Four Army Personnel Dead in Pakistani Firing in J&K's Rajouri District

Written by Arun Sharma Sushant Singh | Jammu | Updated: February 5 2018 1:01 pm Earlier in the day a 15-year-old girl was injured after Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling (File Photo) An Army Captain and three jawans were killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber Gali sector of Rajouri district on Sunday afternoon. Army sources said the Pakistani troops used indirect firing weapons of higher calibre which means either anti-tank missiles or artillery guns. The use of small arms sources said would not lead to such high casualties. The dead officer and jawans of 15 JAKLI Battalion of 25 Infantry Division have been identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 23 of Ransika village in Pataudi tehsil of Haryana Havildar Roshan Lal 43 of Samba district in J&K Rifleman Ram Avtar 28 of Baraka village in Gwalior and Rifleman Shubam Singh 23 of Kathua district in J&K. ALSO READ: J-K: Teen girl injured as Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch According to Army sources the incident occurred at around 3.30 pm. A jawan Lance Naik Iqbal Ahmed and a BSF Sub-Inspector were also injured in the heavy mortar shelling https://kkmobik.wordpress.com/ from across the border. Sources said another soldier was injured along the LoC in Shahpur area of Poonch district. Two children Gulnaz Begum 15 and Yasir Arif 6 were also injured in Poonch district. According to sources the shelling on Sunday started in Shahpur area of Poonch district around 11.15 am spreading to Balakote sector in Mendhar and Manjakote in Rajouri district by 3.30 pm. An Army spokesperson said the Indian troops were retaliating strongly and effectively inflicting heavy damage on Pakistani posts . The martyrdom of Indian Army soldiers will not go in vain and the Pakistani Army will be given a befitting response the spokesperson said. Ceasefire violations are at an all-time high this year. According to sources there have been over 160 ceasefire violations along the LoC since the beginning of the year. There were 860 ceasefire violations along the LoC last year including 147 in December. There were 271 ceasefire violations in 2016 a climbdown from 387 violations in 2015. RELATED REPORT: Rajnath Singh: India will meet one Pakistani bullet with countless bullets The shelling on Sunday came days after BSF personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Samba district on Thursday night. Meanwhile all the 84 schools in the border areas from Subderbani to Manjakote in Rajouri district have been closed for the next three days. Expressing grief over the death of soldiers Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti conveyed her condolences to their families. In the past infiltration during the snow-bound winter months has remained low. Consequently there are fewer ceasefire violations which are used by the Pakistani Army to provide covering fire to infiltrating groups of militants. But this year the snowfall has been among the lowest ever. The Indian Army has also been proactive in targeting Pakistani Army posts which act as launching pads for militants. This has led to a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations and in the calibre of weapons used by both sides. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Pakistan ceasefire violation Michelle:: Vedic::humanFeb 5 2018 at 12:36 pmFilthy --Bible quotes:--Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters--brothers and sisters married and had S-E-X with each other--as they obeyed God s command to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth Adam lived to age 930 so he could have had hundreds of sons and daughters. Many sons married their own sisters and other sons married nieces or gra-nd-nieces to begin filling the earth. 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Pak ceasefire violation: On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23.New Delhi: After four soldiers were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Sunday schools in the region have been closed. Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts. One solider was injured in the filing. A teenage girl and a soldier were injured in Poonch.Here are the updates after Pak firing in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri: Feb 05 201813:51 (IST)Will continue to give a befitting reply : Army vice chiefIndia will continue to give a befitting reply and its action will speak for itself the Army s vice chief said today.The Pakistani Army has been supporting infiltration by terrorists along the border Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said. We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply he told reporters. (Our) action will speak for itself Chand added in response to a question on yesterday s incident.Feb 05 201813:19 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthdayCaptain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthday. His Facebook page intro speaks volumes about his incredible spirit: Life should be big instead of being long... On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23. According to reports he had booked a ticket to go home for his birthday and celebrate with his mother and younger sister who live in Pataudi in Haryana. On his last visit not too long ago he had been held up by villagers as a hero. Feb 05 201812:26 (IST)Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC.Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Feb 05 201810:24 (IST)I study in the Govt. Middle School Khorinar & had come to attend classes but I am returning to home now as school has been closed after heavy shelling last night : Amreena Kausar student #JammuAndKashmirpic.twitter.com/hpdaAcQA0E- ANI (@ANI) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:06 (IST)It s a very sad news that 4 of our brave jawans including Army Captain hv bn martyred in ceasefire violation by #Pakistan. My thoughts are with families of martyrs. #Ceasefireviolations by Pakistan continues...does NDA has any plan to deal with this..?#Rajouri#JammuAndKashmirhttps://t.co/aQ940L6qU1- Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:05 (IST)84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterdayFeb 05 201809:49 (IST) This time they (Pakistan) have used guided missiles and mortors. Heavy firing was done by Pakistanis. We are also retaliating and giving them a befitting reply. The fact remains that how far the Pakistanis are going to continue this firing. We must give a solid reply so that they don t repeat these kind of actions again Defence expert Sunil Deshpande was quoted by news agency ANI.Feb 05 201809:30 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu 22 was one of the soldiers killed in the firing.Feb 05 201809:28 (IST) The soliders killed were identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42.Feb 05 201809:19 (IST) 84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterday. Four Army personnel lost their lives and one was injured in the ceasefire violation; Latest visuals from Manjakote area.No more content CommentsClose X
Written by Arun Sharma | Updated: February 6 2018 7:26 am A day after Havildar Roshan Lal was killed in shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri his grieving father Desraj 85 and younger brother Darshan Lal at Nichla village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday. (Express Photo: Arun Sharma) Top News Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi s comments on employmentNot fair to others says Rahul Dravid as he questions his Rs 50 lakh rewardAbducted on R-Day from bus Delhi boy rescued; one kidnapper shot dead another injuredWaiting to receive bodies of their sons felled by Pakistani bullets people in two villages of neighbouring Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region of the state had a message for the Central government on Monday: either engage Pakistan in dialogue or engage it in a full-fledged war to get lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Akhir kab tak hamarey bacchey border par shaheed hotey rahengey? Yeh ek purana masla hai yeh masla khatam hona chahiye aur iskey liye sirf do hi rastey hein: ya aap baat karo ya jang lado (How long will our children die on the border? This is an old issue and there are only two ways to solve it: either hold talks or go for war) said Desraj Prasher 84 whose eldest son Havildar Roshan Lal was among the four Indian soldiers killed in Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Rajouri district s Bhimber Gali sector on Sunday. His nephew Sanjay Sunny said We know that war is no solution to any issue but what has been going on between the two countries at present is also not leading us anywhere. They (Pakistani troops) fire; we (Indian soldiers) retaliate. In this process our children are being killed. He said a war will at least give people a feeling that Pakistan has been taught a lesson. With a population of 300 Nichla village in Samba district has more than 40 soldiers. Havildar Roshan Lal 42 who became the first soldier from the village to die on duty is survived by wife Asha Devi son Abhinandan 15 and daughter Artika 13. Abhinandan said his father had called home on Saturday night asking about his preparations for Class X Boards. Some 40 km away at Mukandpur in adjoining Kathua locals waited to receive the body of Rifleman Subham Singh (23). Worried about the upcoming wedding of his elder sisters Arti and Sushma Subham had seen to it that construction of their house was completed before he left for Rajouri on January 28 after one-month leave his brother Rajat (19) said. Rajat said the government should either hold dialogue with Pakistan or go to war. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Top News Kapil Sharma to be back on Sony TV in March to shoot promo today Brahmin outfit threatens stir against Manikarnika Rakesh KumarFeb 6 2018 at 7:38 amIslam s borders are always bloody. Muslims even kill in Western nations. It is part of Mohamed s supremacist ideology.(0)(0) Reply Tharanath AkulaFeb 6 2018 at 7:20 amThe dialogue has been going on for over 50 years and therefore it is ripe to go to war that should settle all problems facing the sub continent once and for all.(2)(0) Reply Tejinder Paul WaliaFeb 6 2018 at 7:13 amMody must spend at least a week in kashmir at loc to soak in the CALL OF THE WOODS. This aggression at boarder is not effective enough. However difficult get the bigger booty any which way hafeez n masood israeli way? Or risk status quo mind it NCP Congress is drooling .! BJP will not get a second chance and U know it.(2)(1) Reply
