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  NIA raids 12 locations in Jammu over terror infiltration case, old mortar found in Samba

  Jammu and Kashmir | March 19, 2025 23:53 IST

  The NIA raided 12 locations in Jammu as part of a terror infiltration probe linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. Meanwhile, an old mortar was discovered in Samba, prompting a security investigation.

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  Three live mortar shells recovered in Arunachal's Namsai

  India | July 14, 2023 20:14 IST

  The construction workers found the live 81 mm mortar shells nearly one and a half feet deep at Piyom circle in the district, while digging a drain along the Piyom-Diyun road.

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  Pak lobs mortars at forward posts along LoC, two Army porters injured

  India | January 10, 2020 14:57 IST

  Two Army porters were injured when Pakistan Army lobbed mortars at forwarding posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, officials said. Four porters were working along the LoC when the Pakistan Army fired mortar shells.  

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  BSF fired 35,000 bullets, 5,000 mortar shells in 11 days: Report

  India | November 01, 2016 10:49 IST

  Responding to Pakistan’s relentless attempts to push terrorists into Indian territories, the Border Security Force (BSF) has since October 19 fired over 35,000 bullets and 5,000 mortal shells, killing 15 Pakistani soldiers.

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  Hours before India’s surgical strikes in PoK, Iran fired mortar shells into Pakistan’s Balochistan

  World | September 29, 2016 22:48 IST

  Even as Pakistan faced Indian army launching surgical strikes in the PoK, its western border was also simmering with fear as Iran border guards fired three mortar shells into restive Balochistan province on Wednesday.

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  Mortar round lands in Russian Embassy in Damascus

  World | September 22, 2013 21:21 IST

  Amman, Jordan: A mortar round landed inside the Russian Embassy compound in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, as Moscow said it was willing to send military observers to secure Syrian efforts to surrender its