Jammu: Pakistani troops fired on Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the second ceasefire violation in the past four days.
Pakistan troops opened small arms firing on Indian posts in Nangi Tikri forward area along LoC in Krishnagati sub-sector of Poonch on Monday night, Defence PRO S N Acharya said.
He said the firing continued for 10 minutes from 8:10 PM to 8:20 PM. Troops guarding the borderline did not retaliate, Acharya said, adding there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing.
Troops are vigilant along the border line and patrolling has been intensified in view of reports of attempts of infiltration from across the border....
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01:51 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Jammu: Army on Saturday called off search operation in the dense forest areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, where a Junior Commissioned Officer was killed when Pakistan troops opened heavy fire on Indian posts on Friday. "Massive search operation which was launched yesterday (Friday) by the Army troops, have been called off this afternoon," a defence source said. Nothing has been found during the search operation...
05:00 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Poonch: Goods worth over Rs 1 crore were traded across the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday between Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Jammu and Kashmir at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch, officials said. As many as 25 trucks rolled out from the Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC) in Poonch to PoK, they said, adding, these trucks carried bags of banana, onion and tamarind worth Rs 62,05,260. From PoK, four trucks...
08:55 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Mathura: The wife of slain soldier Lance Naik Hemraj was duped of Rs 10 lakh on Friday in the presence of her brother-in-law and a relative near a petrol pump in the outskirts of Kosi town area. In her complaint, Dharmvati, the widow of Hemraj said that one Amit Kumar, who claimed that he was an Army officer and sent by the Army Headquarters, approached her at her native Shernagar...
07:50 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Many bilateral processes were in operation between India and Pakistan but it was "difficult" to say whether the issue of beheading of two Indian soldiers was over, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Monday. ...
02:20 AM, Feb 19, 2013
In a fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops tonight fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, but there was no casualty on the Indian side. Pakistani troopers resorted to small and medium weapon firing in Balnoi forward area along the LoC at 20.05 pm, PRO Defence SN Acharya told PTI in Jammu. ...
11:50 PM, Feb 14, 2013
January 8 - A bloody strike across the Line of Control. Two Indian soldiers are killed, one of them beheaded. Pakistan denied any role in the brutal attack but Intelligence reports accessed by CNN-IBN on Tuesday suggested otherwise. ...
08:56 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The trade and bus services resumes from the Line of Control in Poonch. 88 passengers from India and 108 from Pakistan travelled on the trans-LoC bus on Monday. ...
10:34 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Days after the skirmishes at the Line of Control, the Indo-Pak trade and bus services are set to resume from Monday. The gates at Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district is likely to open for the routine trade and travel between the two sides. ...
01:27 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Indian and Pakistani troops on Saturday exchanged sweets along the Line of Control in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir even as cross-border bus service and trade remained suspended after beheading of two Indian soldiers. ...
07:14 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The Central leadership has shown "maturity" in defusing tensions along the LoC with Pakistan following the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said. ...
10:33 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Friday visited the home of slain soldier Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh in a village in Madhya Pradesh. Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh had been killed near the LoC by Pakistani troops on January 8. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Even as there was no overnight firing reported along the Line of Control separating India and Pakistan, the tension remains. The villages along the Line of Control have been restless and its residents are living in fear. ...
01:11 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal said in Bhopal on Wednesday that whatever Pakistan Army had done to two Indian soldiers is totally inhuman and unpardonable, but war should not take place between the two nations on the issue. ...
07:14 PM, Jan 16, 2013
BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the UPA government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should adopt a "ruthless stand" on Pakistan's recent ceasefire violations on the LoC and the killing and decapitation of Indian soldiers. ...
07:00 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Amidst growing tension at the Line of Control and intensifying war of words, Army Chief General Bikram Singh rejected Pakistan's allegations that the Indian Army violated ceasefire and killed a Pakistani soldier. "Pakistan is wrong in alleging that their soldier has died in firing at the Line of Control. If their soldier has died, he must have died in retaliatory fire. Our soldiers do not cross the LoC. In a...
01:36 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Army Chief General Bikram Singh met slain Indian soldier Lance Naik Hemraj Singh's family in Kosi Kalan in Uttar Pradesh, two days after the martyr's wife broke her fast. Hemraj was killed and was beheaded on January 8 by Pakistani troops in an alleged ceasefire violation by Pakistan in the Poonch sector. ...
12:20 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Even as the Line of Control remains tense, the war of words between India and Pakistan has intensified. India has raised Pakistan's continuing support to terror groups at the United Nations, seeking international action against state sponsors of terror. India named Pakistan terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa as major security threats to South East Asian countries. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier in Kashmir late on Tuesday, the Pakistani army claimed, the fifth fatality in hostilities between the nuclear armed neighbours since the new year. The soldier was killed at a position called Kundi during firing from the Indian side that began at 10 pm, Pakistan's army said in a statement. ...
09:12 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The situation along the India-Pakistan border continues to remain tense after India reported four ceasefire violations even after the flag meet. Indian troops, however, did not retaliate and officers say that they will not react in haste but will take their time. But, the Pakistani army claimed that Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier in the disputed territory of Kashmir. ...
07:51 AM, Jan 16, 2013