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: https://www.columbusmagazine.nl/reisreporter/kkdomino/home.html February 1 2018 10:55 am Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Thursday. (Source: ANI) Related News 97 people killed in 834 ceasefire violations in three years: Jammu-Kashmir govtArmy hints at action against killing of four army men by PakistanWill continue giving befitting reply: Army vice chief Sarath Chand on ceasefire violation Pakistan violated ceasefire on Thursday in Nowshera sector of J&K s Rajouri district prompting about 71 schools to close for the day. The violation comes after the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistani Rangers held a flag meeting last week where India lodged a strong protest over unprovoked firing by Pakistan along the International Border (IB). The incident occured at 9 am in Lam area of the Nowshera sector. Shahid Chowdhary DC Rajouri said 71 schools were shut down and children asked to go home due to heavy shelling from the Pakistani side. He said measures were being taken for ensuring safety of the people. 71 schools have been closed due to heavy shelling in Lam area of Nowshera. Measures being taken for safety of people ANI quoted Chowdhary as saying. ALSO READ: January likely to record most violations of ceasefire on the LoC since 2003 From just eight in January 2017 ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in January this year are already up to 134 according to data with the Ministry of Defence. With 860 ceasefire violation recorded in 2017 January is likely to record the highest number of ceasefire violations along the LoC in 14 years. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan resorts to unprovoked shelling in Poonch January likely to record most violations of ceasefire on the LoC since 2003 Tags: ceasefire violation No Comments.
Srinagar: India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani foreign office a day after four soldiers including a Captain were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also condemned the firing by Pakistan. Have full faith in the valour of our soldiers and they shall give proper reply Mr Singh told reporters today.People familiar with the matter told NDTV that the four soldiers died after a Pakistani mortar shell struck near the entrance to a bunker which could not absorb the intensity of the blast.The bodies of Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42 will be sent to their hometowns after a tribute in Jammu. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Sunday morning. A teenage girl and a soldier were also injured in Poonch. Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively and heavy damage has been inflicted on Pakistani Army posts said a defence statement. (Left to right) Havilder Roshan Lal Rifleman Ramavatar and Rifleman Subham Singh.There have been 240 incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC and the International Border in a little over a month this year which is more than the violations in all of 2015 and 2016 at 152 and 228 respectively. Pakistani forces violated the ceasefire 860 times in 2017. Nine soldiers have died since January. Pakistan Army along the border has been supporting infiltration by terrorists said Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Sarath Chand.The shelling has stopped for now and the forces are keeping a close watch. Over 80 schools in the district are closed and people have been told to stay indoors. CommentsClose X The Army said that Pakistan troops fired five or six anti-tank guided missiles indiscriminately in the area. The incident took place at an altitude of 3 000 feet in a densely forested part of the LoC in Bhimber Galli in the Rajouri district.It was the second time in three days that the Pakistani Army targeted Poonch. They had attacked military and civilian facilities in nearly a dozen areas of the Balakote sector last week.
Pakistani Army on Tuesday opened fire on forward and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Nowshera area of Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district PTI reported. The Pakistani troops lobbed mortars and started firing however no casualties have been reported so far.Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions in Kalal Kalsian Jhanger and Baba Khori sectors the Greater Kashmir reported quoting unidentified officials.The firing and shelling began at 7 am on Tuesday Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary told PTI. All schools in the border areas have been closed.A day earlier the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Baramulla district s Uri sector IANS reported.Quoting defence ministry sources the report said Indian troops noticed suspicious movement in the Gohalan area on Monday and forced the militants to go back.
By: PTI | Chandigarh | Published: January 30 2018 11:06 pm Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Source: ANI) Related News Have full faith in valour of Army they shall give proper reply to Pakistan: Rajnath SinghResolution of Kashmir issue must for peace says PakistanShiv Sena on Pakistan ceasefire violation: Are our missiles just exhibits for January 26?Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for continuously violating the ceasefire agreement with India despite giving assurance not to do so saying Islamabad should not misinterpret powerful India s decency . Pakistani shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has increased over the past two weeks. Fourteen people including eight civilians have been killed in the shelling since January 18 according to the state police. On Tuesday Pakistani troops opened fire and lobbed mortars on forward and civilian areas along the LoC in Rajouri district. No casualties have been reported reports PTI. Three-four days ago Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting with our BSF DG. (The Rangers) assured that the ceasefire violation would not take place. But despite this Pakistan has been violating ceasefire Singh said. Not saying much I just want to say our politeness and decency has a limit and we want to maintain good relations with all and also with our neighbors. But our decency should not be wrongly interpreted he said. India is no more a weak country. India has now become a powerful country. Singh said Pakistan being a neighbour should have a friendly attitude towards India but added that the fencing of the Indo-Pak border was underway at a rapid pace. Singh was in Chandigarh to address members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was accompanied by Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher and Chandigarh BJP unit chief Sanjay Tandon. Asked about the case registered against Army personnel following the death of two civilians in firing in Kashmir s Shopian district last week the minister praised the Army. I can say that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has turned far normal compared to what it was. Our security forces and Army personnel were working effectively. J&K is ours it will always be ours and people of J&K are also ours he said. To a question related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots he said the Supreme Court recently gave a verdict and an SIT was being formed to follow the order. On January 11 the court ordered to set up a three-member special investigation team to supervise further probe into 186 anti-Sikh riot cases in which investigations were closed. Asked about the incidents of violence over caste and religion he said all people in India are safe irrespective of their caste creed and religion. Asked to comment on a reported statement of J-K s deputy grand mufti Basher-ud-din that Muslims of India should demand a separate nation for themselves Singh said: I also want to appeal to those plagued with mentality of casteism religion and minority should come out of it and they need to ponder over it. All should believe that we are Indian. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Lotus to bloom in Tripura after Assembly polls: Rajnath Singh Pakistan theatre actress killed for refusing to perform at event Tags: Pakistan rajnath singh Ben MorganJan 31 2018 at 1:06 pmTO WHOM MAY BE INTERESTED THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE RICH. SHIFA HOSPITAL SEEKS HEALTHY DONORS WE ARE GOING TO OFFER YOU (2CRORE) INTERESTED DONORS SHOULD CONTACT US VIA EMAIL (shifamedicalhealthcare ) THANKS AS WE AWAITS YOUR RESPONSE REGARDS DR BEN MORGAN NUMBER. 917411951612 WHATSAPP NUMBER: 917411951612(0)(0) Reply Sathya ServiceJan 31 2018 at 10:01 amDo you want to donate your organ? We are here to help you with good cash to do anything you wish Contact us if you are interested in donating your organ. Contact (sathyahome2018 ) call us or Whatsapp Number 918496850589(0)(0) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:17 pmCome world harass our people kill our people and we will give you full support. come people humiliate our own people and we will help you.(0)(1) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:16 pmWORLD IS LAUGHING AT YOU INDIANS INCLUDING U.S. see how these cheap people sell their own people for MONEY. SEE HOW THEY HELP US IN HARASSING THEIR OWN PEOPLE.(0)(1) Reply Nilesh JainJan 30 2018 at 11:15 pmAnd you all can https://kkcominos.dreamwidth.org/profile loot me ? harass me ? just because you know to write this nonsensical articles ? what level of people are you Indians ? you live in India and own people ?(0)(1) Reply Load More Comments
