Line Of Control
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Between June '14 and Jan this year, JK saw 685 ceasefire violations
India | Feb 24, 2015, 05:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: There were a total of 685 ceasefire violations along the India-Pakistan Border in Jammu and Kashmir from June of last year to January this year, Rajya Sabha was today told.While 126 ceasefire violations
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India, Pak troops exchange sweets on R-Day
India | Jan 26, 2015, 02:22 PM ISTSrinagar: Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) today exchanged sweets at three places in Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of Republic Day. A unit of 12 Infantry Brigade of the
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Despite befitting reply, Pakistan not mending its ways: Rajnath Singh
National | Jan 17, 2015, 11:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: With Intelligence reports suggesting Pakistan-based terrorists planning strikes in India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today attacked the neighbouring country for "not mending its ways" despite being given a befitting reply many times."Pakistan is
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Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested near LoC
India | Jan 12, 2015, 12:36 PM ISTSrinagar: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant has been arrested near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said today. Showkat Ahmad Awan, a resident of Pehlipora village of south Kashmir's Shopian
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Indian firing kills four civilians: Pakistan
World | Jan 06, 2015, 06:34 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan army on Monday said that Indian troops killed four civilians in the fresh cross-border firing, taking the death toll of civilians to five in three days, Xinhua reported.Indian force Saturday killed a 13-year-old
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2014 records 562 ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir, highest in 11 years
India | Dec 28, 2014, 06:48 PM ISTJammu: Over 550 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan occurred this year, the highest since the truce came into force in 2003, with the Indo-Pak border witnessing the worst such escalation during August to October
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Pakistani troops violate ceasefire in Kathua district
India | Dec 24, 2014, 10:43 AM ISTJammu: Pakistani Rangers today indulged in mortar shelling along the border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing retaliation from BSF.Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by resorting to small arms firing and mortar shelling in
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Manohar Parrikar to review security situation in Srinagar today
National | Dec 11, 2014, 09:50 AM ISTSrinagar: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Srinagar today and will be briefed at 15 Corps Headquarters by senior Army officers on the security situation in the wake of recent terror attacks in Kashmir, including
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J&K Polls: Undeterred by militant attack, voters throng poll station
National | Dec 09, 2014, 02:37 PM ISTUri (JK): The daring militant attack on an Army camp here last Friday shook the people of this town, situated close to Line of Control in Kashmir, but it did not deter them from exercising
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Five militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir gunfight
India | Dec 03, 2014, 08:58 AM ISTSrinagar: Five militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight between a group of militants and the army in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, authorities said Wednesday."Two more terrorists have been killed in Nowgam infiltration
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Pak army hands over Indian boy who crossed LoC inadvertently
World | Nov 19, 2014, 07:43 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan army has handed over a 13-year-old boy to Indian authorities after he had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control.Manzar Hussain, a student of class 8 and a resident of Jhanagar village in Kashmir,
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Army man dies in LoC bunker blaze
India | Nov 10, 2014, 08:47 AM ISTSrinagar: An Indian soldier was killed and two others were injured when their bunker along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir caught fire, a police officer said.The officer said
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Pakistan has to make a conscious choice of peace with India: Arun Jaitley
National | Nov 05, 2014, 04:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pakistan should draw a red line whether it wants to talk to government of India or those who want to break India, defence minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday asking it to make
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Pakistan violates ceasefire in Pargwal sectors
India | Oct 20, 2014, 01:09 PM ISTJammu: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Sunday resorted to small arms firing on forward Border Outposts (BoPs) along the international border in Jammu district."Pakistani Rangers resorted to small arms firing at BoPs
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Pakistani rangers violate ceasefire in Saujan sector of Poonch district
India | Oct 15, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTJammu: Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire today by resorting to mortar shelling and firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.There was firing from across the border along LoC in Saujian sector
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Pakistan using 'diversionary tactics' on talks: India
India | Oct 15, 2014, 07:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: India said it was willing for a ‘serious dialogue' with Pakistan on all outstanding issues including Kashmir but maintained that Islamabad was not interested in talks and was using ‘diversionary tactics' by complaining
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Cross-LoC bus service resumes; 56 PoK nationals reach J&K
India | Oct 14, 2014, 08:15 AM ISTPoonch: Cross-LoC bus service resumed with 56 PoK nationals arriving here for the first time since it was disrupted on September 15 due to floods followed by ceasefire violations by Pakistan.The PoK nationals arrived via
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No firing by Pakistan along International Border in Jammu
India | Oct 13, 2014, 09:26 PM ISTJammu: An uneasy calm prevailed today along the 192-km long International Border in Jammu region as there has been no firing by Pakistani troops since yesterday morning.“There has been no firing from Pakistan overnight till
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Pakistan writes to UN Chief; seeks intervention in Kashmir issue
World | Oct 12, 2014, 01:25 PM ISTIslamabad: Stepping up its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan has written to the UN Chief on the security situation along the LoC and the international border with India and sought the world body's
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Maharashtra polls: Our jawans have shut Pakistan's mouth, says Narendra Modi
National | Oct 10, 2014, 02:43 PM ISTDhamangaon (Maharashtra): As firing from across the border declined following strong retaliatory response by India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Pakistan has been taught a ‘befitting lesson' with the Army ‘shutting their mouth'."Pakistan has