Pak forces violated ceasefire twice in one day.
The killing of Naik Rajib Thapa, 34, raised the death toll in the cross-border firing in the past week to four -- three soldiers and one civilian.
The Indian Army is retaliating strongly and effectively. The firing is still on, he said.
Border Security Force troops on Wednesday fired after observing suspected movement along International Border in Jammu sector.
These fresh violations came after a gap of one month and four days along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Army spokesperson said the bodies of the slain terrorists and their weapons lie on the LoC.
The Pakistan army used heavy weaponry, firing 120 mm mortars targeting civilian hamlets and forward posts since 5.30 pm on Tuesday, said an army officer.
The shelling was so intense that the deafening sound of mortar shell explosions was even heard in the Jammu city, residents said.
The Indian Air Force on Friday pressed its choppers into service and rescued 14 people caught in flash-floods in Jammu district.
Eight civilians including three children were injured in heavy Pakistan firing in Jammu on Thursday evening.
On the one side there is a strong 'chowkidar', on the other, a line of tainted people, the prime minister said.
Along the 202-kilometre long International Border in the Jammu region.
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The Border Security Force troops opened fire on observing movement of intruders near forward post along the International Border of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district on Wednesday.
Pakistani troops fired on forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Jammu district overnight, drawing retaliation from Indian forces.
An army jawan was killed and two of his colleagues were injured when militants triggered an IED explosion targeting a patrol team along the LoC in Akhnoor area of Jammu district, a senior army official said on Monday.
The Indian Army's Northern Command would be stretched if all three of the corps under it -- based in Leh, Srinagar, and Nagrota (near Jammu) -- were to face hostilities, notes David Devadas.
Pakistan will handover the paramilitary Border Security Force trooper on Friday afternoon, according to a senior officer.
Five other civilians injured as Pak troops shelled border out posts along the IB.
Pakistani Rangers fired at the forward post of Chawani and Jabowal Border Out Post (BOPS) along the International Border in Akhnoor belt of Jammu district around 0700 hours, drawing retaliation from BSF troops guarding the borer, BSF officials said.
December 3, 2021 marks 50 years since the beginning of the 1971 War which ended in a decisive military victory for India and the liberation of Bangladesh. Most analysts of the 1971 War agree that the IV Corps dash across the mighty Meghna river led by the brilliant General Sagat Singh was the turning point in the war, recalls military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
Three civilians were injured as Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled 17 border out posts and hamlets along the International Border in Jammu and Samba districts overnight, resulting in heavy exchanges till the wee hours on Friday.
All entry and exit points have been sealed, vehicles are being checked and people frisked. Security in the city and adjoining routes have been intensified to check for any suspected person, police said.
The defence spokesperson said the Pakistan Army also shelled posts with heavy mortars and opened fire with small arms and automatic weapons in the Poonch sector.
General Officer Commanding in chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command, Lt-Gen P C Bhardwaj told media persons that terrorists and their leadership are under severe pressure due to the elimination of their top cadre.
Four children and a woman were among five persons injured in the unprovoked Pakistan firing on the international border in the Pragwal area of Akhnoor sector of Jammu region on Thursday.
Three Sikh bodies have formed a base in the region in a bid to launch terror attacks in Punjab, police said on Friday. Three militants belonging to them were recently arrested. During interrogation, they said about 40 terrorists have formed three outfits -- Khalistan Zindabad Force, Panj Pardhani Group and Iknoor Khalsa Fauj -- with their base in Barnala.
Army on Friday handed over about 37 acres of demined farmland to the villagers in the Akhnoor belt along the Line of Control in the Jammu district.
Dr Singh, who arrived at Jammu airport by a special plane from New Delhi on Friday afternoon, flew in a helicopter to the Chenab bridge site, about 27-km from Jammu, and dedicated it to the nation. Governor Lt. Gen. (retd) S K Sinha, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed were among others who received the prime minister at the airport and also accompanied him to the bridge site.
Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of mortar bombs on border out posts along the International Border in Jammu district.
Lieutenant Umer Fayaz was abducted by five to six terrorists from his relative's house in south Kashmir's Shopian on Tuesday night. His bullet riddled body was found in Harmain area of Shopian on Wednesday morning, a police official said.
A group of 11 Bangladeshis had tried to cross over to Pakistan via Akhnoor sector on the night of April 18.
This is the second ceasefire violation by Pakistan in as many days.
"We have already taken up the matter with Pakistan," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters in New Delhi on the incident which amounted to violation of the three-year-old ceasefire.
50 years after the 1965 War, India still thinks we can have a 'limited war' when our opponent has time and again shown it does not believe in a limited war, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The prime minister said the country would give befitting response to every terrorist.
Lala Chand, the ASI, was suspended from service and subsequently arrested following the death of Kewal Ram on Friday after he was slapped by the policeman for disobeying his orders, a senior police official said.
Copies of the question paper were also seized from the house, they said adding that the youths were to take the written test for recruitment as sepoys in the Army on Sunday.
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