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  Halt border firing for durable peace: Nawaz Sharif

  World | October 10, 2014 13:12 IST

  Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday called for honouring the sanctity of the border with India and a halt to the intermittent firing that has been taking place since October 3.Sharif, who chaired a

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  Pakistan PM to chair National Security Committee meeting

  World | October 10, 2014 10:59 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will Friday hold a meeting with the National Security Committee (NSC) here regarding the ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC).The meeting will be attended by service chiefs,

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  Firing de-escalates along international border in Jammu, Samba

  India | October 10, 2014 10:58 IST

  Jammu: After nine days of heavy firing and mortar shelling from across the border, firing de-escalated along the 192-km long international border in Jammu frontier overnight with Pakistan opening fire on four border out posts

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  Condemn Pakistan violations in 'one voice': BJP urges political parties

  National | October 09, 2014 20:53 IST

  Jammu: Asking political parties to put aside their differences, BJP today called for the condemnation of Pakistan over ceasefire violations in “one voice”.  “Political parties should sink their difference. We should in one voice condemn

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  Mirwaiz regrets loss of lives on both sides of LoC

  National | October 09, 2014 13:25 IST

  Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed condolence over loss of lives on both side of the Indo-Pakistan border and LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.In a statement here, Mirwaiz expressed concern

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  India-Pak border firing: Jammu hospital sets up special cell to treat 59 wounded, 7 deaths so far

  India | October 09, 2014 13:21 IST

  Jammu: Doctors at Jammu Government Medical College and Hospital have set up a special cell to deal with the influx of a large number of people injured in India-Pakistan border firing and shelling.Thirteen injured people

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  Ceasefire violations: MoS in PMO visits border areas

  India | October 08, 2014 16:43 IST

  Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh today visited border areas which have come under heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.  Singh, Minister of State

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  Pakistan again raises Kashmir in UN

  World | October 08, 2014 14:31 IST

  United Nations: Raising the Kashmir issue yet again at the UN, Pakistan dragged the UN Military Observer Group (UNMOGIP) into the current situation along the Line of Control where cross-border shelling has flared up."UNMOGIP must

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  Two killed, 25 injured in fresh Pakistan firing along LoC

  India | October 08, 2014 13:49 IST

  Jammu: Two persons were killed and 25 were injured as Pakistani troops fired on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, authorities said on Wednesday. Pakistan fired through the night and did not

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  Narendra Modi's chest is 5.6 inches, not 56: Congress on ceasefire

  National | October 08, 2014 7:04 IST

  New Delhi: Congress has launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of ceasefire violations by Pakistan questioning his silence even as it wondered why the government was running with a

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  JCO among 3 injured in fresh Pakistan ceasefire violation in Poonch

  India | October 07, 2014 23:03 IST

  Jammu: Heavy firing exchange erupted this evening between Pakistani and Indian troops along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in which a JCO and two other armymen were injured.

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  US expresses concern over violence along LoC

  World | October 07, 2014 13:50 IST

  Washington: Expressing concern over violence along the Line of Control (LoC), the US has asked India and Pakistan to engage in a dialogue process to address the border issues."Well, we are concerned about any violence

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  Three injured as firing continues in Jammu and Kashmir

  India | October 07, 2014 12:04 IST

  Jammu: Breaching the ceasefire for the 17th time this month, Pakistan Rangers targeted 40 Border Out Posts and 25 border hamlets by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the International Border in Jammu

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  India asks Pakistan to end ceasefire violations along border

  India | October 06, 2014 12:15 IST

  New Delhi: India has asked Pakistan to put an immediate end to ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir as the ground realities in the country had changed."Pakistan should realise that the situation

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  Pakistan violates ceasefire in Poonch, 6 civilians injured

  India | October 02, 2014 16:45 IST

  Jammu: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir injuring six civilians including two women, to which India retaliated.According to an Army officer, Pakistani troops resorted

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  Pakistan Army orders soldiers to firmly respond to LoC firing

  World | September 27, 2014 6:53 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif ordered his troops to ‘effectively' respond to ‘any provocation' from across the Line of Control (LoC).Gen Sharif visited Pakistani forces deployed in forward locations along the LoC near

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  200 heavily armed militants waiting across LoC: Army

  India | September 20, 2014 11:16 IST

  Srinagar: Around 200 heavily armed militants were waiting across the Line of Control to infiltrate into the Indian side even as the security forces foiled several attempts by the ultras to sneak into Kashmir Valley

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  Mercilessly! India's or Pakistan's, nature treated 'Kashmir' equally

  India | September 11, 2014 21:58 IST

  New Delhi: When ‘nature' has its way, it respects no border or ceasefire lines; it treats them all equal.The recent floods in India's Kashmir and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are a sheer example of nature's

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  One soldier killed in Kashmir army operation

  India | August 30, 2014 14:55 IST

  Srinagar: One soldier was killed and another injured on Saturday in an ongoing operation against separatist guerrillas by the security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an officer said."One army

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  Pakistan Rangers again target Indian positions in Jammu

  India | August 28, 2014 13:46 IST

  Jammu: Pakistani Rangers on Wednesday night opened unprovoked firing at the Border Security Force (BSF) positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pargwal area of Akhnoor sector."Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing using small