ALSO READ Heavy Pak shelling along LoC in Rajouri 71 schools closed Pakistani troops shell border areas in Rajouri Soldier injured in Pakistan firing on LoC in J&K India Pakistan trade fire on LoC Indian Pakistani troops trade fire on LoC span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Pakistan again violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Manjkote block of Rajouri district on Sunday according to locals living in the area. Earlier in the day Islamabad violated ceasefire in Poonch district.No loss of life or property has been reported till now.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Army Captain among four soldiers killed in Pakistan firing along LoC in J-K's Rajouri

NEW DELHI: In the absence of any diplomatic detente the deadly war of attrition between India and Pakistan along the 778-km Line of Control (LoC) and 198-km International Boundary (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir has taken a sharp turn for the worse ever since the surgical strikes of September 2016. There were as many as 860 ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the LoC and another 120 along the IB in 2017 the highest-ever such tally in over 15 years. The number of CFVs has already touched 241 across the LoC in the first 36 days of this year claiming the lives of nine Indian soldiers as per Army statistics. Army chief General Bipin Rawat says the Pak Army is suffering three to four times the number of casualties compared to us in the CFVs. Given the current mood these long and bloody tit-for-tat fire assaults across the border with even light artillery guns heavy mortars and anti-tank guided missiles often coming into play from both the sides are not going to ebb anytime soon. A day after a young captain and three soldiers were killed in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri district Army vice-chief Lt-General Sarath Chand on Monday warned of strong retaliatory action to avenge the losses https://growthhackers.com/members/kkdomino. That (retaliation) goes without saying. I think I don t have to say that. (Our) action will speak for itself he said. Added another senior officer Pakistan is hurt more than us...that s why the Pak Army refuses to give its casualty figures to its own Parliament. We estimate 130-140 Pak soldiers were killed in our cross-border firings and tactical operations last year. But Indian soldiers have also paid a heavy price. Of the 62 who laid down their lives in J&K last year 15 were killed in CFVs 17 in infiltration and other incidents along the LoC and 30 in counter-terrorism operations in the hinterland. I don t think the situation will get better in the short term. The atmosphere has been completely vitiated by the Pak Army strategy to send terrorists across to carry out IED blasts mutilate our soldiers and attack garrisons. It leaves no space for any confidence-building like a ceasefire agreement said former Northern Army Command chief Lt-Gen D S Hooda (retd) who oversaw the surgical strikes on September 29 2016. Indian Para-Special Forces had conducted the surgical strikes against terror launch pads close to Pak Army posts in four different locations in PoK to avenge the killing of 19 Indian soldiers in a suicide attack at the Army camp in Uri earlier that month. That in effect triggered the sharp escalatory spiral with Pakistan indulging in 78 and 88 CFVs in October and November 2016. India also began to pro-actively dominate the LoC with pre-emptive and punitive fire assaults on Pak Army posts aiding infiltration which became all the more fiercer after two of its soldiers were beheaded in a BAT (border action team) operation in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch on May 1 last year. The Pak Army was obviously not about to roll over and play dead. It responded in full measure sometimes deliberately targeting civilian centres in the Jammu region. JAMMU: Pakistani troops opened fire and lobbed mortars at Indian positions along the International border and LoC in three sectors of Jammu and Rajouri districts overnight a BSF officer said today. Yesterday a civilian was killed and two persons were injured in the Pakistani shelling along the IB in Kanachak belt of Jammu district raising the death toll in the ceasefire violations since Thursday last to 12 and injuries to over 60. Schools continue to remain closed along the LoC and IB in Jammu region. There was night-long firing along the IB in Pargwal Math R S Pura Arnia and Ramgarh sectors (of Jammu and Samba districts). It stopped at 0545 hours today the officer said. Pakistan Rangers resumed shelling along the IB in Kanachak sector of Jammu last night he said. Pakistan troops also resumed heavy shelling along the LoC in Bhawani Karali Said Numb and Sher Makri areas of Rajouri district last evening officials said. Seven civilians three Armymen and two BSF personnel have so far been killed in the ceasefire violations. While a BSF jawan and a teenage girl were killed on Thursday four persons including two civilians and one BSF jawan and an Army jawan were killed and over 40 others injured in the Pakistani firing on Friday. Three civilians and an Army jawan were killed and 16 others injured in the ceasefire violations on Saturday. BSF officials said authorities were keeping a close eye on the situation and have rushed police teams to affected areas to ensure prompt assistance to the people. People have been asked to stay indoors and not to touch any suspicious object in their area as it could be an unexploded mortar shell he said. Firing from across the border started on Thursday last and has forced 40 000 people to flee their homes and take shelter in rehabilitation camps or with their relatives. India begins talks for missile shield with Russia By: Express News Service | Jammu | Published: January 21 2018 10:19 am A villager in R S Pura Jammu trying to salvage his belongings after his home was hit. (Source: PTI photo) Top News Bengaluru: Students sell pakodas in convocation robes to protest PM Modi s comments on employmentNot fair to others says Rahul Dravid as he questions his Rs 50 lakh rewardAbducted on R-Day from bus Delhi boy rescued; one kidnapper shot dead another injuredAs guns fell silent on both sides a tenuous calm prevailed along the international border from Pargwal to Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir since Saturday evening. Border was almost calm except a few rounds/shells in Arnia area official sources said. However BSF troops were maintaining alert they added. Meanwhile the death toll in Saturday s exchange of fire along the border has risen to five as one more army personnel succumbed to injuries at the hospital. With this the death toll on the Indian side in January this year has risen to 12 including three Army men three BSF personnel and six civilians with injuries to nearly 50 others. Of them ten have died during the last four days. Also Read: J-K: Four more killed in Pakistan border firing January toll almost equal to all of 2017 The death toll has been almost equal to the number of casualties on the Indian side during entire 2017 when nearly a dozen people including security force personnel were killed and less than three dozen injured on the entire border from Kathua to Poonch district. Most of the villages along the international border continue to bear a deserted look as nearly the entire population had shifted to safer places in view of escalation along the border during the past four days. Sources said most people had shifted to their relatives. Among those killed on Saturday were Sepoy Mandeep Singh of Punjab s Sangrur district posted in K G Sector in Poonch district and Ghara Singh 17 of Kapoorpur village Ghar Singh 35 of Bera Suchetgarh village and Tasem Lal 35 of Gajansoo village in Kanachak sector. Apart from BSF ASI Jarnail Singh posted in Suchetgarh and an SSB jawan at the Kanachak police station the injured included civilians in Suchetgarh Samka village Gulabgarh Basti Abdal village and Gajansoo village. