps Syed Atta Hasnain said, 80 km from Srinagar. He said both the infiltration attempts were...
06:54 PM, Jun 21, 2011
