The long awaited flag meeting between Indian and Pakistani commanders in the Poonch sector will take place on Monday afternoon. India had requested for the Brigadier-level flag meet in an attempt to ease the tension at the India-Pakistan border. ...
07:52 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Ahead of Monday's Indo-Pak flag meeting to defuse tension along Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani troops on Sunday evening violated the ceasefire again, targeting Indian posts in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier in the day, Pakistan agreed to hold a 'brigade commander' level flag meeting along the LoC in Poonch to discuss the recent intrusion and brutal killing of jawans besides continued ceasefire violations by its soldiers that...
09:07 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Pakistan may have given way to India's demand of holding Brigadier-level talks to discuss ceasefire violations across the border, sources said on Sunday, even as tension continued to escalate along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The flag meet will be held on Monday in Poonch district's Chakan-Da-Bagh at 1 pm, sources added. ...
01:49 PM, Jan 13, 2013
As tension continued to escalate along the Line of Control in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir with heavy cross-fire reported through the night, Pakistan has yet not responded to India's request for a flag meeting to control the situation. ...
08:08 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Even as the tension between India and Pakistan continues to escalate, fresh firing has been reported from the Krishnaghati area in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports, the firing began after the Indian Army noticed some movement across the Line of Control (LoC) in the area. ...
11:07 PM, Jan 12, 2013
While no fresh incident of firing was reported from the border on Saturday, tension continued along the Line of Control. ...
08:28 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Even as there was no overnight firing reported on Saturday along the India-Pakistan border, tension remained. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne has warned of other options as Islamabad delayed a Brigadier-level flag meeting to bring down the tension. "What has been happening in the last few months is not acceptable. If this continues, perhaps we will have to look at other options for compliance of the...
03:10 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Caught in the India-Pakistan cross-fire are villagers living close to the border. CNN-IBN's Arunoday Mukharji travelled to the Mendhar sector and found that it's not just army trucks and soldiers in fatigues that one sees along the Line of Control but local villagers as well, who've lived there for over 40 years, sandwiched between the politics of two nations. ...
08:34 AM, Jan 12, 2013
As tension remains at the India-Pakistan border, Pakistan has repeated its demand for a neutral probe into the firing along the Line of Control, but India again rejected it. "Whenever you are faced with this kind of a situation the factual position can only be ascertained if there is a neutral investigation into such incidents. But we hope, having said that, we hope that there will be no recurrence of...
07:35 AM, Jan 12, 2013
It's almost a week of flared tensions between India and Pakistan. Across the Line of Control, fresh firing has been reported from eight posts, and even as India tried to de-escalate the tension, the Pakistan foreign office on Friday summoned the Indian envoy, issuing him a demarche over the killing of a Pakistani soldier in incidents of firing on Thursday evening. ...
08:13 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Calling the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistan Army an "isolated incident", a senior Pakistani senator on Friday said such events should not be allowed to "spin out of control" which could result in vitiating the atmosphere of peace. ...
07:47 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Denying reports of soldiers of Rajputana Rifles going on "hunger strike" in protest against the killing of two Army jawans by Pakistani troops, the Defence Ministry on Friday claimed such incidents do not "demoralise" the force. "The Indian Army is totally professional, disciplined and highly motivated force, which handles all situations in a professional manner at all times, including in Jammu and Kashmir," Public Relation Officer (PRO), MoD, Jammu, Col...
07:39 PM, Jan 11, 2013
CNN-IBN's Arunoday Mukharji reports from ground zero in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
07:10 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The tension and aggression along the Line of Control has now spilled into a diplomatic row with Pakistan summoning the Indian High Commissioner over the killing of one of its soldiers on Thursday. ...
05:47 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Pakistan on Friday reiterated its commitment to the peace process. The Pakistan High Commission issued a statement, saying that Islamabad "reiterates its commitment to a peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues through a sustained and result-oriented dialogue with India". ...
05:01 PM, Jan 11, 2013
In the wake of the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC), BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Friday advocated suspension of dialogue with Pakistan even as he admitted that the previous NDA government had also committed the mistake by engaging the neighbour in talks. ...
04:39 PM, Jan 11, 2013
As tension at the India-Pakistan border escalated, India has requested for a Brigadier-level flag meet with Pakistan, say sources in the Indian Army. Pakistan's reply to the request is awaited, say sources. ...
04:10 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The tension and aggression along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir has now spilled into a diplomatic row. In a tit for tat gesture, Pakistan summoned Indian High Commissioner Sharad Sabharwal to the Pakistan Foreign Office on Friday. Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani served Sabharwal a demarche over the killing of a Pakistani soldier in Battal sector along with LoC on Thursday allegedly by the Indian Army. ...
02:56 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Pakistan has halted the Poonch-Rawalkot bus service for three days following incidents of firing at the India-Pakistan border. This comes as there were reports of more firing from the Pakistan side across the Line of Control in Poonch. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 11, 2013
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