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Top News Kapil Sharma to be back on Sony TV in March to shoot promo today Brahmin outfit threatens stir against Manikarnika No Comments. RS PURA: Living with the constant fear of Pakistani shelling displaced border dwellers are scared of returning to their homes and are demanding early sanction of the promised piece of land in safer zones and construction of bunkers. The demands were made by people putting up at three relief camps set up by the state government here for border dwellers who have been bearing the brunt of heavy Pakistani shelling. 12 persons including five security personnel have been killed and over 50 others injured in the unprovoked and indiscriminate firing by Pakistan in the five districts of Jammu Kathua and Samba along the IB and LoC since Thursday last. Last month the Centre gave a sanction for construction of 14 460 underground bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for safety of people living along the LoC and the IB in Jammu division. The BJP had promised five marlas (1361.25 sq ft) of land for border villagers during the election campaigning in the state ahead of forming a government with the PDP in 2015. However last year the government informed the state legislative assembly that it had decided to construct bunkers in border districts instead of allotting five marlas of land to each family as shifting of population to another place would not be in the interest of the state or nation. What we are getting is only hollow promises and unabated firing from Pakistan over the last four years. The government needs to act and provide us the promised five marlas of land away from the firing zone for our safety Sudesh Kumari a resident of Beghwara Choga told PTI. Kumari is among 150 border residents camping at the Indian Training Institute (ITI) complex in this sector after one of her relatives lost his life in the Pakistani shelling along the International Border in Bhera village on Saturday. Hamara Jeena Haraam Ho Gaya hai (Our life has become a hell) she said as nearly three dozen women gathered to condole the demise of her brother-in-law Ghar Singh in the Pakistani shelling second the view. Singh was among six persons killed in R S Pura and Arnia sectors while 32 others were injured.The dead included a BSF jawan. Suneeta said We are living a life of uncertainty with no future. During firing we are even unable to help our children to move to safety she said adding the lurking threat of Pakistani shelling is taking a toll on our mental health. Making a passionate appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 75-year-old Krishna Devi from Abdullian said With folded hands we want to say that we are not even safe in our homes as shells pierce the roof and walls and we should be helped on humanitarian grounds. Her grandson Pankaj Kumar said they are afraid to go back to their homes. The firing was intense (over the past week) and we fear it might continue till Republic Day he said. Kumari said they had a narrow escape while fleeing the village as a mortar shell missed them and landed on a tree. Had the shell not landed on the tree it would have hit the vehicle we were travelling in from the village to the rehabilitation camp she said. Kanta Devi a resident of Kapurpur and putting up at government boys higher secondary school said The truth is bitter - the government is not doing enough for our safety and security while the firing from across the border had increased manifold over the years . What we are going through we pray nobody else should face such a situation she said. Kastoori Lal said many VVIPs including deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh and Relief and Rehabilitation minister Javaid Mustafa Mir visited the camp since Saturday and extended condolences to families who lost their dear ones in the Pakistani firing and assured all possible help. How long we will stay at the camps? We want government to fulfil our demand of allotment of land at safer places and early construction of bunkers he said. He said there is no alternative to peace. We want peaceful atmosphere to return by strictly implementing the 2003 ceasefire agreement between the two countries as innocent people are getting killed and displaced on the either side. Health Minister Bali Bhagat said India has taken many initiatives to normalise relations with Pakistan but the neighbouring country needs to understand the futility of violence and reciprocate positively. Not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but the entire country wants good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan he said. However he said it is unfortunate that the firing from across the border is going on killing innocent persons and resulting in displacement of the people. The government was doing its best to provide relief to border residents displaced by the Pakistani firing. We have already issued a high alert all along the 449 km stretch from Kathua to Poonch-Rajouri comprising both IB and LoC.We have deployed 197 ambulances and identified 25 health institutions which are very close to villages affected by the firing he said. He said despite tasting defeat at the hands of India many times Pakistan continues its mischief. I am of the opinion that the central government is going to take a strong measure in coming days...from former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi we extended the hand of friendship keeping in mind the doctrine that friends can be changed but not neighbours. When we are getting shells from Pakistan we are compelled to direct that if they fire one shell respond it by 10 shells he said. The minister said the world understands that India is a powerful country and its Army has the capability to cross the border and hit terrorist targets and return without the knowledge of their counterparts. NEW DELHI: The Army today killed seven Pakistani soldiers and injured four in areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in retaliation for the killing of an Indian solider in Pakistani firing on Saturday. The Army s action occurred in the forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir s Poonch district. The action comes after an Indian https://www.dynomighty.com/user/kkfirstcry/ solider was killed in Pakistani firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Saturday. Dhule jawan killed in Pak firing at LoCThe soldier was from Khalane village of Dhule district in Maharashtra.He was the sole breadwinner of his family. Meanwhile the Pakistan army said in a statement that four of its soldiers were killed along the LOC in the Jandrot Kotli sector. Separately the Army today also killed six Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorists. We have recovered five bodies from the spot. I think six have died one body is being searched. They belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed and information was that they are suicide attackers said SP Vaid director general of police Jammu and Kashmir. Vaid laid out how the action unfolded. Since past few days we were getting inputs about possible attempts to infiltrate from Uri sector. So ambushes were laid out in that area by Army J&K police & CRPF. In the morning exchange of fire took place in one of the ambushes said Vaid. Separately addressing Army members at an event of the 70th Army Day Army Chief General Bipin Rawat warned Pakistan to not compel India to step up its military offensive. Pakistan Army has been continuously trying to help terrorists sneak into India along LoC in J&K. We are using our might to teach them a lesson. If we are forced then we may resort to other action by stepping up military offensive he said. The Army chief also talked about Pakistan s non-stop ceasefire violations. Ceasefire violations by Pakistan happen frequently to which we respond effectively. We will take even stronger steps against our enemies if we are compelled to do so said General Rawat. Any anti-India activities will not be allowed to succeed he added. Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the International Border (IB) and the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir more than 720 times last year the highest in the past seven years. According to data compiled by the Union Home Ministry Pakistani forces have violated ceasefire 724 times along the IB and the LoC till October in comparison to 449 times in 2016. As many as 12 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in the firing from across the border until last October. Last week Rawat said Pakistan s nuclear bogey will be thoroughly exposed were there to be war with the western neighbour which often brandishes its short-range Nasr (Hatf-IX) nuclear missiles as a battlefield counter to India s Cold Start strategy of swift high-intensity conventional attacks into enemy territory. We will call their bluff. If given the task we will not say we cannot cross the border because they have nuclear weapons said Rawat. General Rawat also said that disputes along Line of Actual Control in the country s northern border with China are continuing with regular transgressions occurring. We are working to stop them said General Rawat. As for the Eastern front the Army chief said terrorism there has been limited. Read this story in Gujarati Our intelligence based and people-friendly operations in the north-east have managed to limit terrorism to a large extent he said. (With inputs from Agencies) Read this story in Bengali Read this story in Marathi By: Express News Service | Jammu | Updated: January 13 2018 10:26 pm Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane. (source: ANI) Related News Charges filed against six for killing six J-K cops last JuneJ-K: Youth injured during Army firing in Kulgam cops file caseMilitants attack Army camp in J&K s KakporaAn Indian Army soldier was killed as Pakistani troops in yet another incident of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control on Saturday opened unprovoked firing on forward Indian positions in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district. Identifying the deceased as Launce Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane 28 sources said the Indian troops retaliated strongly and effectively. However during the exchange of fire he was grievously injured and succumbed to his injuries. Hailing from Maharashtra s Khalane village in Dhule district he is survived by his wife Punam Yogesh. Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane was a brave and sincere soldier an army spokesperson said adding that the nation will always remain indebted to him for the supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty. Meanwhile a 12-year-old boy was seriously injured when an unexploded mortar shell went off near the LoC in Poonch district. Identified as Mohammad Iqbal 12 a resident of Shahpur he found the shell in an open field near Qasba village around 11:45 am and began fiddling with it sources said. The boy lost both his hands in the explosion. The mortar shell was apparently fired by Pakistani troops during cross-border shelling in the recent past and it had remained undetected sources said. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News 97 people killed in 834 ceasefire violations in three years: Jammu-Kashmir govt Army hints at action against killing of four army men by Pakistan Tags: ceasefire violation Jammu and Kashmir Rao RJan 14 2018 at 4:57 amIndian Army needs to get the throats split of these Muslim Terrorist Army Pls Give the Indian Army the Requisite Orders - NOW !!(0)(0) Reply Rao RJan 14 2018 at 4:53 amIndia should not hesitate in using PINAKA / 155 mm/ SUICIDE DRONES with explosives etc My Salute to the Jawan Martyred- You are our Hero Sir - I along with the rest of the Nation will always be remembered(0)(0) Reply Ryan:Hindu Terrorist Buster RyanJan 14 2018 at 3:12 amKashmir will be free soon from Cowdungistan.Kill all cow pee drinking cow dung eating stone worshipping Lingam(Prick) worshipping hindu Pagan pigs of Cowdungistan. 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Phir humbhi bitayeghe kuch din Gujarat ma dekhne k lia Kya ha is mitti ma.(1)(5) Reply Load More Comments Written by Man Aman Singh Chhina | Published: February 4 2018 3:25 am Feroza Bi at home in Jammu s Degwar village located between LoC and border fence. (Express photo) Related News Trade and gunfire go hand-in-hand at LoCCross-border travel suspended as tension grips LoC in Jammu & KashmirFour months on cross-LoC travel and trade via Poonch-Rawalkote to resume next weekThe Line of Control (LoC) is 100 metres in front the border fence about 900 metres behind. Somewhere in the middle are Feroza Bi and her 70 goats. Every time the guns boom from across the border like they had in recent weeks Feroza Bi follows a drill: I have no fear. What use is fear? When the firing starts I just round up all the goats and stay put in my house with them. What else can I do? she says. Feroza Bi lives alone in her house in Jammu s Degwar village that sits right at the edge of the LoC. In this village of about 3 000 people it s her house that is closest to what s considered one of the most dangerous borders in the world. The LoC cuts right through her field on which she grows maize and paddy. Here there is nothing to mark the LoC since Degwar village is located well ahead of the border fence that has been set up to prevent infiltration from across the Pakistan border. The hills bordering Feroza Bi s fields fall in Pakistan (Express photo) Feroza Bi isn t sure of her age. 60-70 maybe more. I do not know. I have been staying in this village for about 50 years she says her wrinkled face breaking into a smile. Her husband passed away four years ago and since then she has been on her own. She has four sons two of whom are with the Jammu and Kashmir Police and posted in Poonch and one in Saudi Arabia. Her eldest son lives with his family in nearby Poonch town. She says her sons keep asking her to leave the village and move in with them but she has always said no. I have 400 kanals of land here in the village and I have my 70 goats. Who will look after all this if I leave? I am going to stay here till the end of my life she says. Her daily routine stretches to fill in the hours. I have a lot of work. I clean my house tend to my animals and my fields. I hire boys from the village to work on my fields but I do everything else myself. Sometimes I go out of the village to attend family functions she says sitting in the courtyard of her mud house that s called a dhok in these parts. Her eldest son Rasheed says he often drops in to help his mother. My mother is attached to the land after all this is the land of our forefathers. So I don t force her to leave. I help my mother in whatever way I can says Rasheed giving only his first name. She says neighbours drop in to keep her company. (Express photo) Feroza Bi says that besides neighbours who drop in to keep her company the Army personnel help too. Seeing the Commanding Officer of the local battalion in the village she exchanges greetings. Pakistan Army post hamare sar ke upar hai (Pakistan Army post is right here at an elevation). But the Colonel sahib and Major sahib (Commanding Officer and Company Commander) make sure I am safe and provide us all the help they can they hold medical camps for the villagers and let us leave the village when we have to. What if the government insists on moving her to a safer place? How can they? Who will pay for my land my house and my goats? Iski keemat koi nahin de sakta (No one can put a price on them) she says. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News Army commanders of India Pakistan meet at LoC; agree to have mechanism for durable peace Pakistan violates ceasefire again Tags: LoC Prakash ShahFeb 4 2018 at 4:41 pmThese old men and women have emotional ties with their native farms animals and neighbors...They will never leave all these even if their family members sons provide them five star facilities in the city....They all prefer to live in their native till they are healthy and can walk and do daily works... And also it is good.(0)(0) Reply Pak ceasefire violation: On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23.New Delhi: After four soldiers were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district on Sunday schools in the region have been closed. Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts. One solider was injured in the filing. A teenage girl and a soldier were injured in Poonch.Here are the updates after Pak firing in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri: Feb 05 201813:51 (IST)Will continue to give a befitting reply : Army vice chiefIndia will continue to give a befitting reply and its action will speak for itself the Army s vice chief said today.The Pakistani Army has been supporting infiltration by terrorists along the border Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said. We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply he told reporters. (Our) action will speak for itself Chand added in response to a question on yesterday s incident.Feb 05 201813:19 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthdayCaptain Kapil Kundu was just six days short of his 23rd birthday. His Facebook page intro speaks volumes about his incredible spirit: Life should be big instead of being long... On February 10 Captain Kundu would have turned 23. According to reports he had booked a ticket to go home for his birthday and celebrate with his mother and younger sister who live in Pataudi in Haryana. On his last visit not too long ago he had been held up by villagers as a hero. Feb 05 201812:26 (IST)Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC.Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has condemned the firing across the LoC. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Feb 05 201810:24 (IST)I study in the Govt. Middle School Khorinar & had come to attend classes but I am returning to home now as school has been closed after heavy shelling last night : Amreena Kausar student #JammuAndKashmirpic.twitter.com/hpdaAcQA0E- ANI (@ANI) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:06 (IST)It s a very sad news that 4 of our brave jawans including Army Captain hv bn martyred in ceasefire violation by #Pakistan. My thoughts are with families of martyrs. #Ceasefireviolations by Pakistan continues...does NDA has any plan to deal with this..?#Rajouri#JammuAndKashmirhttps://t.co/aQ940L6qU1- Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) February 5 2018Feb 05 201810:05 (IST)84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterdayFeb 05 201809:49 (IST) This time they (Pakistan) have used https://www.studiopress.com/forums/users/payrecharge/ guided missiles and mortors. Heavy firing was done by Pakistanis. We are also retaliating and giving them a befitting reply. The fact remains that how far the Pakistanis are going to continue this firing. We must give a solid reply so that they don t repeat these kind of actions again Defence expert Sunil Deshpande was quoted by news agency ANI.Feb 05 201809:30 (IST)Captain Kapil Kundu 22 was one of the soldiers killed in the firing.Feb 05 201809:28 (IST) The soliders killed were identified as Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42.Feb 05 201809:19 (IST) 84 schools closed as a precautionary measure after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Rajouri sector yesterday. Four Army personnel lost their lives and one was injured in the ceasefire violation; Latest visuals from Manjakote area.No more content CommentsClose X

