Amid repeated ceasefire violations along the international border, the border guards of India and Pakistan on Tuesday held a flag meeting at a forward border outpost in Jammu sector.
Violating the ceasefire for the seventh time this month, Pakistani troops fired on a forward defence location along the border in Jammu sector late on Monday night, drawing retaliation from Indian troops. Pakistani troops targeted the Chak Phagwari Border Out Post (BoP) in Pargawal sub-sector, 20 kms from Jammu, with mortars and small arms fire around 2200 hours last night, Border Security Force officials said on Tuesday.
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A source informed that the SSB vehicle came under heavy firing in a thickly forested area about 40 km from Bijni town in Chirang district at around 1145 hours.
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.
Stepping up ceasefire violations, Pakistani Rangers on Friday night resorted to heavy mortar shelling and firing on 8 BSF posts along the Indo-Pak border in Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing a strong retaliation from the Indian side.
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Maintaining that India wants good relations with Pakistan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said resumption of stalled talks with Islamabad was possible if there was an improvement in the situation.
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Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire by shelling and firing upon 25 Border Out Posts and 19 villages along the International Border in Jammu sector throughout the night, prompting the Border Security Force to retaliate.
BSF personnel on Sunday shot dead a Pakistani intruder near the Indo-Pak border in Samba district.
An AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol and over two dozen bullet rounds were recovered from them.
The BSF troops retaliated, resulting in exchange of fire, which was still going on when last reports came in.
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They are an indispensable part of the Border Security Force's border observation posts, checking infiltration and other crimes across the international border besides patrolling with the troops.
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Local residents and even security personnel are using Nepalese SIM cards in border areas of Uttarakhand as no state-owned or private telecom company from India is providing services in the area, raising security issues.
A high CAD puts pressure on the rupee, which in turn makes imports expensive and fuels inflation.
The paramilitary force, set up in December 1, 1965, is India's first line of defence and has the distinction of being world's largest border guarding force.
The border observation post of BSF in Sambha sector in this region came under heavy firing on Thursday night from the Pakistani side following which the force lodged a strong protest with Pakistani Rangers. BSF authorities met their counterparts and lodged a strong protest with them over heavy firing at the post. During the meeting, BSF gave details of the firing pattern from the Pakistani side on its BoP while the Pakistan authorities denied their involvement.
Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire again with heavy firing and mortar shelling overnight that targeted nine Border Outposts of the Border Security Force and civilian areas in Samba district along the IB, leaving a labourer injured.
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The locals in Gharna village in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector are petrified following yet another ceasefire violation by the Pakistani troops.
The DG of the ITBP said his troops have been provided with special winter clothing and nutritious food as they brave the severe chill in eastern Ladakh where the armies of India and China are locked in a tense standoff for over six months. He said 'strains in bilateral relations are already evident but we are confident these will be sorted out peacefully very shortly'.
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Pakistani troops on Monday violated the ceasefire, targeting 4 villages in Hiranagar sector of the international border.
Pakistan on Monday resumed heavy mortar shelling targeting scores of Border Out Posts and civilian areas along International Border in Samba and Kathua districts, killing a Border Security Force jawan.
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Pakistani troops violated the bilateral ceasefire at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday night.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kathua districts, drawing retaliation from the Border Security Force.
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This is the first such incident in Jammu region when a drone carrying arms and explosives was shot down by the BSF, frustrating Pakistan's attempt to smuggle weapons into the Union Territory using the hexacopter.
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A 150 metre-long tunnel, which was recently discovered near a forward post along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu region's sensitive Pallanwala sector, was apparently aimed at infiltrating terrorists, Defence spokesperson said in Jammu on Tuesday.
Hours before United States President Barack Obama's arrival in India, Pakistani Rangers resorted to small arms firing along the International Border in Jammu district, forcing the Border Security Force to retaliate.