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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned on Monday after opposition legislators created ruckus over continuing ceasefire violations by Pakistan. File image of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Getty Images The National Conference (NC) and Congress members stormed towards the Speaker s podium alleging that the PDP-BJP government has failed to protect the lives and properties of those living along the international border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC). They also said that the coalition partners lacked unanimity on the issue as the Bharatiya Janata Party has been emphasising on construction of bunkers for the border people while Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti s Peoples Democratic Party was advocating improvement in the India-Pakistan relations. State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Abdul Rehman Veeri assured the opposition that their concerns were genuine and the government would come up with a statement. Unable to restore order Speaker Kavinder Gupta then adjourned the House.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba http://kkdominos.angelfire.com/ Mufti on Sunday chaired an all-party meet to discuss the panchayat polls scheduled to be held on February 15 in the state the Greater Kashmir reported. The panchayat elections were due in 2016. However in view of the unrest that followed the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in July 2016 they were postponed. The previous panchayat elections in the state were held in 2011 after a 37-year hiatus. On November 4 2017 the governor had promulgated an ordinance empowering the state s chief electoral officer to conduct the panchayat elections. Majority of the senior leaders of the opposition and ruling parties that attended the meeting on Sunday favoured deferring the panchayat polls Rural Development Minister Haq Khan said. The leaders said the situation in the state was not conducive for holding the elections.Khan said the governmnet will consider the views of the opposition parties and then take a final call on the polls Brighter Kashmir reported. In January the Hizbul Mujahideen had threatened to pour acid into the eyes of the people who participate in panchayat elections. An audio clip purportedly a leaked conversation between Hizbul s Operational Commander Riyaz Naikoo and militant leader Sameer Tiger was circulated on social media in January. Separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had also called for the elections to be boycotted. They had said any sort of polls under the Indian occupational system is only meant to harm the interests of Kashmiris .
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved withdrawal of cases against 9 730 stone throwers Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told the assembly on Saturday.In a written reply in the assembly Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that the government approved the withdrawal of cases registered between 2008 and 2017 against these people including first-time offenders though withdrawal of 1 745 cases is subject to certain conditions based on recommendations of a committee set up to look into the matter.Mehbooba Mufti also said that the government has recommended amnesty for more than 4 000 people involved in minor incidents of stone throwing over the last two years.Due to security reasons for them and their families she did not disclose the particulars of first-time offenders. Giving details the chief minister said 3 773 cases were registered in 2016 and 2017 leading to the arrest of 11 290 people while 233 remained untraced.Seven cases were not admitted 1 692 were chargesheeted and 1 841 were under investigation the she added in her reply.Intense clashes had rocked Kashmir Valley in 2016 following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 in a gunfight with security forces in Anantnag district.As many as 85 people were killed in clashes with security forces in the 2016 valley unrest.The chief minister said that while 2 904 cases were registered and 8 570 people were arrested in connection with stone throwing incidents in 2016 the number of such cases in 2017 dropped to 869 in which 2 720 people were arrested. CommentsClose X The highest number 2 330 people were arrested in Srinagar followed by 2 046 in Baramulla 1 385 in Pulwama 1 123 in Kupwara 1 118 in Anantnag 783 in Budgam 714 in Ganderbal 694 in Shopian 548 in Bandipora 547 in Kulgam and two in Doda districts during 2016 and 2017.She said 56 government employees and 16 Hurriyat Conference activists were among the 4 949 people found involved in stone throwing incidents while 4 074 were not affiliated with any separatist or militant group.
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said it has taken all the possible measures to avoid loss of life and property in the Pakistani shelling along the LoC in the state. The Parliamentary affairs minister Abdul Rehman Veeri in a statement in the Legislative Assembly said that alternate arrangements for boarding and lodging have also been put in place to meet the situation arising out of frequent shelling from across the border. Representational image. Reuters Giving details of the latest incidents of cross-border firing the minister said that four army personnel including an officer were killed while two civilians and three jawans including a BSF personnel were injured in fresh ceasefire violation along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts on Sunday. In Rajouri Pakistan Army started indiscriminate firing in Balakote sector resulting in the killing of four army personnel Captain Kapil Kundu of Gurugram Rifleman Ram Avtar of Gawalior Rifleman Subham Singh of Kathua and Hawaldar Roshan Lal of Samba while one army jawan Lance Naik Iqbal Ahmed sustained injuries he said. In another ceasefire violation in Bandi Chacian sector in Poonch he said one army jawan Sepoy Kishore Kumar and two civilians Yaseen Arif and Gulnaz Akhter sustained injuries. Veeri said the ceasefire violation was also reported from Sunderbani where one BSF personnel Assistant Sub-Inspector Ajab Singh sustained injuries. He was immediately shifted to Army Hospital Satwari for treatment. He said firing was also reported from Bhawani and Lam sector but no loss of life was reported. The respective district administrations are taking all possible measures to avoid loss of life and property. Alternate arrangements for boarding and lodging have also been put in place for the affected population he said.

Srinagar: A Pune woman labelled a suicide bomber by the Jammu and Kashmir police has been handed over to her family as there is no case against her the police have said. Yes we have handed her to her family Director General of Police SP Vaid told PTI. Sadiya Anwar Shaikh who turned 18 in November 2017 had travelled to Kashmir from Pune and had been staying in Bijbehara as a paying guest. File image of Jammu and Kashmir Police. AFP The police who claimed she wanted to join the Islamic State detained her on 25 January from South Kashmir and subjected her to intense questioning during which they found nothing incriminating. On sustained questioning it was revealed that the woman a school dropout had been brainwashed online about the supposed suffering of the Kashmiri people at the hands of security forces and had fallen prey to false propaganda on social media the police said. The Jammu and Kashmir police had been informed by central security agencies that a Pune-based woman who had been detained on various occasions by the Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad had moved to the Valley and that surveillance needed to be mounted. Subsequently an alert was issued to all districts. It named her and claimed that she was a suicide bomber who was planning to disrupt a Republic Day function. The note said there was a strong input that an 18-year-old non-Kashmiri woman could cause a suicide bomb explosion near or inside the Republic Day parade. All are directed to please ensure that frisking of ladies at the (venues) is done meticulously and with utmost caution so as to thwart the designs of ANEs (anti-national elements) the note circulated on 23 January read. Shaikh had been questioned by the ATS Pune in 2015 when it came to its notice that she had been radicalised after coming in contact with Islamic State supporters abroad. She was planning to travel to Syria the ATS had then claimed. The woman a Class XI student at a Pune college was subsequently sent for a de-radicalisation programme by the ATS.
SRINAGAR: Security forces have busted a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) module involved in several grenade throwing incidents by arresting five over-ground workers (OGWs) in Pulwama district of south Kashmir police said on Monday. In a joint operation the police Army and CRPF have busted a JeM module and arrested five OGWs from Awantipora area of the district a police official said. He said the module was involved in grenade throwing incidents in Pampore and Khrew areas of the district.
Jammu: A government agency on Wednesday issued an avalanche warning in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours shortly after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region jolted parts of north India.The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment has informed that medium danger avalanche warning of level-3 exists in higher reaches of Baramulla district and low danger warning of level-2 in Kupwara Bandipore Shopian and Kargil Districts an official http://cs.astronomy.com/members/kkdominos/default.aspx spokesman here said.He said a level-1 warning has been issued in Poonch Rajouri Reasi Ramban Doda Kishtwar Udhampur Anantnag Kulgam Budgam Ganderbal and Leh for the next 24 hours. CommentsClose X The people living in higher reaches of these districts should avoid movement in the avalanche-prone areas/slopes for the next 24 hours he added.The advisory has been issued in view of the forecast of wet weather in most parts of the state over the next 24 hours.

Indo-Pak border fire unlikely to ebb soon, says Gen Rawat

NEW DELHI: In the absence of any diplomatic detente the deadly war of attrition between India and Pakistan along the 778-km Line of Control (LoC) and 198-km International Boundary (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir has taken a sharp turn for the worse ever since the surgical strikes of September 2016. There were as many as 860 ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the LoC and another 120 along the IB in 2017 the highest-ever such tally in over 15 years. The number of CFVs has already https://shopozoind5.wixsite.com/mobikwik touched 241 across the LoC in the first 36 days of this year claiming the lives of nine Indian soldiers as per Army statistics. Army chief General Bipin Rawat says the Pak Army is suffering three to four times the number of casualties compared to us in the CFVs. Given the current mood these long and bloody tit-for-tat fire assaults across the border with even light artillery guns heavy mortars and anti-tank guided missiles often coming into play from both the sides are not going to ebb anytime soon. A day after a young captain and three soldiers were killed in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces in Rajouri district Army vice-chief Lt-General Sarath Chand on Monday warned of strong retaliatory action to avenge the losses. That (retaliation) goes without saying. I think I don t have to say that. (Our) action will speak for itself he said. Added another senior officer Pakistan is hurt more than us...that s why the Pak Army refuses to give its casualty figures to its own Parliament. We estimate 130-140 Pak soldiers were killed in our cross-border firings and tactical operations last year. But Indian soldiers have also paid a heavy price. Of the 62 who laid down their lives in J&K last year 15 were killed in CFVs 17 in infiltration and other incidents along the LoC and 30 in counter-terrorism operations in the hinterland. I don t think the situation will get better in the short term. The atmosphere has been completely vitiated by the Pak Army strategy to send terrorists across to carry out IED blasts mutilate our soldiers and attack garrisons. It leaves no space for any confidence-building like a ceasefire agreement said former Northern Army Command chief Lt-Gen D S Hooda (retd) who oversaw the surgical strikes on September 29 2016. Indian Para-Special Forces had conducted the surgical strikes against terror launch pads close to Pak Army posts in four different locations in PoK to avenge the killing of 19 Indian soldiers in a suicide attack at the Army camp in Uri earlier that month. That in effect triggered the sharp escalatory spiral with Pakistan indulging in 78 and 88 CFVs in October and November 2016. India also began to pro-actively dominate the LoC with pre-emptive and punitive fire assaults on Pak Army posts aiding infiltration which became all the more fiercer after two of its soldiers were beheaded in a BAT (border action team) operation in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch on May 1 last year. The Pak Army was obviously not about to roll over and play dead. It responded in full measure sometimes deliberately targeting civilian centres in the Jammu region.
The Army today clearly indicated it would take retaliatory action against the killing of four army men in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces along the LoC in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir saying that its action would speak for itself. Vice chief Lt Gen Sarath Chand said the Army has been responding appropriately to Pakistan shelling asserting that India will continue to give a befitting reply to such acts. That (retaliation) goes without saying I think I don t have to say that. (Our) action will speak for itself he said when asked about the killing of a Captain and three other Army men in the Rajouri sector. The Captain and three jawans were killed and at least four people injured yesterday in the heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC. Chand also accused the Pakistani Army of supporting the infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir. We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply (to such acts) he told reporters on the sidelines of an event here adding that there were even incidents of mutilation of bodies of jawans last year. We have been responding appropriately he said. There has been cross-border shelling from their (Pakistan s) side. And one of the shells landed near the officer and his men leading to the casualties he said when asked about yesterday s shelling. Captain Kapil Kundu a resident of village Ransika in Haryana s Gurgaon district was killed just six days before his 22nd birthday Army officials said. Havildar Roshan Lal 42 a resident of Samba district Jammu and Kashmir Riflemen Ramavatar 27 of Gwalior Madhya Pradesh and Subham Singh 23 of Jammu and Kashmir s Kathua district were also killed in the shelling. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said earlier today Indians had full faith in the valour of the Army. People of the country have full faith in the valour of the Indian Army the minister told reporters outside Parliament when asked about the steps India would take in response to the attack.
LAHORE: Outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Monday dared the Pakistani government to arrest him if it can and said he will not stop fighting the case of Kashmiri people. If the Pakistani government wants to arrest me ... come and go for it but I will not stop dedicating 2018 for Kashmiris Saeed said while addressing a rally here. We will emerge more strongly if you try to suppress us said Saeed who was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US. He criticised ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif for not playing his role on the issue of Kashmir. We may initiate efforts to make you (Sharif) prime minister again if you pledge to work for freedom of Kashmir he said. He also claimed that on the pressure of the US and India our media coverage is banned in Pakistan . Saeed who was released from house arrest in Pakistan in November carries a 10 million bounty on his head. He asked the government to allow the UN Security Council monitoring team to visit JuD and FIF centres in the country so that it could come to know about their charity work. We welcome the international monitoring teams to our centres. The JuD is believed to be the front organization for the LeT which is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attack that killed 166 people. It has been declared as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in June 2014.
Srinagar: India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani foreign office a day after four soldiers including a Captain were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir s Rajouri district. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also condemned the firing by Pakistan. Have full faith in the valour of our soldiers and they shall give proper reply Mr Singh told reporters today.People familiar with the matter told NDTV that the four soldiers died after a Pakistani mortar shell struck near the entrance to a bunker which could not absorb the intensity of the blast.The bodies of Captain Kapil Kundu 22 Rifleman Ramavatar 28 Rifleman Subham Singh 22 and Havilder Roshan Lal 42 will be sent to their hometowns after a tribute in Jammu. We will not forgive Pakistan s actions. It will prove to be Pakistan s foolishness and will cost them dearly Hansraj Ahir Minister of State Home Affairs said.Pakistan intensified firing at Indian military posts and villages along the Line of Control or LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Sunday morning. A teenage girl and a soldier were also injured in Poonch. Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively and heavy damage has been inflicted on Pakistani Army posts said a defence statement. (Left to right) Havilder Roshan Lal Rifleman Ramavatar and Rifleman Subham Singh.There have been 240 incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC and the International Border in a little over a month this year which is more than the violations in all of 2015 and 2016 at 152 and 228 respectively. Pakistani forces violated the ceasefire 860 times in 2017. Nine soldiers have died since January. Pakistan Army along the border has been supporting infiltration by terrorists said Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Sarath Chand.The shelling has stopped for now and the forces are keeping a close watch. Over 80 schools in the district are closed and people have been told to stay indoors. CommentsClose X The Army said that Pakistan troops fired five or six anti-tank guided missiles indiscriminately in the area. The incident took place at an altitude of 3 000 feet in a densely forested part of the LoC in Bhimber Galli in the Rajouri district.It was the second time in three days that the Pakistani Army targeted Poonch. They had attacked military and civilian facilities in nearly a dozen areas of the Balakote sector last week.

Karachi: A Chinese national the managing director of a shipping firm in Pakistan was killed on Monday after being shot in the head by unidentified gunmen here in what police are calling a targeted attack. The victim 46-year-old Chen Zhu was shot by gunmen who opened fire on his car when he was out on a grocery shopping with another Chinese national in Karachi s Clifton area. Representational image. AP The second Chinese national was buying vegetables at the time of the attack and took refuge in a nearby superstore when he heard the firing. Senior police officer Umar Khattab said Chen was shot in the head while a 30-year-old passer-by was shot in the leg. It appears to be a targeted attack and we found nine bullet casings from the spot he said. Chen who was managing director of a shipping company was taken to the Jinnah hospital in critical condition and died there Khattab said. Dr Seemin Jamali the medical superintendent at the Jinnah hospital said Chen died during a critical operation. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal took http://jp.un-wiredtv.com/index.php/member/137198/ notice of the incident and ordered deputy inspector general south to start an inquiry into the matter. All measures should be taken to ensure that the suspects are arrested the minister said. The Sindh inspector general of police has assigned the investigation of the incident to Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). He also directed CTD to register a first information report of the killing. The incident comes nearly two months after China warned its citizens in Pakistan to be on alert after receiving intelligence reports about possible attacks targeting Chinese. Last year two Chinese nationals believed to be Christian missionaries were abducted from Quetta and killed by the Islamic State group in the restive Balochistan province. The couple had reportedly been preaching in Balochistan under the garb of learning Urdu. Thousands of Chinese workers are employed in the development of about 60 billion worth of infrastructure projects under Beijing s Belt and Road initiative. The port and road-building projects have come under frequent attacks in Balochistan.
Quetta Pakistan: An explosion in southwest Pakistan left at least one person dead and seven others wounded on Monday officials said.A remote control bomb targeting civillians was planted in a motorcycle that went off in Panjgur city of the restive Baluchistan province according to authorities. It was an improvised explosive device planted in the motorcycle parked in a busy area of the Panjgur city and was detonated through a remote control Ghulam Ali provincial home secretary told AFP.Bashir Bangulzai the commissioner of Makran region of which Panjgur is a part confirmed the details and said two of those wounded were in critical condition.On Sunday a six-year-old girl and her mother were also killed in the outskirts of Panjgur when the child was playing with a hand grenade found near her house.Mineral-rich Balochistan province borders Afghanistan and Iran and is home to ethnic Islamist and political insurgencies.China is investing in the area under a 54 billion project known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) upgrading infrastructure power and transport links between its far-western Xinjiang region and Pakistan s Gwadar port. CommentsClose X Pakistan accuses arch-rival India for unrest in the province in order to hurt the CPEC and destablise the country.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Written by Avantika Chopra | New Delhi | Published: February 5 2018 9:30 pm Not able to maintain a work-life balance? Watch this Pakistani journalist report his own wedding. (Source:/Amarguriro/Twitter)) Related News WATCH: Old man gets stuck on ad board after falling from balcony; firefighters come to the rescueVIDEO: Is there life on Mars? See this panoramic view from NASA s Curiosity rover They call me Pakistani : Poet narrates his life as a Muslim living in India; watch videoIn an amusing incident in Pakistan a reporter created quite a buzz on social media after he covered and reported his own wedding for a local news channel. Hanan Bukhari who is a reporter for City 41 went live on TV and gave out details about his wedding that was taking place at that very moment. While reporting his own wedding Bukhari is seen wearing a groom s attire holding a mic and asking his family members about the occasion. He starts off by informing the viewers that he is present at his wedding ceremony and is very happy about it. (Thankfully!) Moreover he further states that since it is a love marriage his wife too is happy about it. He then introduces his father who is standing behind him and interviews him asking about the marriage and how he is feeling about the same. Being absolutely professional the camera then shift focus to Bukhari s mother-in-law and mother where they too express how they feel about the celebration. However these multiple clips that have gone viral on the Internet are being criticised by many. Check out the clips here: hilarious!! City41 reporter covering his own wedding ceremony. #PakistaniMedia pic.twitter.com/FC8PYNRD0v Amar Guriro (@amarguriro) February 4 2018 Part II. #City41 reporter while covering his own wedding Je Sassu ma app ko kesa lag rha hay #PakistanMedia#ModrenRaporting#NayaChandNawabpic.twitter.com/miKCzAIur3 Amar Guriro (@amarguriro) February 4 2018 While many on Twitter were amused with the way the journalist went on with the reporting even on his wedding day others did not seem very happy about it. Some even complimented the reporter s confidence. Here are some of the reactions the video clips have garnered: The quality journalism of Pakistani media hahahhaahha #RIP #journalism #PakMedia Mountain Man (@TanveerAhmedGLT) February 4 2018 I love his spunk. This guy should be celebrated for his audience engagement on local level. C41 is local news & I see nothing wrong with him reporting about his marriage. M. Zahid Iftikhar (@RuneGroan) February 4 2018 Another great milestone for Pakistan s unprofessional media. Let s how many Pakistani TV journalists decide to commit suicide after this. Babur ChughtaiMughal (@GenghizSon) February 4 2018 RIP journalism Saad Doger (@saad_doger) February 4 2018 For all the latest Trending News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News The truth behind the viral return my MATCHBOX official letter by UP engineer Olympian goof-up! Norwegian team s translation mess-up leaves them with 15 000 eggs! Tags: Social media viral Johnny SackFeb 6 2018 at 4:23 amso many people saying rip journalism as if indian journalism is any better.(0)(0) Reply